Fathers may pass ovarian cancer risk to daughters
Scientists have identified a new gene for ovarian cancer risk that may be passed down from fathers to their daughters...
One of two sex chromosomes that determine biological sex. Human females have two X chromosomes, whereas males have one X and one Y chromosome.
Scientists have identified a new gene for ovarian cancer risk that may be passed down from fathers to their daughters...
The NHS should offer patients the chance to freeze their eggs before they receive treatments that could damage their fertility, say new guidelines published by the British Fertility Society...
A new gene therapy has halted the progression of a fatal degenerative brain disease in a small study of affected boys...
Cells from genetically infertile male mice have been turned into sperm, and used to produce healthy pups...
A new study has found over 280 genes associated with male-pattern baldness...
by Anna Leida
Having two copies of the X chromosome may help explain why females get cancer less often than males, according to new research...
by Jenny Sharpe
Researchers have discovered a gene linked to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) after a dog bred to model the disease was found to have a protective mutation against it...
by Ceri Durham
Abnormal results from a non-invasive prenatal test for fetal chromosome abnormality may indicate the presence of previously undetected cancers in some mothers....
A study into the 3D structure of the human genome has revealed the locations of DNA 'loops' at unprecedented resolution...
Two regions of the human genome have been linked to homosexuality in the largest study on the topic to date...
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