Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

It is a genetic condition caused when an unusual cell division result in an extra full or even partial copy of chromosome 21.

In a recent study, scientists have developed a revolutionary chromosome identification system for alfalfa, one of the world's ...

In a new study, scientists probed the ways in which the X chromosome may change with age and affect cognition. . | Credit: ...

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek ...

Human biology is not black and white. Although newborns are typically categorized as male or female at birth based on visible ...

Scientists identify mutation patterns in healthy stomach lining, offering new insights into the earliest steps of cancer ...

While Emma has Down syndrome — specifically a rare type called Mosaic Down syndrome — some people don’t believe it. “At the ...

Women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause, which may be linked to the sex hormone estrogen and explain why they are less susceptible to certain infectious ...

Childhood-onset striatonigral neurodegeneration robs children of the ability to walk and talk by age five. Researchers at ...

The research reveals that this sex-based difference can be traced to a gene on the Y chromosome. The discovery, published on March 12 in Science Advances, not only showcases the critical need to ...