Human cells are extremely small and tightly packed – at about 20 micrometers across, ...
Scientists have crossed a startling new frontier in bioengineering: they can now fabricate intricate three-dimensional ...
A new twist on two-photon polymerization has been used to deliver objects, including lasers and an elephant, directly into ...
In a major leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, scientists have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool that can predict the 3D shape of chromosomes inside individual cells ...
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MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, tiny loops called microcompartments remain (and even strengthen) while ...
Before cells can divide by mitosis, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can receive a full set of genetic material. Scientists have until now ...