They also found that after the extra chromosome was removed, genes tied to nervous system development were more active and ...

Japanese researchers have successfully eliminated the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome using CRISPR gene ...

Your Kell blood type is determined by the KEL gene on chromosome 7. Much like the Rh antigens, you can be either positive or negative for the antigens. There are 38 Kell antigens, but the two most ...

When X-linked genes evade silencing on the “inactive” chromosome in XX cells, some protect women from diseases such as cancer, but others seem to promote conditions such as autoimmunity. Amber Dance ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute studying male mice engineered with different Y chromosome deletions have uncovered which genes on the mouse Y chromosome regulate the development of ...