Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe autoimmune disease with complex genetic causes. Some genetic contributors have been ...

Dog exposure was linked to significant changes in some genetic factors associated with risk for atopic eczema.

Bats live long, cancer-free lives using extra tumor-fighting genes and stable immune systems. This may unlock new ways to ...

Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie announced a $50 million donation for the creation of the Lurie Autism Institute in ...

Human development is a beautiful, complex process. Beginning from just two germ cells, the cells divide and double until an entire organism is developed in just under a year.

A dynamic DNA methylation 'barcode' on the X chromosome can distinguish thousands of individual adult male neurons and may record aspects of their development.

Mankind has spent decades exploring space and studying its effects on the body, but they're only just understanding life ...

Researchers found that taking this vitamin every day may slow cellular aging by as much as three years. Here's everything you ...

(Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Turner syndrome happens when a female is missing certain genes normally on the X chromosome. (Females have two X chromosomes, while males have an X and a Y chromosome).

New research in mice shows that mutations in key proteins disrupt the shutdown of one X chromosome in females, linking ...

The events of chromosome replication and meiosis are obviously critical as well known from classical genetics. Even a mutation at a single base (not even a base pair) can be transmitted to the ...