Trisomy is a genetic condition characterized by the presence of an extra chromosome. This means that the affected person has ...

A new international study presented today at the 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and ...

Reproductive medicine has traditionally focused on maternal age, but findings show that paternal age is also crucial.

A new international study presented today at the 41 st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) reveals that IVF cycles involving male partners over the age ...

A growing number of female scientists, entrepreneurs and influencers are edging in to a space long dominated by men. Their study of hormones and ovaries could unlock the key to a longer life for ...

Psilocybin shows promise for extending lifespan and slowing aging by preserving telomeres, new studies reveal.

Cytologists had been studying chromosome behavior since the late 19th century. Why did it take until 1956 to figure out the correct human chromosome number, thanks to Joe Hin Tjio and Albert Levan ...

A group of scientists in the United Kingdom are making synthetic human DNA from scratch in a world's first.

Biological science has made such astonishing leaps in the last few decades, such as precise gene editing, that scientists are now tackling the next logical — yet inherently controversial — step: ...

Scientists involved in the Synthetic Human Genome Project are now attempting to create a fully synthetic human chromosome, making up about two per cent of human DNA, as proof of concept.

A team of researchers have generated the first complete chromosome sequences from non-human primates. Published in Nature, these sequences uncover remarkable variation between the Y chromosomes of ...