As a group, women may be more likely than men to develop Alzheimer’s disease, but once they have it, they cope better and live longer. A study published August 26 in Science Translational Medicine ...

Women live longer than men with Alzheimer's because their sex chromosomes give them genetic protection from the ravages of the disease. Women get two 'doses' of a gene that only exists on the X ...

Autoimmune diseases tend to strike women more than men and having multiple X chromosomes could be the main reason why. While a process called X chromosome inactivation serves to balance out gene ...

For a person with two X chromosomes, full expression of the genes on both could mean a disastrous double dose of their protein products, interfering with the delicate balance of protein expression and ...

The 23 pairs of human chromosomes. People who inherit two tall X chromosomes (bottom right) are much more susceptible to autoimmune diseases than people with one X and one short Y chromosome. BSIP / ...

Turner syndrome is a chromosomal condition involving a person’s sex chromosomes. It is considered mosaic when an X chromosome is missing in some cells in people who have two X chromosomes. Share on ...

Medical researchers describe how X chromosome inactivation is regulated in the immune system's B cells as they develop in bone marrow and when they encounter antigens. Autoimmune diseases tend to ...