Loss of male sex chromosome may lead to earlier death for men (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Loss of male sex chromosome may lead to earlier death for men

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Kenneth Walsh, PhD, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, says his new discovery may explain nearly four of the five years difference in average life expectancy for men and women.

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Dan Addison

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