An X chromosome gene appears to drive inflammation in the brain, and may explain why women are more likely to develop MS, per ...
Neil Hunter, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has discovered a crucial step in how chromosomes stay connected during the development for egg cells and sperm, ...
A condition known as Robertsonian translocation occurs when the long arms of two chromosomes join together. The characterization of the fully sequenced and assembled fused chromosomes reveals a common ...
DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...
Motor proteins are tiny "machines" inside cells that use chemical energy to move along molecular tracks and carry out essential processes like chromosome segregation during cell division. When a cell ...
New research by UCLA Health has identified a sex-chromosome linked gene that drives inflammation in the female brain, ...
In most mammals, females live longer than males, but in birds the trend goes the other way – a study of over 1000 species ...