1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (651+ words) Long-lived bats appear to combine powerful immune defenses with unusual strategies for eliminating damaged cells, potentially helping them avoid cancer and disease for decades. Researchers hope these genetic tricks could eventually reveal new ways to protect human health during aging....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (487+ words) As we age, blood stem cells, the essential source of new blood cells in the body, can accumulate genetic mutations. These mutations can give the cells a growth advantage, laying the foundation for developing serious health conditions. Now, scientists at…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (837+ words) For roughly two centuries, human life expectancy climbed steadily as medicine, sanitation, nutrition, and healthcare improved. More recent research, however, suggests that this long upward trend may now be leveling off in developed countries. If that is the case, the…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (746+ words) Your morning coffee may be doing more than helping you wake up. Research from Queen Mary University of London suggests that caffeine can activate an ancient cellular energy system involved in growth, stress resistance, and DNA repair. Those processes are…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (201+ words) Early-life stress may physically alter how DNA is packaged in the brain, leaving stress-related genes primed to activate more easily years later. In mice, researchers were able to block this effect, preventing the heightened anxiety and stress sensitivity that otherwise…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (361+ words) Read the latest research news on epigenetics, epigenetic influences on disease risk and gene silencing....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (969+ words) Researchers have now identified more than 1,000 genetic switches that behave differently in female and male immune cells. These differences appear to contribute to greater activity in inflammation-related pathways in females, offering a new biological explanation for why women may be…...