The atomic nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons ... so far these two descriptions have not been able to be combined into a coherent picture. In their work, physicists from the IFJ PAN ...

Transposons, also known as jumping genes or mobile genetic elements as they can replicate and reinsert themselves in the ...

POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.

Pancreatic cancer’s deadly resilience may be tied to extrachromosomal DNA, which allows tumor cells to rapidly adapt to ...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers worldwide, with a five-year survival rate of 13%. This poor prognosis stems from both late detection and the cancer’s notorious capacity to adapt and ...

More information: Chao Xia et al, ChromTR: chromosome detection in raw metaphase cell images via deformable transformers, Frontiers of Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s11684-024-1098-y ...

The study, published in Cell today, reveals how the retrotransposon copia completes its replication cycle and travels into the nucleus through the nuclear pores. The study is a collaboration between ...

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Scientists have pinpointed and described unusual subtypes of fat cells that may help scientists explain why gut fat is linked ...

Scientists suggest understanding ecDNA’s role in pancreatic cancer could potentially guide future strategies for making ...