A case of 'kiss and tell': Chromosomal kissing gets less elusive

(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) Chromosomes occupy different territories in the nucleus; their arrangement and communication with each other is still poorly understood. Scientists from Berlin and Jena published in EMBO Journal findings about structural chromosomal aberrations which have an effect on genome organization (chromosomal kissing) and disease progression.