Microtubules, the dynamic filaments that form the cell's internal scaffolding, have long been viewed as mere passive structural supports. But a new study reveals they play a far more active signaling ...

South Korea’s national radiation research institute screened 80 North Korean defectors for signs of past radiation exposure ...

Use of mosaicism as measured by preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy does not predict chances of live birth after IVF.

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World Down's Syndrome Day is March 21st or 321. The numbers represent the genetic cause of Down's syndrome, a triplet ...

Recent studies connect Y chromosome loss with several serious health conditions. These include heart disease, brain disorders ...

A quarter of North Korean defectors from regions near the northeastern Punggye-ri nuclear test site have shown chromosome ...

Aging men often lose the Y chromosome in a growing number of their cells—and it may be far more dangerous than once believed.

Human cells have two copies of each chromosome, and this balance is essential for genes to be expressed in the appropriate ...

Biologists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have uncovered how the protein NuSAP safeguards tiny structures inside cells called centrioles, revealing a mechanism linked to developmental ...

Mosaic Down syndrome has some cells with three copies of chromosome 21, and some with two instead of all three. Only about 1% to 2% of people with Down syndrome have mosaic Down syndrome. The severity ...