New Research Links Daily Multivitamins to Slower Biological Aging
In a randomized clinical trial of older adults, researchers found that taking multivitamins for two years modestly slowed…
Daily multivitamin slows signs of biological ageing
Taking multivitamins daily was associated with changes in epigenetic ageing ‘clocks’.Credit: Halfpoint Images/Getty Taking a multivitamin every day…
Health effects linger 20 generations after rats are exposed to fungicide
Rats that had ancestors who had been exposed to a fungicide experienced health problems. Credit: Kseniia Glazkova/Alamy Exposure…
Three-dimensional genome reorganization foreshadows zygotic genome activation in Drosophila
Drosophila stock maintenance PCNA::EGFP flies used for interphase-staged Pico-C were generously provided by S. A. Blythe and E.…
Why biological clocks get our ‘true age’ wrong – and how AI could help
You may be chronologically older than your “true age” REUTERS/Toru Hanai When I first started writing about ageing…
Adenine DNA methylation associated with transcriptionally permissive chromatin is widespread across eukaryotes
Iyer, L. M., Abhiman, S. & Aravind, L. Natural History of Eukaryotic DNA Methylation Systems, Vol. 101 (Elsevier,…
Cell-type- and locus-specific epigenetic editing of memory expression
All animals and procedures used in this study were approved by the Veterinary Office of the Federal Council…
Characterization of induced cohesin loop extrusion trajectories in living cells
Experiments performed in this study did not require ethics board approval. Cell culture HAP1 cells were cultured in…
The Surprising Way Parents Transfer Longevity to Offspring
Research in C. elegans shows that longevity-related changes in lysosomes can be passed from parents to offspring. The…
Epigenetic Mechanisms Explain Inheritance of Longevity Markers in C. Elegans
New research in C. elegans from scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) helps explain how changes in…
UH study finds gut bacteria linked to how genes switch on and off : Kauai Now
The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a larger role in health than…
Living Descendants Provide Clues to the Genius’s Genetic Secrets
For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci’s genius has fascinated historians and scientists alike, but now researchers are closer than…