How did humans evolve brains capable of complex language, civilization, and more? Scientists at UC San Francisco recently ...
An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes. The study ...
A study of artificial human and chimpanzee nerve cells revealed how faster-evolving DNA gives neurons the ability to build ...
Gene editing techniques may eventually allow trisomy to be treated at the cellular level, according to an in vitro ...
Scientists are exploring gene editing as a way to correct trisomy at the cellular level. Using CRISPR-Cas9, researchers ...
Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.
Decades ago, researchers showed that Down syndrome (also known as trisomy 21), was caused when individuals carried an extra ...
The nucleus of every human cell contains chromosomes - 23 pairs, to be exact. These carry our genetic material, known as the genome, and are composed of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and proteins. DNA ...