The overlooked influence of this genetic library could be a key reason why females live longer than males and exhibit slower ...

DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another—are key to bacterial evolution and the development of ...

“In typical aging, women have a brain that looks younger, with fewer cognitive deficits compared to men,” said Dr. Dena Dubal ...

Ezra Izer discusses the genetic analysis that has supposedly identified Jack the Ripper ...

Study in mice and human cadavers hints that a brain-protective gene in the chromosome becomes more active with age.

How did humans evolve brains capable of complex language, civilization, and more? The answer could lie in exceptional DNA.

Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY ): People with this condition, first identified in 1942, have an extra X chromosome. People with ...

For years, the fact that women tend to outlive men has been a topic of interest and speculation among scientists and the ...

UCSF researchers may have discovered how the female brain remains resilient in aging, answering an age-old question of how ...

A special edition of the journal Science focuses on women's health, including links between estrogen and dementia, at a time ...

Scientists might have figured out why women live longer than men — linking it to having two X chromosomes, which defend ...