An investigation into cellular components in bacteria has unexpectedly uncovered a feature with relevance across many life ...

In 2002, evolutionary biologist Jenny Graves shared a controversial calculation. The human Y chromosome, she wrote two years ...

It's not often that a pathologist gets to make a diagnosis that works for the patient by preventing treatment from occurring.

Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have made a major discovery about cancer cells. This new ...

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...

Women tend to live longer than men. There are traditional explanations: Men smoke more. They drink more. They tend to engage in riskier behavior. But the fact that this lifespan gap holds true ...

Neil Hunter, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has discovered a crucial step in how chromosomes stay connected during the development for egg cells and sperm, ...

Cutting-edge gene editing technology could eradicate Down syndrome, according to Japanese scientists. Down syndrome, which causes a range of developmental differences and affects 1 in 700 newborns in ...

Mosaic Down syndrome is a variant of Down syndrome. Down syndrome is a congenital (present at birth) genetic condition that occurs when a person has three copies of chromosome 21 instead of two (the ...

Women, on average, live longer than men. This trend can be seen as far back as records stretch, and is true of every country in the world today. Many explanations have been put forward: men take more ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...