The human body relies on precise genetic instructions to function, and cancer begins when these instructions get scrambled.

She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the ...

IN 1960 Lejeune et al. 1 noted a centric fusion of 2 13–15 chromosomes in the cells of a person with Klinefelter's syndrome, and in 1962 Walker and Harris 2,3 reported several generations of a family ...

The AMPLIFY study [NCT03836261] did not include patients with del (17p), so that doublet is not relevant. The study that used ...

As the human genome gradually yields up its secrets, scientists are finding some genetic events, such as rearrangements in chromosomes, are less random than they had previously thought. Originating as ...

WHEN the rubella virus infects a human fetus early in its development congenital malformations may ensue. The mechanism of this teratogenic effect is not known. It has been demonstrated 1 that when ...

A syndrome in male cats analogous to chromatin-positive Klinefelter's syndrome in human males has been demonstrated. The physical characteristics which suggested an abnormality of chromosome number in ...

Of the nine children born to Joseph and Rose Kennedy, one is President of the U.S., but Daughter Rosemary, 44. has spent half of her life in a special nursing home because she is mentally retarded.

Mother’s Day is a happy day for millions, but for those who have experienced a miscarriage, the day can be devastating. As many as one in four recognized pregnancies result in miscarriage. Pregnancy ...