A lot happened in the hundreds of millions years separating the first and last eukaryotic common ancestors, but when and how most features arose remains a mystery.

Researchers reveal that a measurable drop in the dry mass of a cell prior to mitosis is caused by waste products being jettisoned before the cell divides.

A new link between inflammation and rampant chromosomal abnormalities reveals novel strategies to treat diverse malignancies.

When micronuclei rupture, chromosomes break, recombine, and form circles, causing inflammation and promoting carcinogenic growth.

Bacteria grow and divide in microfluidic channels.

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Scientists can now view mitosis one protein (or more) at a time using a 4-D computer model.

Peering through a microscope since age 14, Joseph Gall, now 89, still sees wonder at the other end.

Human cancer cells constrained to capillary-like microtubes divide unevenly, scientists show.

A spring cleaning led to the rediscovery of Theodor Boveri’s microscope slides, presumed lost during World War II.

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Clathrin-mediated endocytosis shuts down during mitosis in eukaryotic cells because all of the required actin is hoarded by the cytoskeleton.

New findings challenge long-held views about the mechanism yeast cells use to live forever.

By selectively killing senescent cells, researchers can slow the decline of health in aging mice.

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