HHMI Janelia Research Campus Senior Group Leader Meng Wang and her team study longevity. They've shown that by overexpressing ...

Type 2 diabetes medications, such as sulfonylureas, have been a mainstay of treating the disease since they came on the ...

Sulphonylureas, among other drugs for type 2 diabetes, have been a key treatment for the disease since their introduction in ...

Scientists discover alternative cellular process for producing heat that may enhance metabolic health. Researchers at ...

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Scientists have recently unlocked the secrets of healthy longevity after conducting genetic studies on the world's oldest ...

The emergence of drug resistance remains one of the greatest challenges in effective cancer therapy. Despite advances in ...

Research has revealed that the longevity secret of Maria Branyas Morera, the world’s oldest person who passed away at the age of 117 years and 168 days last year, was a combination of “genetics” and ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

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Changes in vision are often a common sign of aging. If you sit in a dimly lit restaurant with anyone over the age of 60, ...