Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first time that, before they can start developing into egg and sperm cells, the embryonic ...

Chronic pain lasts longer for women than men, and new research suggests differences in hormone-regulated immune cells, called ...

Women are more likely to experience chronic pain, studies have found, and their pain lasts longer, on average. New research ...

Hundreds of Ukrainian women and girls have reported sexual violence by Russian troops during the four-year war in Ukraine.

In human cells, DNA carries chemical or "epigenetic" marks that decide how genes will be used in different tissues. Yet in a ...