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

A test for abnormal fetal chromosomes can also detect maternal cancers—and physicians are struggling to incorporate that ...

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 ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process ...

Females have one active X chromosome and one dormant X chromosome in each cell. But a study suggests that genes on the ...

March 21 (3/21) symbolizes the triplication of the 21st chromosome, which causes Down syndrome. This day reminds us to ...

A Virginia judge this week ruled that embryos aren’t property in a lawsuit between two ex-spouses over their two IVF-produced ...

Caterina Scorsone walks through a snowy neighborhood with daughter Pippa, 8, as they celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. The ...

The geroscience hypothesis holds that targeting molecular pathways that drive aging can give us more healthy years. Evidence ...

Much was made of the potential health risks that stranded NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams would face in space. Returning to Earth in March 2025, after an unexpected ...

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