The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the ...

Scientists from The University of Manchester have changed our understanding of how cells in living organisms divide, which ...

The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is ...