Cancer researchers at Children's Medical Research Institute have discovered an "unexpected mechanism" that our cells use to ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have discovered that the earliest days of embryo development have a measurable ...

This part of our chromosomes can influence the ageing process, and possibly the development of chronic diseases.

Researchers at the University of Adelaide found that early embryo development affects telomere length, a key marker of aging ...

5 This checkpoint is important to prevent cells from replicating damaged DNA. Due to this phenomenon, scientists describe telomere length as a biological clock that indicates the lifespan of a cell ...

In the 1930s, Muller was surprised to note that telomeres were strangely resistant to mutagenic X-rays. Why are the unique properties of these chromosomal "end caps" so important? Thus, in her ...

With some technologies not available even five years ago, the researchers identified several families of transposons in ...

Furthermore, telomere shortening due to the inability of the DNA-replication machinery to fully replicate the ends is a critical mechanism of tumor suppression as well as a hallmark of aging.

For a variety of reasons, from telomere attrition to epigenetics, our bodies and minds can become less agile over time. This ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have discovered that the earliest days of embryo development have a measurable impact on a person’s future health and ageing.