For years, the dream of correcting disease-causing DNA in human embryos has been shadowed by a hard biological reality: the ...

Researchers have identified an alternate method to study changes during the DNA replication process in lab settings using genetically modified yeast. The new approach offers a clearer window than ...

Every embryo begins with a race against time. Primordial germ cells, the rapidly dividing precursors that ultimately give rise to eggs and sperm, must copy and safeguard their entire genome over and ...

At the scale of individual cells, the human body is constantly in motion. Every second, millions of cells divide, ...

A new discovery by researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics (BDR) in Japan upends decades of assumptions regarding DNA replication. Led by Ichiro Hiratani and colleagues, the ...

Structural view of the MCM2-7 helicase with Sld3, Sld7 and Cdc45 bound at the site where Cdc45 is delivered. Structure derived from cryogenic electron microscopy data. Noguchi et al., 2026.

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)Mar 19 2025 Reviewed For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event ...

Two mysterious human relatives left their genetic footprints in the modern human genome alongside the DNA of Neanderthals and Denisovans, underscoring the fact that our ancestors interbred with many ...

Cell division, a process fundamental to life, still holds surprises. Researchers from the University of Zurich and the ...