The process by which one of the two X chromosomes present in females is randomly inactivated in the cells of the early embryo.
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...
The three-dimensional structure of the X chromosome and how it is silenced in female cells has been demonstrated by a new computational method...
Session three of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) annual conference explored the genetic and genomic links to susceptibility to severe COVID-19...
Having two copies of the X chromosome may help explain why females get cancer less often than males, according to new research...
A method that 'switches off' entire chromosomes has been used in isolated cells to target the genetic defect behind Down's syndrome...
Researchers lead by a team at the UK's Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have published a detailed analysis of the human X-chromosome, one of the two chromosomes that determines sex. An accompanying study uncovered the surprise finding that women have two active copies of many X-chromosome genes. Previously, scientists believed that...
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Berlin: A form of IVF in which a single sperm is injected directly into the egg appears to slow down the growth rate of the resulting female (but not male) early embryos, according to a new Dutch study. The scientists, based at the Academic Hospital...
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