Aging men often lose the Y chromosome in a growing number of their cells—and it may be far more dangerous than once believed.

Scientists now believe the Y chromosome, found in males, plays a bigger role in health and aging than once thought. Earlier, ...

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Microtubules, the dynamic filaments that form the cell's internal scaffolding, have long been viewed as mere passive ...

Background Chromosome 19 is the most gene-dense chromosome in the human genome, with a high frequency of segmental ...

Conventional investigations of the genetic contributors to Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk and progression have ignored the role of the X-chromosome, primarily due to technical analysis limitations. To ...

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When cancer cells in male patients and immune cells in their tumors both lose the Y chromosome, those patients tend to experience poorer outcomes than patients without Y chromosome loss, according to ...