Oscillation helps to get division right

Oscillation helps to get division right.

A conserved feature of proliferating cells is their need to divide at the appropriate time and place using precise positioning mechanisms to ensure that each daughter cell has the same genetic complement as the parent, as well as the correct shape and size. In rod-shaped bacteria, division typically occurs precisely at midcell after the bacterial chromosome has replicated and segregated away fr...

All the right moves: how data helps top performers take action--and get results.

These top performers have catapulted their operations to new levels by accessing – and then leveraging – data from the ORBC, a vendor-neutral benchmarking service provided by McKesson in partnership with OR Manager Inc. The ORBC provides monthly trend data on 20 key performance indicators including starttime accuracy for the first case of the day and subsequent cases, estimated case-duration ac...

KIF4 helps mitotic chromosomes get in shape

KIF4 helps mitotic chromosomes get in shape T hough chromosomes spend most of their time occupying amorphous territories in interphase nu-clei, we typically picture them as the compact X-shaped structures that form during mitosis. Chromosomes adopt this conformation to avoid becoming entangled as they segregate into daughter cells, but how mitotic chromatin condenses into the correct shape is u...

noninvasive tests of fibrosis: to get the right answers, we need to ask the right questions

A year to get it right.

For health minister Rosie Winterton, emergency care provision is 'holding up this winter and taking it in its stride'.