The Regenerative Medicine Project at our institute is advancing therapeutic strategies for various diseases by introducing a ...

It has been known for several years that abnormal chromosome numbers lead to protein imbalances in the affected cells. Researchers at RPTU have now investigated the detailed effects of such imbalances ...

New findings reveal an advanced, unexpected two-way communication between the function and organization of chromosomes in the cell nucleus. Previous research shows that the organization of chromosomal ...

A case report of an 8-month-old boy with a constitutional non-supernumerary ring chromosome 21 shows that dynamic, ...

Almost every cell in our body contains around two meters (6.6 feet) of DNA, packed into a tiny nucleus. Yet for the cell to ...

"X and Y chromosomes are often thought of as simple determinants for biological sex, but their role in human health is much ...

Scientists have discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor proteins make long loops in our DNA, they ...

Human sex chromosomes originated from a pair of autosomes, the ordinary or non-sex chromosomes that contain the majority of our genome and come in identical pairs. That ancestral pair of autosomes ...

In a study published in the journal Science, researchers in Queensland and the United States discovered that the human X chromosome attracts an unusual kind of DNA mutation, potentially doubling the ...

A comparative genomic study finds that strong selection on maternally inherited egg colour mimicry in cuckoo finches ...