In 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that schizophrenia affects about 24 million people worldwide, and one ...

Meiosis II resembles a mitotic division, except that the chromosome number has been reduced by half. Thus, the products of meiosis II are four haploid cells that contain a single copy of each ...

Understanding how deletion mutations in mitochondrial DNA contribute to aging can help delay age-related decline in ...

The genetics behind the alternating sexes of walnut trees have been revealed by biologists at the University of California, ...

Pinpointing the cause of autism has proven difficult, in part because it’s a complex group of developmental disorders and not ...

Scientists have discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor proteins make long loops in our DNA ...

How we classify cancer and spot it in its earliest stages could need an urgent rethink: researchers have found that even some ...

Have you ever wondered what the oldest living thing is? Introducing Pando, the ancient quaking aspen forest that's over ...

Choosing between a single mastectomy and double (bilateral) mastectomy for breast cancer can be challenging, and the right decision is different for each person. Medical concerns to weigh include your ...

For the first time, a gene called DDX53 has been associated with the complex developmental disorder. Its identification is an ...

Promoted cards do not include input from individual authors. For single parents, these responsibilities compound. If you're a single parent, you're certainly not alone: There were an estimated 9.8 ...