Tumors are stressful places for cancer-fighting immune cells. Low oxygen, high acid levels, and other stressors put strain on ...

Vitamin D is one that has found itself in the spotlight often in recent years. Also known as the "sunshine vitamin", it has ...

We all know it’s generally a good idea to eat less, but a recent scientific study has shown that cutting your calorie intake ...

Telomeres are the "caps" that protect the ends of DNA strands from being destroyed by a cell. They are made up of areas of repeated DNA sequences combined with specific proteins at the ends of ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that safeguards the chromosome ends from being mistakenly repaired ...

Recent research suggests that vitamin D supplementation plays a key role in protecting DNA and slowing down the aging process ...

Although these findings are exciting, it’s too early to start popping high-dose vitamin D in the hope of slowing aging. The strongest evidence for healthy aging still points to the basics: a balanced ...

New research published in Immunity by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that, in mice, the toxic tumor ...

Reporting in Nature, scientists have identified a novel process that protects the ends of chromosomes from incorrectly applied DNA repair.. | Cell And Molecular Biology ...

Imagine your DNA as a set of shoelaces. Telomeres are like the plastic tips at the ends of those shoelaces, preventing them from fraying and unraveling. Structurally, telomeres are repetitive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm American writer and journalist working in fiction and nonfiction. By 1990, scientists knew that telomeres are repetitive DNA ...

Researchers took stem cells from bone marrow and found that after a little over a month in space, the functions of those ...