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Method demystifies the center of our chromosomes
A new technique has yielded clues to the role of centromeres in Down syndrome, which arises when a child inherits an extra copy of chromosome 21.A new technique could give scientists access to the “final frontier” of our DNA—the centromere. It’s in nearly every one of our cells, at the center of every X-shaped chromosome, and it plays a crucial role in the everyday cell division that keeps us healthy. Which also makes it a key suspect in birth defects, cancers, and other diseases that arise from cell division problems.
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