This is a neat and “elegant system to induce epigenetic aging, that is, to create DSBs in cells and mice without causing mutations,” writes Chinese Academy of Sciences aging researcher Guang-Hui Liu ...

basically — and suggested that embryonic cells from fetuses could be used in future anti-aging technologies. Alongside his study into the brains of mice and monkeys, the 58-year-old scientist ...

Using CRISPR gene editing technology, the research team activated three of these silenced genes in the brains of aging female mice. The result? The mice showed improved cognitive performance ...

While physicists work to turn Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak into a reality, Japanese biologists are one upping them—creating mouse fetuses with completely transparent membranes. But it’s not just ...