Researchers at the University of Zurich and Munich's LMU Klinikum hospital have studied the immune system of pairs of monozygotic twins to identify the influence of the environment and of genetics in cases of multiple sclerosis. ...
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Inheriting a normal and intact number of chromosomes in germ cells, egg and sperm, is essential for the preservation of all species. With increasing age, the risk of the egg cell not inheriting the normal set of chromosomes ...
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The question of genetic vs environmental influences plays a major role in research into brain aging, with researchers from UNSW Sydney's Centre for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) revealing new insights into one of the hallmarks ...
Dec 20, 2021
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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai have found that aging produces significant changes in the microbiome of the human small intestine distinct from those caused by medications or illness burden. The findings have been published in ...
Oct 4, 2021
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It is well known that each person's gut bacteria is vital for digestion and overall health, but when does that gut microbiome start?
May 10, 2021
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It is not every day that scientists come across a phenomenon so fundamental that it is observed across fruit flies, rodents and humans.
Apr 28, 2021
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We make decisions based on not only our own learning experience, but also learning from others. But with the presence of other people's choices, how do we learn from them to better inform our own learning? Is social learning ...
Aug 20, 2020
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How we adapt to aging late in life may be genetically influenced, according to a study led by a psychologist at the University of California, Riverside.
Aug 20, 2020
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Developing expertise usually requires a variety of skills, and some people can become experts while others can't. Common practice in perceptual learning research has treated ubiquitous individual learning differences as random ...
Jul 21, 2020
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Experiences early in life have an impact on the brain's biological and functional development, shows a new study by a team of neuroscientists. Its findings, which centered on changes in mice and rats, reveal how learning ...
Feb 3, 2020
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