What if your body’s age wasn’t just the number of birthdays you’ve had? Scientists are now exploring a new way to track the passage of time inside your cells—by measuring how unpredictable certain ...

If severe DNA damage is not repaired, the consequences for the health of cells and tissues are dramatic. A study led by researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt, part of the Rhine-Main University ...

Lead authors Marlon Goering, Ph.D., and Sylvie Mrug, Ph.D., from the Department of Psychology in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, say two risk factors for early puberty parents can monitor are a ...

Macquarie University researchers have discovered a naturally occurring protein found in human cells plays a powerful role in repairing damaged DNA—the molecule that carries the genetic instructions ...

The failure of the repair enzyme SPRTN in these cultured cells leads to fatal errors in cell division, e.g. by distributing the chromosomes (red) to three daughter cell nuclei instead of two (arrow).

Data from a new study in mice connects unrepaired DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs), highly toxic tangles of protein and DNA, to inflammation-linked premature aging and embryonic lethality in mice. The ...

New research suggests that exercise may not just make us feel younger—it could actually slow or even reverse the body’s molecular clock. By looking at DNA markers of aging, scientists found that ...

The muscles powering a sprinter’s explosive start work very differently from those enabling marathon runners to go the distance. Korean scientists have discovered distinct DNA aging patterns in chest ...

Unrepaired DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) – highly toxic tangles of protein and DNA – cause a process that leads to premature aging and embryonic lethality in mice. The findings reveal a previously ...

Research my team and I published in the journal Science Advances in March suggests that long-term exposure to extreme heat may speed up biological aging at the molecular level, raising concerns about ...

By tracking DNA methylation patterns and telomere length, scientists found a notable link between theobromine — a compound found in a common treat — and markers tied to slower aging.