A seven-year case study of a prenatal 19p13.3–p13.2 duplication found persistent developmental and growth problems alongside ...

Using this method, they found that a combination of failures—from the partial loss of an essential protein to weakened connections between chromosomes—can cause errors that increase with maternal age.

Chromosomal abnormalities in eggs increase with age. This is a point often stated as a near-given in fertility treatment ...

A new study led by NYU Langone Health researchers found that cancer cells are better able to resist treatments when they have an abnormal number of chromosomes, which are DNA strands wound up in ...

A seven-year study of 7,530 Chinese patients undergoing reproductive genetic counseling found that benign chromosomal ...

It has been known for several years that abnormal chromosome numbers lead to protein imbalances in the affected cells. Researchers at RPTU have now investigated the detailed effects of such imbalances ...

Japanese researchers used CRISPR-Cas9 to remove the extra chromosome 21 from cells in a lab. It's a real breakthrough — but not a Down syndrome cure, and not a new 2026 treatment.

JA Rosenfeld is an employee of Signature Genomic Laboratories, a subsidiary of PerkinElmer, Inc. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or ...

Single deletions may be asymptomatic, but 'multiple deletions lead to infertility'—Mouse study with comprehensive deletion of ...

Human DNA, which is approximately two meters in length, is organized into a compact, thread-like structure known as the chromatin, so it could fit into the nucleus, a tiny sphere that’s only about six ...