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How DNA methylation controls your biological age
Tiny chemical tags on your DNA keep time on your body. Here's what science says they reveal and how you may be able to influence them.
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Stress, cortisol & longevity
How the body's main stress hormone quietly shapes the way we age.
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Epigenetic reprogramming
Why your DNA isn't the whole story behind your traits and disease risk.
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Inflammation as the root of aging
Chronic, low-grade inflammation may be a central driver of age-related disease.
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Harnessing AI for healthcare
How AI could lift the data-entry burden off clinicians and restore the patient–doctor relationship, along with the hard questions of bias, evidence, and regulation.
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Slowing the aging process
What centenarians teach us, and why genetics, nutrition, and drugs like metformin may change how we age, and with it most of the diseases of aging.
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Today, her mission is global: to make the science of a longer, healthier life clear, human and within reach for everyone.
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