Cryo-electron tomography has revealed how flaviviruses reorganise infected cells to enable replication and maturation with implications for future tick-borne encephalitis treatmentsResearchers at ...

A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...

Researchers have shown for the first time how Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), which causes an aggressive skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma, initiates DNA replication in host cells. University ...

Researchers have identified an alternate method to study changes during the DNA replication process in lab settings using genetically modified yeast. The new approach offers a clearer window than ...

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Plasmodium falciparum found that the parasite relies ...

Discovery reshapes understanding of how tumor cells repair broken DNA, pointing toward more precise cancer therapies.

Allison McClure, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the CU School of Medicine. She is focused on learning all about how cells replicate, or ...

Researchers have identified a physical process called “mitochondrial pearling” that explains how cells keep their ...

Before a cell can divide, it has to precisely duplicate its entire genetic information. However, the DNA in the cell exists ...