Her writing focuses on gene editing technology, cell and gene therapies, and the regulatory space. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Scientists can use cfDNA to conduct minimally ...

We don’t have these kinds of studies for the new blood testing, which is called cell-free DNA testing. For the new cell-free DNA testing, a small amount of a person’s blood is tested for a ...

Cell division is the mechanism by which DNA is passed from one generation of cells to the next and ultimately, from parent organisms to their offspring. Although eukaryotes and prokaryotes both ...

Although the DNA code from cell to cell is the same, there are many different types of cells within the body, each with a specific function. For example, the long, narrow muscle cell is designed ...

In contrast to chromosomal DNA, which is replicated and divvied up equally among daughter cells during cell division, the extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) found in some cancer cells is not always split ...

Along the way you'll also see the intricate bending and winding that takes place within a chromosome, which allows more than five feet of DNA to fit within the nucleus of a tiny cell.