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

Autism has a significant and enduring sex bias, with roughly four boys diagnosed for every girl. For many years, experts have ...

In fact, about 1 in 20 US boys are diagnosed with autism by age 8. For girls, the rate ranges from about 1 in 70 to 1 in 100.

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Scientists now believe the Y chromosome, found in males, plays a bigger role in health and aging than once thought. Earlier, ...

Background Chromosome 19 is the most gene-dense chromosome in the human genome, with a high frequency of segmental duplications that predispose it to genomic rearrangements. While deletions of ...

Conventional investigations of the genetic contributors to Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk and progression have ignored the role of the X-chromosome, primarily due to technical analysis limitations. To ...

Stephanie Nicklow hopes to raise awareness and share her son's health journey with the world ...

Microtubules, the dynamic filaments that form the cell's internal scaffolding, have long been viewed as mere passive ...