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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Gene editing techniques may eventually allow trisomy to be treated at the cellular level, according to an in vitro proof-of-concept study.

"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 ...