What you eat could alter your unborn children and grandchildren’s genes and health outcomes

Studies show a parent’s poor diet could affect the genes of generations to come – and set up children and grandchildren for obesity and cardiovascular issues.

Thomas D. Crenshaw, Professor of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison • conversation
April 23, 2024 ~10 min

DNA discovery may help fight deadly sepsis

Discovery of a DNA shift in the innate immune memory of cells may aid in the fight against sepsis. "Sepsis is a really horrible burden ..."

Felicia Spencer-Virginia Tech • futurity
March 18, 2024 ~5 min


Toxicant exposures show health effects across generations

"...if multiple generations get different exposures, then eventually there's an amplification or compounded effect on some diseases."

Washington State • futurity
Jan. 29, 2024 ~5 min

The palm tree that lives beneath the rainforest floor

A recently discovered palm tree has an unusual survival strategy - it flowers and fruits beneath the ground

Chungui Lu, Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Jan. 24, 2024 ~6 min

The curious link between animal hibernation and ageing – and what humans could learn from it

Animals that hibernate live longer, so could hold clues on how to slow down ageing.

Peter Stenvinkel, Professor of Nephrology, Karolinska Institutet • conversation
Jan. 5, 2024 ~7 min

What humans can learn from animals about how to adapt to winter

Animals that hibernate live longer, so could hold clues on how to slow down ageing.

Peter Stenvinkel, Professor, Karolinska Institutet • conversation
Jan. 5, 2024 ~7 min

‘Age acceleration’ tied to worse memory

Researchers have found a link between age acceleration, or when your biological clock runs quicker than your actual age, to poorer memory.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
Nov. 3, 2023 ~7 min

Cancer has many faces − 5 counterintuitive ways scientists are approaching cancer research to improve treatment and prevention

From math to evolutionary game theory, looking at cancer through different lenses can offer further insights on how to approach treatment resistance, metastasis and health disparities.

Vivian Lam, Associate Health and Biomedicine Editor • conversation
Nov. 1, 2023 ~11 min


Epigenetics may play a role in glioma brain tumors

New findings indicate that epigenetic changes contribute to incurable brain tumors called gliomas.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
Aug. 18, 2023 ~3 min

Blood of young mice extends lives of old mice

Connecting circulatory systems allowed animals in study to live 6-9 percent longer, lowered their biological age.

Clea Simon • harvard
Aug. 8, 2023 ~6 min

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