Autoimmune diseases may be linked to X chromosome inactivation
A long non-coding RNA that plays a role in the inactivation of one of the X chromosomes in females, could be behind why autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect women...
One of two sex chromosomes that determine biological sex. Human females have two X chromosomes, whereas males have one X and one Y chromosome.
A long non-coding RNA that plays a role in the inactivation of one of the X chromosomes in females, could be behind why autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect women...
Two publications about Y chromosome sequencing have contributed to the completion of the reference genome available to researchers, in a way that could improve understanding of male health and fertility...
A new technique for selecting sperm during assisted reproduction appears to produce embryos of a desired sex with 80 percent accuracy...
Egg cells have been generated from male mouse cells and, once fertilised and implanted into female mice, have developed seemingly healthy, fertile offspring...
by Ahmed Amer
Ahmed Amer reviews a tale of male infertility, diagnosis and IVF success...
Sertoli cells, which are crucial to sperm formation, have been recreated in the lab using pluripotent stem cells, to help study the earliest stages of sex determination...
Genetically near-identical male and female induced pluripotent stem cells have been derived from the same person for the first time...
A gene which is expressed more in women than men could offer a clue as to why women are at greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease...
A novel mutation in a gene called TLR7 has been identified as directly linked to the development of lupus...
Nearly two decades after the initial release of the human genome sequence, scientists have published the first gap-less, complete sequence...
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