AI-powered blood test detects liver cancer across distinct populations
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center validated an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered blood test that accurately detected liver cancer…
SUMOylation enhances DNMT1 function to repress mega-intergenic RNAs and viral mimicry
Bostick, M. et al. UHRF1 plays a role in maintaining DNA methylation in mammalian cells. Science 317, 1760–1764…
World-first: therapy to make cells young again given to a person
Scientists are attempting to rejuvenate cells in the optic nerve (nerve fibres in red), which channels information from…
Scientists find hundreds of inherited DNA patterns that defy classic Mendelian genetics
For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel’s pea plants: traits…
New Research Shows Vitamin B12 May Hold the Key to Healthy Aging
A new Cornell study suggests vitamin B12 plays a far broader role in human biology than previously understood,…
De novo formation of cis-regulatory contacts in the absence of NIPBL-driven chromatin loop extrusion
Vermunt, M. W., Zhang, D. & Blobel, G. A. The interdependence of gene-regulatory elements and the 3D genome.…
New Research Links Daily Multivitamins to Slower Biological Aging
In a randomized clinical trial of older adults, researchers found that taking multivitamins for two years modestly slowed…
Daily multivitamin slows signs of biological ageing
Taking multivitamins daily was associated with changes in epigenetic ageing ‘clocks’.Credit: Halfpoint Images/Getty Taking a multivitamin every day…
Longevity is Carried In the Lysosome
Changes in Caenorhabditis elegans lysosome metabolism can be carried through generations via inherited histone modifications. A team of…
Living Descendants Provide Clues to the Genius’s Genetic Secrets
For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci’s genius has fascinated historians and scientists alike, but now researchers are closer than…