“In typical aging, women have a brain that looks younger, with fewer cognitive deficits compared to men,” said Dr. Dena Dubal ...

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) may have uncovered a key reason why women tend to outlive men and maintain better cognitive function as they age. Their research ...

A recent Trump executive order defines sex based on gamete size. But the order oversimplifies genetics, hormones and reproductive biology.

Study in mice and human cadavers hints that a brain-protective gene in the chromosome becomes more active with age.

A test on lab mice may have helped scientists in California debunk a theory that part of the make up of genetics in females ...

Why do women's brains fare better in aging than men's? A study found that the second, 'silent' X chromosome turns on in the ...

Scientists at the University of Virginia have discovered that as men age, they often lose the Y chromosome in some of their ...