In a surprise, work in mice has found that the dormant X chromosome in females can reawaken late in life and turn on genes that keep the brain healthy. UCSF researchers may have discovered how the ...

The fierce debate about smartphones and adolescent mental health rests on conflicting science. Researchers and technology companies must work to improve it.

Child obesity and eating disorders may also factor in. The one major factor that influences penis size is genetics. This includes the X chromosome that boys inherit from their mothers and the Y ...

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.

Later, Wacław Szybalski popularized the term in 1974 in reference to genetic engineering, but little did he know that one day ...

Transposons, or "jumping genes"—DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another—are key to bacterial evolution and the development of antibiotic resistance. Cornell ...

Did you know men and women's heart cells prefer different kinds of fuel? Gender differences are emerging as scientists turn ...

Input data must be a VCF containing phased genotype data for at least one individual and file must be sorted by chromosome and genomic position; no other formats are currently supported. When using a ...

Colegas (2012): ‘Colegas’ is a Spanish film released in 2012 that tells the story of three young men with Down syndrome who embark on an adventurous road trip together. The film follows Jose, Adolfo, ...

For one, inserting at the end of the chromosome helps the transposon avoid genes for the cell's core functioning, which reside in the middle of the chromosomes; transposons that can target the ...

As potential Medicaid cuts loom over millions of Americans, parents of children with severe disabilities are trying to ...