Down Syndrome Awareness Month, observed every October since 1984, has come and gone this year with its mission of promoting understanding, acceptance and equality for people born with an extra copy of ...

"It was a very big wake-up call," Jordan Kruse told The Post. "Life was structured a lot differently than what we expected it ...

Modern genetics reveals that over 50 genes across many chromosomes—not just X and Y—govern sex development. The term “sex ...

Stabilization of microtubule plus end-directed kinesin CENP-E at the metaphase kinetochores is important for chromosome alignment, but its mechanism remains unclear. Here, we show that CKAP5, a ...

She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the ...

A gene on the X chromosome that is more active in women than men appears to drive inflammation in the brain, helping to explain why women are more likely to develop neurological diseases such as ...