A mitotic spindle contains two structures implicated in cytokinesis furrow positioning: asters, which are radial arrays of centrosome-nucleated microtubules, and the midzone, which forms between the ...

Treatment options for congenital heart disease are limited by the relative inability of mature cardiac muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) to generate new cardiomyocytes through proliferation after birth.

In the process of replicating themselves, cells have another choice: do they want to make an identical copy and be left with two cells? Or do they want to make four “half-copies”, in preparation for ...