"You either have XX or XY chromosomes," Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., wrote Feb. 20 on X. "Those are the options." Most commonly, a person is born with two X chromosomes (female) or an X and a Y (male).

In these cases, Down syndrome is caused by a translocation of chromosomes 15 and 21 (Figure 3), in which the long arms of two acrocentric chromosomes are translocated to produce a single long ...

Four different autoimmune diseases map to the same 10cM region on the long arm of chromosome 16. Common, complex diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular conditions are the next challenge ...

The UK regulatory authorities have approved the first ever trial of a revolutionary gene therapy for young children diagnosed with Hunter syndrome, a devastating rare lysosomal storage disorder. Five ...

Every year, about 7.9 million infants (6% of worldwide births) are born with serious birth defects. With the causes of over 50% of birth defects unknown, how do we diagnose and prevent them?

Denali also supported additional research relating to Hunter syndrome (MPS II) at the WORLDSymposium™ conference. Research presented by Barbara Burton, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Genetics, ...