Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of our chromosomes, act much like the plastic tips of shoelaces, preventing our DNA ...

An international research team led by Martin Petr and Janet Kelso of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has determined Y chromosome sequences of three ...

All processes such as wound healing, hair growth, and the replacement of old cells with new ones depend on cell division.

Scientists have taken an important step toward a gene therapy that could one day turn off the extra genetic material that ...

A study shows that extra chromosomes in fetal cells create pre-leukemic clones that can persist for years, requiring later triggers to develop into leukemia, revealing a two-stage disease model.

Most mammals, including humans, have two sex chromosomes, X and Y. One sex chromosome is usually inherited from each parent, and they pair up as either XX or XY in every cell of the body. People with ...

The spatial arrangement of genetic material within the cell nucleus plays an important role in the development of an organism. A research team has developed a method to trace the chromosomes in ...

B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common form of childhood cancer. In this type of cancer, which affects blood ...