Biomolecular phase separation is an emerging concept in cell biology that explains how specific proteins and nucleic acids dynamically organise into distinct, membrane‐less compartments. These ...

In mammalian cells, besides nuclei, mitochondria are the only semi-autonomous organelles possessing own DNA organized in the form of nucleoids. While eukaryotic nuclear DNA compaction, chromatin ...

Genetic engineers can design and assemble sophisticated gene circuits to program cells with new functions, but important signaling molecules can become diluted as these cells grow and divide, causing ...

A research team of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has recently solved a long-standing puzzle ...