A new study in mice reports that concussions sustained early in life can cause subtle brain changes that re-emerge later in life. The findings, published in Experimental Neurology, may have ...

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species ...

A new theory suggests that cultural systems dictated how human beings survived and not genetics, hinting at adaptability and ...

“Since telomere shortening is considered the ‘Holy Grail’ of the biology of aging, many pharmacological and environmental interventions are being extensively explored in the hopes of enabling telomere ...

In a first, a randomized, placebo-controlled trial has been performed to assess the safety and effects on biological age of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) regimens in healthy adults over 50.

A new study delves into the development of the ilium, the largest bone in the pelvis, and the genes that underpin its formation ...

The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.

UCLA researchers have uncovered a link between "morning sickness" symptoms and the body's natural, but complex, inflammatory ...

Could your body’s hidden 12-hour clock hold the secret to metabolic health and disease? New research links our internal rhythms to ancient ocean tides. Review: Biological rhythms: Living your life, ...

A city research centre plans to use tomatoes to test the impact of gene-edited food in what is thought to be the first human ...

Orangutans, humans’ close evolutionary relatives, have developed remarkable strategies to survive in the unpredictable ...