Scientists have used gene editing to remove the extra chromosome causing Down syndrome in lab-grown cells. A major step ...

When aneuploidy occurs in embryonic cells, it is almost always fatal to the organism. For human embryos, extra copies of any chromosome are lethal, with the exceptions of chromosome 21, which produces ...

Blocking microRNA-106a to reactivate silent healthy MECP2 genes reverses symptoms in a mouse model of Rett syndrome.

The Y chromosome, which determines the sex of human and other mammal babies, is slowly degenerating and may disappear within a few million years, raising fears of extinction. However, a 2022 study ...

HARs make up a big portion of the 1% difference, which can lead to dramatically different outcomes in human and chimp neurons in petri dishes. The human neurons grew multiple neurites, or wiry ...

Japanese scientists may have rewritten the future of Down syndrome research by using gene editing to remove the extra ...