A new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders has found that depression itself may not directly speed up ...

Cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness worldwide among adults over 50, despite major advances in surgical treatment.

A new study links telomere length genetics to IPF risk, showing how rare variants and polygenic scores may guide future screening and precision care.

Two new lines of brain research are testing whether aging cells can be nudged into working more like young ones. In one study ...

Telomere length and polygenic risk scores (PRS) are linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) risk, especially in ...

Age-related cataract is often viewed as an unavoidable consequence of growing older, yet people of the same age frequently show striking differences ...

Large genetic study links telomere-related polygenic risk to distinct idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis subgroups, improving disease prediction.

A new study answers the question of whether or not blood cell telomere length is a suitable proxy for telomere length in other tissues by examining over 20 human tissue types, finding variations and ...

It’s long been thought that our cells stop dividing as we age as a natural preventative measure against cancer. Now a new study has found an intriguing piece of evidence supporting this hypothesis in ...

Flax is a globally important crop valued for its fiber, industrial uses, and omega-3-rich oil, yet incomplete genomic information has long limited efforts to understand and improve its key traits.