Autoimmune diseases may be linked to X chromosome inactivation
A long non-coding RNA that plays a role in the inactivation of one of the X chromosomes in females, could be behind why autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect women...
One of two chromosomes that determine biological sex. Human males have an X and Y chromosome, whereas females have two X chromosomes.
A long non-coding RNA that plays a role in the inactivation of one of the X chromosomes in females, could be behind why autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect women...
by Jake Knox
A new driver of ovarian development, contributing to sex-specific organ differences, has been identified...
Two publications about Y chromosome sequencing have contributed to the completion of the reference genome available to researchers, in a way that could improve understanding of male health and fertility...
A new technique for selecting sperm during assisted reproduction appears to produce embryos of a desired sex with 80 percent accuracy...
Egg cells have been generated from male mouse cells and, once fertilised and implanted into female mice, have developed seemingly healthy, fertile offspring...
by Ahmed Amer
Ahmed Amer reviews a tale of male infertility, diagnosis and IVF success...
Sertoli cells, which are crucial to sperm formation, have been recreated in the lab using pluripotent stem cells, to help study the earliest stages of sex determination...
A new genetic mechanism for determining sex has been discovered in spiny rats, shedding light on the evolution and degeneration of the Y chromosome...
Genetically near-identical male and female induced pluripotent stem cells have been derived from the same person for the first time...
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