Every time a eukaryotic cell divides, it faces a monumental challenge: It must carefully duplicate and divide its genetic ...

The lab-generated eggs could be fertilized with sperm, but were riddled with chromosomal abnormalities. Most embryos stopped ...

Human skin cells may one day be used to create functional human eggs in a step toward helping women have their own genetic ...

Scientists have created egg-like cells capable of fertilization using DNA from ordinary skin cells in what could be a major ...

Cell division is one of the most thoroughly studied processes in biology, yet many of its details remain mysterious. A century-old puzzle surrounding the "crown" of cell division—the kinetochore ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children they ...

First, they obtained egg cells from volunteers and removed their nuclei. They then harvested skin cells from other volunteers ...

When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age ...

A TED Talk-style presentation on the effects of tangled DNA strands took first place at this year's Postdoc Slam competition, ...

Studies show 3 in 10,000 people develop heart cancer. In comparison, 1 in 20 women are expected to develop breast cancer. Why is that?

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have accomplished a unique proof of concept to treat infertility by turning ...