Understanding how deletion mutations in mitochondrial DNA contribute to aging can help delay age-related decline in ...

The biological factory that produces reproductive cells has a robust quality control system to identify and eliminate eggs ...

Scientists from the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna Biocenter discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes.

These findings help us better understand the structure and function of our chromosomes. They also provide insight into how ...

New research shows how SMC proteins make long loops in our DNA and also put twists into the loops as they form, helping to ...

I­­n its anniversary year, Germany’s most important research prize goes to four female researchers and six male researchers / €2.5 million in prize money each / Award ceremony: 19 March in Berlin ...

Wolf-Hirschhorn is a rare genetic disorder that your baby gets when part of chromosome 4 is deleted. It happens when cells divide abnormally during reproduction. When any part of a chromosome is ...

In normal human cells, the nucleus contains 23 pairs of chromosomes that enclose the DNA. There are some natural processes that can damage DNA. For example, in chromothripsis, which occurs in some ...

As a mosaicism example, a person might possess some cells that have 46 chromosomes while other cells have 47 chromosomes. This difference in a person’s chromosomal makeup can contribute to ...