New research into mitotic chromosomes has found that they are covered in a liquid-like coating that could allow them to ...

Blood tests could pave the way for distinguishing between Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and some dementias, aiding early treatment for brain diseases.

Every day, your body replaces billions of cells—and yet, your tissues stay perfectly organized. How is that possible?

Scientists have solved a decade-long question about the mechanism that preserves the centromere, the hub that ensures DNA ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

The Y chromosome can disappear over time in human males, which may introduce a number of health problems. While the exact trigger for such degeneration is unknown, environmental factors can play a ...

How did humans evolve brains capable of complex language, civilization, and more? Scientists at UC San Francisco recently found that parts of our chromosomes have evolved at breakneck speeds to give ...

Our body is composed of millions of individual cells. Each cell contains threadlike structures called chromosomes that carry genetic information from cell to cell. Chromosomes are located in the ...

Dissecting the contribution of human chromosome 21 syntenic regions to recognition memory processes in adult and aged mouse models of Down syndrome ...

Chromosomal instability, a hallmark of human tumors, refers to the improper segregation of chromosomes during cell division, leading to abnormalities in chromosome structure or number.