Epigenetics

Epigenetics

Man peering through a glass container with measurement markings, focused expression, blurred foreground.
“Can we push these cells to do something other than what they normally do?" asks developmental biologist Michael Levin. "Can they build something completely different?”
Fluorescence microscopy image showing a close-up of cells in vibrant blue and green colors, with an arrow indicating a magnified section.
Cancers can’t develop without genetic mutations — or can they?
a bat hanging upside down in a tree.
By studying the oldest animals, researchers hope to pinpoint factors affecting human longevity.
The body uses its own electricity to repair wounds. Faster healing may be possible with additional electrical stimulation.
Epigenetic entropy shows that you can’t fully understand cancer without mathematics.
Only recently have scientists directly witnessed this most pivotal of events in biology.
crispr mice
Merely 256 genetically engineered mice could make an island's pest population go extinct.
The genes responsible for facial features may also influence behavior.
The findings of a recent study may help explain why some people are quicker to forget fearful memories.
Science doesn't fit neatly into ideology.
John Templeton Foundation
biological age
Your old-fashioned chronological age is just a number. Your biological age can tell you how healthy you really are.
gene editing alcoholism
An experiment in rats suggests that gene editing may be a treatment for anxiety and alcoholism in adults who were exposed to binge-drinking in their adolescence.
An expert explains the emerging science of nutrigenomics.
Altos Labs, a new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding, has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?
Jeff Bezos
Altos Labs is an ambitious new anti-aging company with billions of dollars to back it up.
Are some of us simple destined for unhappiness?