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

The 'silent' X chromosome within female brains may not be so silent after all. A new study has found evidence in both mice ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

"You either have XX or XY chromosomes," Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., wrote Feb. 20 on X. "Those are the options." Most commonly, a person is born with two X chromosomes (female) or an X and a Y (male).

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