EU research project seeks to improve care for patients with adrenal and...
The Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is now commencing a new EU research project, dsd-LIFE, to improve clinical care in individuals suffering from hormonal disorders of the gonads and adrenals.
View ArticleNew assessment tool under development can help detect physical traits of...
Klinefelter syndrome is the most common disorder of the male sex chromosomes, yet is rarely diagnosed in children. A new assessment tool is being developed by researchers at Columbia University Medical...
View ArticleResearch: X and Y DNA swapping may occur more often than previously thought
It turns out that the rigid "line in the sand" over which the human sex chromosomes---the Y and X--- go to avoid crossing over is a bit blurrier than previously thought. Contrary to the current...
View ArticleNIH researchers unravel how male, female mouse embryos acquire sex-specific...
A protein called COUP-TFII determines whether a mouse embryo develops a male reproductive tract, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues at Baylor College of...
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