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Genetic Counseling and Testing for Breast Cancer Affected by Family...
A recent preliminary study that was presented at the American Society for Preventive Oncology meeting in Bethesda, Md has said that willingness of relatives to talk about their family's cancer history...
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How Do Males Make Up for Their X Chromosome Shortage?
Researchers at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton, UK have revealed that males to make up for...
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Switch That Turns on X Chromosome Matchmaking Discovered
Scientists at the University of Warwick have discovered the switch that pulls together X chromosomes in female cells at a crucial stage of embryo development. The discovery could offer new insights...
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Intestinal Inflammation Linked to Systemic Chromosome Damage
Intestinal inflammation has been linked with systemic chromosome damage for the first time by UCLA scientists in mice. This finding may lead to the early identification and treatment of human...
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Study Says Mice With Extra Chromosome Region Show Many Autistic Signs
Researchers report in the June 26th issue of the journal ICell/I, a Cell Press Publication that mice who inherit a particular chromosomal duplication from their fathers show many behaviors associated...
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Balance of X Chromosomes is Adjusted Before Implantation by Female Embryos
The first evidence that a process of inactivating the X chromosome during embryo development and implantation takes place in human female embryos prior to implantation in the womb has been uncovered...
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Researcher Provides New Insights Into Chromosome Segregation And Cell Division
Lars Jansen has worked on the formation of the centromere, a key cellular structure in powering and controlling chromosome segregation and accurate cell division. Jansen's work has just earned him a...
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Study Says Male Sex Chromosome Facing Extinction Due to Rapid Evolution
The sex chromosome that only males carry is deteriorating and could disappear within a few million years, new research has warned. Scientists at Penn State University (PSU) found that the male Y...
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The Female 'XIST' X Chromosome Coating Question Answered By Aurora B
Early in development, mammalian female cells counteract their double dose of X chromosomes by coating one of them with a large RNA named XIST. The RNA binds to the same X chromosome from which it is...
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Full Chromosome Analysis Leads To IVF Birth After 13 Failed Attempts
Full chromosome analysis, called array Comparative Genomic Hybridisation (CGH), is believed to have led to the birth of a baby in Britain. The couple, screened at Care Fertility in Nottingham, find...
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Study Finds Achilles' Heel in Y Chromosome Linked to Sex Disorders
A new study says that the unique mechanism behind the evolutionary survival of the human Y chromosome may also be responsible for a range of sex disorders, from failed sperm production to sex reversal...
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X And Y Chromosome Can Converse With Each Other!
University of Leicester's Department of Genetics scientists have for the first time revealed that the male and female do truly communicate, at least at the fundamental genetic level. The research...
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New Vertebrate Species Formed Due To Sex Chromosome Evolution
Studies say experiments in stickleback fish have shown for the first time that the evolution of new sex chromosomes is the driving force behind the formation of a new vertebrate species. Up until now,...
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Biologists Identify Mechanism For Evolution of New Sex Chromosomes
After a recent research in which biologists genetically mapped the sex chromosomes of several species of cichlid fish from Lake Malawi, East Africa, they have identified a mechanism by which new sex...
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Queen Victoria's Royal Family Was Plagued By Haemophilia B
The identity of the "cursed blood" disorder that troubled the British Royal Family in the 19th and early 20th centuries has been revealed. DNA analysis show that the disease inherited by Queen...
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Chromosome Mutation That Dramatically Increases Schizophrenia Risk Identified
An international team of scientists has identified a mutation on human chromosome 16 that dramatically raises risk for schizophrenia. The mutation in question is what scientists call a copy number...
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Research Team Links Genetic Defect to Vitamin A Deficiency in Women
Nearly half of the British women might be lacking an important source of vitamin A due to previously undetected genetic defect. The vitamin helps the immune system ward off common infections such as...
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Study Links Chromosome Changes to Cancer
US researchers said in a study published Monday that a chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer. With virtually all human cancers having an abnormal number of chromosomes, scientists...
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Y Chromosome in Males Evolving Faster Than Expected
The widely held scientific theory that the mammalian Y chromosome is slowly decaying or stagnating has been challenged by a new study. It has suggested that the Y chromosome, found only in males, is...
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Researchers Understand Effects of Genetic Defect in Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
Studies on the genetic defect behind myotonic muscular dystrophy has revealed that the mutation affects an array of metabolic pathways in muscle cells through its effects on two key proteins. A study...
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