Women have stronger immune systems than men -- and it's all down to X-chromosome related microRNA

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 19:30 in Health & Medicine

As anyone familiar with the phrase "man-flu" will know women consider themselves to be the more robust side of the species when it comes to health and illness. Now new research seems to support the idea. The research focuses on the role of MicroRNAs encoded on the X chromosome to explain why women have stronger immune systems to men and are less likely to develop cancer.

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