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Scientist peers into cell division mechanics

A researcher at the University of Wyoming is peeling away the mysteries enshrouding a cellular process occurring billions of times a day in a body, is absolutely precious to life and traces back through the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers model genome copying-collating steps during cell division

Researchers from Virginia Tech and Oxford University have proposed a novel molecular mechanism for the living cell's remarkable ability to detect the alignment of replicated chromosomes on the mitotic spindle in the final ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research shows key player in mitosis not required for chromosome alignment

(PhysOrg.com) -- K-fibers, structures long thought to play a key role in the alignment of chromosomes prior to cell division, are not required after all, say Indiana University and New York State Department ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A breakthrough in gastric carcinogenesis

Checkpoint with forkhead and ring finger (CHFR) is a mitotic stress checkpoint gene whose promoter is frequently methylated in various kinds of cancer. In gastric cancer, CHFR promoter hypermethylation has been reported to ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breaking BubR1 mimics genetic shuffle seen in cancer cells

A study of how one protein enzyme, BubR1, helps make sure chromosomes are equally distributed during mitosis might explain how the process of cell division goes so awry in cancer, according to researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stem-cell sentry sounds the alarm to maintain balance between cancer and aging

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like a sentry guarding the castle walls, a molecular messenger inside adult stem cells sounds the alarm when it senses hazards that could allow the invasion of an insidious enemy: Cancer. The alarm bell halts ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Researchers unveil vital key to cancer

University of Manchester scientists have uncovered the 3-D structure of Mps1 -- a protein that regulates the number of chromosomes during cell division and thus has an essential role in the prevention of cancer -- which will ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Death, division or cancer? Newly discovered checkpoint process holds the line in cell division

Each day, a staggering number of cells perform a feat that still amazes researchers with its complexity: they divide to produce perfect replicas of each other. The process is called mitosis, and an inability to control it ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Lack of CHFR gene expression sets stage for breast cancer

[B]U-M study lays groundwork for better ways to choose effective treatments, provides insights on other cancers[/B] A University of Michigan study reveals in detail how breast cells produce new cells tha ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 19, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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