Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and Linköping University in Sweden have discovered how cells prevent ...

When a species reproduces, typically, each parent passes on one of their two versions (alleles) of a given gene to their offspring. But not all alleles play fair in their quest to be passed onto ...

Many explanations have been put forward: men take more risks or smoke more, oestrogen is protective against health conditions, two X chromosomes are better than one… the list goes on.

iconic X-shaped chromosomes formed during mitosis that help ensure the accurate passing of genetic information between cells during cell division. Published in the journal Science, these findings ...

A healthy handful of walnuts in your breakfast could improve brain function throughout the day, a new study has shown. The study, published in the Food & Function journal, involved 32 healthy ...

Ideally, a Full paper in Food & Function should follow each Communication. These must describe science that will be of benefit to the community and are judged according to originality, quality of ...

In females, it contributes to reproductive and breast health, among other functions. Estrogen contributes to cognitive health, bone health, the function of the cardiovascular system, and other ...

For example, you might have learned in sex ed that people are born with sex chromosomes. Generally, people assigned female at birth have two X chromosomes, and people assigned male at birth have ...

The last few years have provided us with a new level of understanding of how chromosomes are replicated, segregated and read - and how their 3D organisation influences expression of individual genes ...

uke.uni-hamburg.de Molecular breakpoint mapping in phenotypically well defined patients with structurally rearranged chromosomes is an established strategy to narrow down the physical interval for ...