Researchers from Japan and France have successfully reconstituted the development of mouse egg cells, known as oocytes, from ...

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's typically efficient DNA repair machinery and potentially affecting our health ...

Contrary to long-standing assumptions, human egg cells stay pristine for decades not by ramping up waste disposal, but by ...

Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the ...

Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell’s nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell’s nucleus, explaining why it must be constantly folded and packaged. When it is time for cell division, and the ...

Stem cells articles from across Nature Portfolio Atom RSS Feed Stem cells are cells that have the capacity to self-renew by dividing and to develop into more mature, specialised cells. Stem cells ...