100 experts were unable to agree on whether aging is an illness, or when it begins
Survey of researchers demonstrates a lack of consensus when it comes to mortality’s biggest risk factor
New inheritance mechanism unrelated to DNA is discovered by chance
A study originally focusing on cancer has shown that amyloids — proteins typically linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s — influence inherited traits. The discovery could, say the authors, explain part of our ‘missing heritability’
Nicholas McGranahan, researcher: ‘If we don’t consider the theory of evolution when it comes to cancer, we’re bound to fail’
The University College of London scientist won the prestigious Blavatnik Award for young researchers after laying the groundwork for studying tumor development as an evolutionary process
A million-dollar project against familial cancer aims to take thousands of people out of the ‘genetic purgatory’
The research, involving nine Spanish centers, seeks to identify mutations that cause a higher-than-usual incidence of cancer in about 300 families
Sheena Josselyn, neuroscientist: ‘Eliminating a memory is fairly simple, once you have the right tools’
The researcher in brain mechanisms talks about creating and destroying memories, something she has already managed to do in mice
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