Micronuclei, which are small nucleus-like structures within cells, are commonly associated with tumors. Now, researchers from Tsukuba, Japan have developed an automated computer program that can ...
Errors in mitosis that cause chromosomes to lag behind during cell division cause the formation of micronuclei. These extra-nuclear bodies containing damaged chromosomes, or chromosome fragments, are ...
Researchers have created a novel automated program that accurately and quickly counts micronuclei in stained images. Micronuclei are small nucleus-like structures that are markers of pathologies such ...
In 2022, on the alpine shores of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, longtime friends Samuel Bakhoum, M.D., Ph.D., and Stefano Santaguida, Ph.D., were catching up. Pandemic restrictions had prevented the ...
A graduate student’s curiosity has uncovered a previously unknown link between two important hallmarks of cancer: chromosomal instability and epigenetic alterations. The resulting study, which was ...