Aging clocks can measure the biological age of humans with high precision. Biological age can be influenced by environmental factors
Day: May 10, 2024
An epigenome editing toolkit to dissect the mechanisms of gene regulation
Understanding how genes are regulated at the molecular level is a central challenge in modern biology. This complex mechanism is
Fluidic systems resembling blood vascular tissues: Artificial blood vessels and biomedicine
The fluidic system can modulate fluid compositions via spatially-different reactions between fluids and channel walls, something that has not yet
How night shift work can raise risk of diabetes, obesity
Just a few days on a night shift schedule throws off protein rhythms related to blood glucose regulation, energy metabolism
High school student helps transform ‘crazy idea’ into innovative research tool
Like many good ideas in science, it started with a walk in the woods. During a stroll through the Berlin
Improved wildfire smoke model identifies areas for public health intervention
The Canadian wildfires of June 2023 exposed a large portion of the Northeastern United States to unprecedented levels of smoke.
A fragment of human brain, mapped in exquisite detail
A cubic millimeter of brain tissue may not sound like much. But considering that tiny square contains 57,000 cells, 230
‘Smart’ contact lenses could someday enable wireless glaucoma detection
Most people with early-stage glaucoma don’t know they have it, even though early treatment is key to reducing vision loss.
Discrimination may accelerate aging
Discrimination may speed up the biological processes of aging, according to a new study led by researchers at the NYU
GPS-like system shows promise as HIV vaccine strategy to elicit critical antibodies
A team led by the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) has developed a vaccine approach that works like a GPS,
