At the Allen Institute for Cell Science, researchers worked with visualization experts to create a new tool that shows a 3-D detailed image of a dividing human stem cell.

While mitosis is taking place, there is no cell growth and all of the cellular energy is focused on cell division. During prophase, the replicated pairs of chromosomes condense and compact themselves.

Gerlich and colleagues examined human HeLa cells in the very final stages of cell division using using three-dimensional live microscopy and electron tomography. They identified 17nm wide filaments -- ...

As the cell proceeds through the stages of cell division (from left to right: interphase, prometaphase, metaphase, and anaphase), chromosomes become progressively more compact through a ...

During the final stages of cell division, each chromosome has two replicated DNA strands that must be divided between the two new cells. Todd Stukenberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, and his team ...

Key component of cell division identified Date: August 21, 2012 Source: Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) Summary: A new study highlights the protein Nek9 as a decisive factor ...

From their data, the scientists realized that during cell division, DNA forms loops in two stages. First, it forms stable large loops, which then subdivide into smaller, short-lived nested loops ...

Every day, our bodies perform around 330 billion cell divisions to keep us alive and functioning. These divisions rely on the ...

During the final stages of cell division, or mitosis, a transient intercellular ‘bridge’ called a midbody connects the two daughter cells, recruiting and positioning the machinery that ...

Drug that interrupts a key stage of cell division shows promise for advanced solid tumors Peer-Reviewed Publication. European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer ...

As the cell proceeds through the stages of cell division (from left to right: interphase, prometaphase, metaphase, and anaphase), chromosomes become progressively more compact through a ...