Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found a possible clue to why older mothers face a higher risk for having babies born with conditions such as Down syndrome that are characterized ...
Feb 19, 2015
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While genomics is the study of all of the genes in a cell or organism, epigenomics is the study of all the genomic add-ons and changes that influence gene expression but aren't encoded in the DNA sequence. A variety of new ...
Feb 18, 2015
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Monica Colaiácovo has made a career of studying meiosis, the type of cell division that produces eggs and sperm. Meiosis is essential for healthy reproduction. Chromosomal abnormalities resulting from errors in meiosis cause ...
Jul 10, 2014
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Researchers studying rare genetic disorders have uncovered insights into those diseases in biological structures that regulate chromosomes when cells divide. Focusing on the cohesin complex, a group of proteins forming a ...
May 29, 2012
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