The Y chromosome, passed from fathers to sons, is shrinking over time, raising questions about its future role. Despite its ...

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center finds that, in healthy women, some breast ...

Chromosome abnormality is the condition in a cell or organism where the number of chromosomes or the structure of any chromosome differs from the normal karyotype. When the variant genotype is not ...

For decades, the Y chromosome has been difficult for scientists to study. When the human genome was first published in 1990, it didn’t even include the Y chromosome, which received its first ...

The last few years have provided us with a new level of understanding of how chromosomes are replicated, segregated and read - and how their 3D organisation influences expression of individual genes ...

Scientists still know very little about the ovaries, but new research and renewed interest suggests unlocking its secrets ...

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Dec. 3, 2024 — Specially packaged DNA secreted by tumor cells can trigger an immune response that inhibits the metastatic spread of the tumor to the liver, ... Immune T Cells Become Exhausted in ...

This study provides a valuable look at genome-wide RNaseA-resistant RNA-DNA interactions in human embryonic stem cells. The research indicated that RNase treatment maintained long-range RNA-chromatin ...

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body’s estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...