For the first time, scientists have identified genetic variants that increase the risk of aneuploidy, in which cells have an ...

Stefan Fröhling, M.D., and Hartmut Döhner, M.D. The cause of chromosomal abnormalities remains poorly understood. Studies of various types of leukemia have shown that certain environmental and ...

Human egg cells are often prone to chromosomal errors. As women age, the error rate increases sharply — and can contribute to infertility, pregnancy loss, and ...

Rare genetic disorders affect more than 300 million people worldwide, with children making up 70% of those impacted, according to EURORDIS. These conditions often go undiagnosed for years due to ...

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from some of their cells as they age — a process once thought to be harmless because the Y ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - As soon as those two lines appear on a pregnancy test, thoughts start pouring in: what will my child's life be like? Will it be a boy or girl? Will they grow up to be an astronaut?