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Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack ...

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The accurate distribution of chromosomes in an oocyte is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information to the ...

The menstrual cycle is typically 28 days long, but anywhere from 21 to 35 days is considered normal. Each cycle is divided into four phases: menstrual, follicular, ovulation, and luteal.

The biological cycle of our existence seems relatively straightforward: we’re born, we live, we die. The end. But when you examine existence at the cellular level, things get a bit more ...

Cancer, the scourge of the 20th century, is in its most basic form the uncontrolled proliferation of invasive cells as a consequence of perturbations in the genetic and biochemical processes of a ...

Cancer cells in particular have long been thought to depend on the energy obtained through glycolysis, a phenomenon known as the Warburg effect. Today we know that cancer cells can use energy ...

View a transcript for the video about how healthy cells divide. After dividing, the new cells rest for a while and then they may divide again if the body needs them. The cells carry on doing this ...