A protein known as MPS1 helps to ensure that a key process during cell division of oocytes—unfertilized egg cells—occurs in a ...

A light micrograph of a large oocyte in an ovary. RIKEN researchers have found that MPS1 promotes timely spindle ...

Cells bumping against one another use electricity to identify which of their neighbors has the least energy to expel them.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new healing mechanism in injured cells called cathartocytosis, in which cells "vomit" ...

According to the study, THC interferes with meiosis, the cell division process crucial for producing healthy eggs. Higher ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising role for electricity in keeping our body’s protective cell layers healthy.

When injured, cells have well-regulated responses to promote healing. These include a long-studied self-destruction process that cleans up dead and damaged cells as well as a more recently identified ...

A UCLA research team has found a new way to prompt the immune system to kill cells infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV), a ...

Cancer cells have one relentless goal: to grow and divide. While most stick together within the original tumor, some rogue ...

BioFactura Inc. has established Capitol Biologics, a new Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) division.