A major mouse study found that some inherited traits are passed down through epigenetic changes that break the classic rules of genetics. Researchers discovered hundreds of cases where these chemical ...

A new @HopkinsMedicine study of mice reveals that epigenetic marks can be inherited in ways that break the century-long understanding of the rules of inheritance explored and recorded by Gregor Mendel ...

For years, scientists believed our lifespan was mostly shaped by environment and chance, with genetics playing only a minor role. But a new study from the Weizmann Institute flips that idea on its ...

There are around 30 trillion cells in your body and about 1 per cent of them get replaced every day. But this process is far from perfect. The DNA in new cells contains many mistakes, or mutations: ...

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Laura Oliveira fell in love with swimming at 70. She won her first competition three decades later. Longevity runs in her family. Her aunt Geny lived to 110. Her two sisters thrived and were mentally ...

Why do some people live to 100 while their sibling dies decades earlier? Is it luck, lifestyle, or something written into their DNA? Relative to many other species, humans are particularly long lived, ...

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Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through science decades later. Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist and founder of ...

America’s adult children say they are ready to manage that inheritance now. Their parents might disagree. A report from Fidelity Investments sheds new light on an estate-planning generation gap. Aging ...