This scientific medium could be used on old biological materials stored in less-than-ideal conditions, including the brain of ...

When María Branyas Morera passed away in August 2024, she was 117 years and 168 days old, the planet’s oldest person living at the time. Her life was not only making news—it offered scientists a ...

Preliminary new research suggests vitamin D can slow aging in cells across the body. Chief Medical Officer Sohaib Imtiaz breaks it down.

Breast cancer originates as an abnormal growth of cells within the breast tissue. Excluding skin cancer, it is the most ...

In August 2024, Maria Branyas Morera — the world’s oldest person at the time — died at the age of 117. Before her death, ...

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the "dark ...

Severe sunburns, especially in childhood, increase the risk for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in a meta-analysis.

Organelles spit out DNA contaminated with damaging components, leading to the activation of inflammatory enzymes, mouse ...

When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age faster ...

Scientists conducted a multiomics study of the world’s oldest verified person (117 years), uncovering protective genetic, ...

You get older every day. But how old are your cells and organs, really?

What is the secret of supercentenarians? While there is no magical "elixir of life" that allows us to live forever, this ...