Revamped gene therapy for 'bubble boy' immune condition does well in trial
Gene therapy to treat children with 'bubble boy syndrome' seems to be both safe and effective, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found...
One of two sex chromosomes that determine biological sex. Human females have two X chromosomes, whereas males have one X and one Y chromosome.
Gene therapy to treat children with 'bubble boy syndrome' seems to be both safe and effective, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found...
by Chris Hardy
Genetics plays a role in male sexual orientation but social and environmental factors are also involved, research suggests...
Genes linked with type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease and even smoking addiction were acquired through interbreeding with Neanderthals, a study published in Nature suggests...
by Siobhan Chan
Gene therapy for an eye condition called choroideremia is safe and has improved the vision of six patients, says a study in the Lancet...
The human Y chromosome may have some use, after all. Experts previously thought that the chromosome containing 'male' genes was shrinking to the point of extinction...
by Clara Salice
The 'female' X chromosome has been shown to contain several genes that may be involved in sperm production...
A method that 'switches off' entire chromosomes has been used in isolated cells to target the genetic defect behind Down's syndrome...
Men may not be on the brink of extinction after all, according to a study on the evolution of the human Y chromosome. Previous research has suggested that the Y sex chromosome, carried only by men, is decaying genetically at such a rate that men would become extinct in five million years' time...
A test has been developed to determine the sex of a fetus from only five weeks old. The test relies on a blood sample from the mother and therefore carries no risk to the child...
'Me, My Sex and I' is a documentary about people who are born neither entirely male nor female. I must state at the outset that this programme is about the sex of the individual, and should not be confused with gender, which is how people identify themselves (something that many other TV reviews have got wrong in describing this programme). As the show makes clear, sex is not an 'either or' for many people; the real buzz word here is 'ambiguous'....
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