Aging Is Evolutionary, According to a New Molecular ‘Clock’ That Predicts Age in All Mammals
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Gray hair. New wrinkles. Creaky knees. And then there’s the whole, increasing risk of nearly all diseases and the looming…
Gray hair. New wrinkles. Creaky knees. And then there’s the whole, increasing risk of nearly all diseases and the looming…
Még mindig húszévesnek érzi magát, pedig már elmúlt ötven? Valamikor harminckettő körül megállt az idő, aztán ugrott egyet…
A statistical analysis of chemical tags on DNA may help unify disparate theories of aging.
This time a year ago, Steve Horvath was looking for pangolin DNA. The ancient scaly anteater would be a first for his collection…
With the help of over 20 scientists and a few decades' worth of tissue samples, we have used DNA methylation profiles to…
Prof Steve Horvath, the founder of epigenetic age measurement, talks methylation clocks and the need for standardisation. A key…
Yesterday, the TRIIM study was described in science news headlines around the world, though, through a glitch, the original…
Changes in DNA methylation have long been an area of interest for neurobiology of aging researchers. With the recent reports…
To my mild shame, I watched a little of the Oscars the other night. We’re all familiar with many of these folks, but we don’t…
In this round-up, we would like to share with you some of the PLoS ONE articles covered by the media in 2011. It was really…
I’ve written before about markers that allow forensic scientists to age the donators of blood stains to within nine years. Now…
In this media digest: a spit test that can predict your age, huddling penguins, and much much more! In the paper, Epigenetic…
Headless male flies engineered to get horny in the heat: Studying mating behavior, even in an organism as simple as a fruit fly…
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What’s the News: While you may be able to hide your age with makeup and plastic surgery, don’t think that your deception is…
What’s the News: While you may be able to hide your age with makeup and plastic surgery, don’t think that your deception is…
You have at least two ages: your chronological age, how long you have lived, and what we might call your biological age - which…
Saliva contains many useful components. Lubricants. Enzymes for breaking down food. And now, compounds that can reveal a person’s…