For instance, deletions that span a centromere result in an acentric chromosome that will most likely be lost during cell division. As with duplications, deletions can affect gene dosage and thus ...

Many couples consider lifestyle, nutrition, and timing when trying to conceive. Nevertheless, an important factor is ...

A child with a rare genetic disorder — spinal muscular atrophy type I — was treated prenatally for the first time. Courtesy of Jakob Owens  via Unsplash During an amniocentesis test, a long, thin ...

Angelman syndrome is caused by an over-expression of paternal imprinted genes and an under-expression of maternal ones on chromosome 15. Children with this genetic disorder tend to be more ...

Olivia Farnsworth from Huddersfield has a rare genetic disorder, chromosome 6p deletion, which makes her immune to pain, ...

Genetic screening can be a game-changer for women’s health, enabling proactive steps in preventing and managing diseases like ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. “This work is really important because the X chromosome has largely been excluded from genetic studies in the past,” said Amy Roberts, a ...

Their recent study reports that a highly complex rearrangement of fragments from chromosomes 3 and 5 altered the typical organization of genes in the q14.3 region of chromosome 5, leading to a ...

A false positive is a genetic test that wrongly detected a certain allele or faulty chromosome ... of care needed for children with inherited disorders. Gene therapy involves inserting copies ...

Women are more prone to autoimmune diseases due to genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors. We got in touch with an expert who explains how the X chromosome, estrogen levels, and lifestyle ...

For years, the fact that women tend to outlive men has been a topic of interest and speculation among scientists and the ...