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July 14, 2022

YChromosomeLossWEB

Cartoon depicting Y chromosome loss with age. A younger man is at left, an older man at right.

Approximately 40% of men will lose their male sex chromosome in certain cells by age 70, and that can lead to deadly heart failure, a new study finds. Illustration by Katriel E. Cho.

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