Some senescent (zombie) cells are embedded in young, healthy tissue and promote normal repair from damage, researchers say.
Researchers have identified risk genes for adhesive capsulitis, also known as "frozen shoulder". Carriers of these genes are at a six-fold increased risk of developing frozen shoulder.
Researchers identified microRNA-7 as a non-classic risk factor for hereditary obesity.
Gene therapy enables a striking recovery of night vision in those who suffer from the childhood-onset blindness disorder Leber Congenital Amaurosis.
Researchers shed light on why the life expectancy and aging gap is narrowing between men and women.
Age itself plays a bigger role than genetics in gene expression and susceptibility to specific diseases as we age.
Brain organoids are helping researchers map the molecular, genetic, and structural changes that occur during brain development.
Traits with the strongest Neanderthal DNA contribution were sleep patterns, smoking habits, and alcohol consumption.
Administering a chemical compound called synthetic retinoids to the retina helped restore brain networks associated with vision and prompted the growth of two times more neurons, effectively restoring vision in adult mouse models of the genetic visual disorder LCA.
A newly discovered second stem cell population in the mouse brain is responsible for the production of new neurons in the olfactory bulb of adult mice.
A new study offers guidelines and methods for consistently generating high-quality, well-structured brain organoids.
Obesity is, in part, determined by epigenetic development in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. Findings suggest developmental epigenetics plays a significant role in both environmental and genetic influences on obesity risk.
