Losing the Y chromosome seems to make cancer cells more aggressive in men and the phenomenon may even spread between cells.

When cancer cells in male patients and immune cells in their tumors both lose the Y chromosome, those patients tend to ...

A study initiated by a University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center physician-scientist defined for the first time how ...

Women age differently from men when it comes to health—particularly in conditions like cardiovascular disease and ...

Epigenetic changes do not alter the genetic code itself, but by changing how DNA is organized within the cell, epigenetic ...

With aging, the tightly packed structure of the silent X chromosome is gradually loosened, allowing for genes to be read ...

There are more male orange cats than females because this gene is located on the X-chromosome, which males only have one copy ...

Researchers identified an unusual genetic mutation in orange domestic cats that has not been found in any other animal, ...

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a ...

Your orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studies Cats are ...