Scientists have found that the structure of chromosomes is supported by a kind of molecular skeleton, made of cohesin. Jan-Michael Peters and his team at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology ...

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Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them—signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces—in a process known as endocytosis that is essential ...