It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down syndrome ...

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People with shorter protective caps at the end of their chromosomes (called telomeres) may be more likely to develop age-related brain diseases such as stroke, dementia and late-life depression ...

Shorter protective caps on chromosomes called telomeres, a proposed marker of accelerated biological cell aging, may be ...

Shorter telomeres are linked to higher risks of stroke, dementia, and depression, but lifestyle factors may help counteract ...

DNA is organized in segments on chromosomes called genes. Humans typically have 46 chromosomes arranged in 23 pairs. Genetics plays a key role in answering each of these questions. For humans ...