Researchers suggest early interventions, such as probiotics, could help nurture a healthy gut microbiome and potentially reduce the risk of neurodevelopmental challenges.

A study reveals that DNA modifications shape individual behavior, and ecological niches, while feedback from environmental changes creates new epigenetic patterns, influencing evolution.

Aging may "erase" the epigenetic markers that control gene expression in the brain, and this may snowball to cause unintended ...

It is well known that chronic inflammation can increase a person’s cancer risk, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Now, a new study reveals, in a mouse model of colitis, gut tissues may ...

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Different parts of the brain perform a variety of functions, all of ...

Epigenetics and differences in prenatal hormone exposure can help explain how two people can share the same DNA, but not ...

It’s important to understand what over-the-counter biological age test kits can — and can’t — do before buying them.

But their free-eating diets and limited physical activity contribute to a disruption of life rhythms, such as circadian ...

It can be estimated theoretically that more unique biological interactions exist than stars in our known universe. The ...