Understanding Down syndrome, genetic condition with an extra chromosome 21, is crucial for providing appropriate care and ...

Breakthrough technology that transforms the body into a virus-zapping vaccine factory is poised to revolutionise the fight against COVID-19 but future pandemics and even cancer could be next, ...

Over a few million years, the spider Dysdera tilosensis—a species endemic to the Canary Islands—has reduced the size of its ...

Your DNA contains millions of genetic variants that interact with each other in ways that affect whether diseases such as ...

The diversity and genomic resources of Brassicaceae make it an ideal model for studying karyotype evolution. Here, the authors reconstruct ancestral karyotypes of Camelinodae and Brassicodae, identify ...

The longevity disparity between men and women may have its origins in ancient biological mechanisms, going beyond simple behavioral factors. An unprecedented comparative analysis, examining survival ...

American researchers have successfully generated early-stage human embryos using adult skin cells, a major reproductive ...

Robertsonian chromosomes (ROB) are a type of structurally variant chromosome that is created when two chromosomes fuse together to form an unusual bond. Found commonly in nature, these chromosomes are ...