Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease—aortic valve stenosis—progresses differently in males and females. The research paves the way for treatments that can be tailored ...

The formation of new genes is a primary driving force of evolution in all organisms. How exactly do these new genes crop up in an organism’s genome and what must occur in order for them to be ...

The research reveals that this sex-based difference can be traced to a gene on the Y chromosome. The discovery, published in Science Advances, not only showcases the critical need to understand ...