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

University of Oregon researchers discovered a 480-million-year-old sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus, making it one of the oldest known animal sex chromosomes. This finding confirms ...

Our gender is identical to our sex, written in our genes, can be clearly assigned and does not change over our lifetime. That's what many people say. The woman on one side, the man on the other ― ...

Chromosome abnormality is the condition in a cell or organism where the number of chromosomes or the structure of any chromosome differs from the normal karyotype. When the variant genotype is not ...

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Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

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Feb. 6, 2025 — A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have pioneered an artificial intelligence (AI) tool, called OmicsFootPrint, that helps convert vast ...

Generally speaking, you'll find cell phone deals coming in two forms - first as an outright sale on an unlocked device, and secondly as part of a carrier-plan tie-in. The latter can be a bit ...

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The first patients with a deadly and incurable form of brain cancer have been enrolled on a trial that could pave the way for ...