Vitamin C boosts the activity of cellular proteins called TET enzymes that help control which genes are turned on or off.

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A comprehensive guideline update with 16 recommendations to reduce vaccination distress, with suggestions ranging from ...

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Old age and forgetfulness seem to go hand in hand. But my colleagues and I found that memories actually become less precise, ...

Getting sick can look very different for people with Down syndrome (DS); illnesses that are mild for most people may lead to ...

Using prostate MRI before a biopsy is a real advance in prostate cancer diagnosis. Multiple randomized trials have shown that ...

Researchers have successfully conducted the first clinical trial using activated regulatory T cells (ATregs, ...

Health workers in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo badly hit by a deadly Ebola outbreak launched a test vaccination ...

Prof Joan Sanders of the University of Washington has spent her career working on better prosthetics for lower limb amputees, ...

Cognitive impairment is a prevalent but often unaddressed factor in chronic homelessness, and it must be addressed to help ...

Could the way we think in our 20s offer clues about our risk of dementia decades later? Large population studies suggest that ...