X chromosome reactivation contributes to reducing the signs of disease in the female brain. Female cells have two X ...

Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have identified a mechanism that protects the female ...

Eighty percent of patients with autoimmune diseases are female. These diseases are one of the top 10 leading causes of death for women under 65, and cases are increasing annually worldwide. There is ...

In conjunction with University Medical Center Mainz, researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have identified a mechanism that protects the female brain from genetic ...

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UCSF researchers may have discovered how the female brain remains resilient in aging, answering an age-old question of how most women outlive men and retain their cognitive abilities longer. Females ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An X-linked gene called KDM6A shows more activity in women than in men and is linked to brain ...

A new study published in Nature Genetics by the Lymphoid Development Group at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences has reveals that the contribution of cells expressing maternal or paternal X ...

Micrographic images of human X and Y chromosomes. Source: Jonathan Bailey, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health/Flickr Inside most of your cells, you probably have ...