'Hail Mary' mechanism can rescue cells with severely damaged chromosomes
Monday, June 5, 2017 - 08:42
in Biology & Nature
Safeguards for maintaining the integrity of chromosomes during cell growth and division can fail, and a cell may find itself trying to divide into two daughter cells with a loose chromosomal fragment drifting away from a broken chromosome. Researchers are studying a remarkable mechanism that carries broken chromosomes through the process of cell division so that they can be repaired and function normally in the daughter cells.