In contrast to normal cells, aneuploidy — alterations in the number of chromosomes — is consistently observed in virtually all cancers. A growing body of evidence suggests that aneuploidy is often ...

Cancer is often related to problems in cells' genomes that lead to uncontrolled cell growth, and the subsequent formation of tumors. Scientists have long searched for ways to target and destroy cancer ...

Polyploidy is a relatively common event in eukaryotic organisms. Polyploid cells can arise during development by cell fusion, endoreplication or an abortive cell cycle. There is also evidence that ...

Now, in a new Molecular Cell study, Liu's team looked at how cells function when chromosomes are missing. To their surprise, ...