Our genome is organized into chromosomes, which are shaped like little X's. Every time a cell divides, the genome has to be replicated, and there are protective caps called telomeres on the ends of ...

Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have made a major discovery about cancer cells. This new ...

Sleeping well is an essential part of our longevity. Sleep protects our mental and physical health across our lifespan. And a routine of plentiful, restful sleep helps to keep in check many of the ...

Aging affects everybody, so it’s easy to understand why so much scientific attention is focused on studying it. Scientists in Canada now claim to have found that telomeres play a different role in ...

University of North Carolina (UNC) researchers Taghreed Al-Turki, PhD, and Jack Griffith, PhD, have made the discovery that the telomeres on the ends of chromosomes contain genetic information that ...

This moderate habit was tied to longer telomeres, a marker of biological aging. Drinking more than four cups did not show the ...

New research reveals that moderate coffee consumption may help people with mental illnesses to live longer, healthier lives by slowing cellular aging processes.

Q I have been reading more and more about telomeres. I have seen advertisements for supplements sold with the claim to lengthen telomeres. Is there any real science behind the supplement claims? — G.F ...

Researchers studying people with major psychiatric disorders found that drinking up to four cups of coffee a day is ...

Telomeres -- which are protective caps on the ends of our chromosomes -- are DNA sequences that generally shrink with age, acting as a "molecular clock" in human cells. Every time cells divide, ...