A test for abnormal fetal chromosomes can also detect maternal cancers—and physicians are struggling to incorporate that ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

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This method is most useful for examining chromosomal translocations, especially ones involving the Y chromosome. Taken together, these banding techniques offer clinical cytogeneticists an arsenal ...

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Scientists discover that women's second X chromosome awakens later in life, expressing genes that protect the brain from ...

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