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.

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 ...

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 ...

Sex chromosomes are chromosomes, or packages of DNA, that are found inside the nucleus of all of your cells. There are two different kinds: X and Y, which determine whether you’re biologically male ...