Marijuana may damage oocytes — unfertilized eggs in female ovaries — in ways researchers worry may lead to infertility, miscarriage and possible genetic defects in babies, new research has found.

BBP exposure causes chromosome organization defects in the female germline. Carnoy’s fixed and DAPI-stained images of gonads at the pachytene stage following exposure to DMSO or BBP. Images represent ...

Researchers have identified a gene that causes heart defects in Down syndrome, a condition that results from an additional copy of chromosome 21. Reducing the overactivity of this gene partially ...

A new study has uncovered a genetic cause that may explain why some people develop Kaposi sarcoma despite having no apparent ...

Chromosome 6p deletion and ADHD share overlapping white matter abnormalities that may underlie similar neurodevelopmental ...

The CRISPR tool is capable of repairing the genetic defect responsible for the immune disease chronic granulomatous disease. However, researchers at the University of Zurich have now shown that there ...

(CNN) — Marijuana may damage oocytes — unfertilized eggs in female ovaries — in ways researchers worry may lead to infertility, miscarriage and possible genetic defects in babies, new research has ...