Australian researchers have identified a surprising mechanism focusing on telomeres -- protective caps at the ends of ...

The improper segregation of chromosomes during cell division leads to abnormalities that disrupt the proper functioning of ...

With age, telomeres -- protective caps at the ends of chromosomes -- naturally shorten, signaling ageing cells to stop ...

Researchers have identified a surprising mechanism that helps cells defend against cancer, a new study by the Sydney-based Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) said on Monday. Telomeres, the ...

More information: Chao Xia et al, ChromTR: chromosome detection in raw metaphase cell images via deformable transformers, Frontiers of Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s11684-024-1098-y ...

Females, on average, live nearly five years longer than males. They also tend to experience age-related cognitive decline at ...

In a surprise, work in mice has found that the dormant X chromosome in females can reawaken late in life and turn on genes that keep the brain healthy.

DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another—are key to bacterial evolution and the development of ...

However, there are no treatments. The researchers were able to remove duplicate chromosomes from both induced pluripotent stem cells and fibroblasts. Suppressing chromosomal DNA repair ability ...

For years, the fact that women tend to outlive men has been a topic of interest and speculation among scientists and the ...

Gene editing techniques may eventually allow for trisomy disorders to be treated at the cellular level, according to an in ...

For one, inserting at the end of the chromosome helps the transposon avoid genes for the cell's core functioning, which reside in the middle of the chromosomes; transposons that can target the ...