About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it ...

The cell cycle has been the subject of intense investigation during two periods since Virchow's 1855 realization that cells only arise from pre-existing cells. At the turn of the century ...

How is a normal cell transformed into a cancerous cell? The proteins involved in cell division events no longer appropriately drive progression from one cell cycle stage to the next. Cells that ...

Scientists have identified a new variant of the cell cycle that could provide insight into how diseases like cancer occur. Maggie Chen is a scientist and science journalist covering health, biology, ...

New imaging reveals a built-in safeguard that allows B cell populations to rapidly expand in germinal centers without ...

New research offers unprecedented insight into how an enigmatic enzyme, known as CDK7, drives the cell cycle and cell proliferation.

When looking at cells with a microscope, the length of different stages of the cell cycle can be estimated using the formula: \(\text{Length of time in phase}=\) \(\frac{\text{observed number of ...

A team led by Prof. Wuran Wei from West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Dr. Dechao Feng from the Division of Surgery ...

Harvest cells, want good single cell suspension Count cells Dispense aliquots of 1 million cells into labeled tubes Add 5 ml PBS and centrifuge for 5 min at 400 x g. Re-suspend cell pellet in 300 ul ...