Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic ...

Researchers uncover a crucial hidden function of the protein RPA, revealing how its failure to activate telomerase leads to ...

Scientists discovered that the protein RPA plays a critical and previously unconfirmed role in stimulating telomerase to ...

Scientists who built the first synthetic eukaryotic genome share hard-won lessons that could accelerate engineering of crops, ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks ...

Cell division is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information. Each chromosome within a plant contains a ...

A study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has revealed important insights into the genetics of deposits in the eye, known as reticular pseudodrusen (RPD), that are linked to ...

Now, in a new Molecular Cell study, Liu's team looked at how cells function when chromosomes are missing. To their surprise, ...