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 ...

About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it ...

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 ...

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 ...

(NEXSTAR) – New cases of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus have been identified in at least two states’ hospital systems. Candida auris, also called C. auris, was first identified in the U.S ...

The planned changes include reinstating a version of chromosome testing that was discontinued in the 1990s, requiring athletes who compete in the female category to submit to a cheek swab or dry ...

Humanity has been hunting for sex-based differences in the brain since at least the time of the ancient Greeks, and it has ...

Certain behaviors we now recognize as symptoms of specific conditions used to be written off as personality traits, but now that we see things differently, they are labeled signs of mental illness ...

President Donald Trump has expressed his intent to classify violent protesters at Tesla dealerships as domestic terrorists. Accompanied by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Trump emphasized his commitment to ...