A protein thought to play a supporting role in DNA replication actually facilitates the whole process

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During ...
Kaleido Scope

New model for replication of BKPyV virus, a major cause of kidney transplant failure

To better understand BKPyV replication and ways to prevent it, researchers in the UAB Department of Microbiology have published a single-cell analysis of BKPyV infection in primary kidney cells. Their ...
The Conversation

The Human Genome Project pieced together only 92% of the DNA – now scientists have finally filled in the remaining 8%

Gabrielle Hartley receives funding from the National Science Foundation. When the Human Genome Project announced that they had completed the first human genome in 2003, it was a momentous ...