Your Neighborhood May Be Aging You
Your Neighborhood May Be Aging You

Study finds that a lack of local social and economic resources may drive biological aging There’s a growing consensus that your zip code is a strong predictor of your health and lifespan.…

How Mitochondria Organize Our “Second Genome”
How Mitochondria Organize Our “Second Genome”

Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, because they generate energy. To help them achieve this, mitochondria carry their own small genome called mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Each cell contains hundreds…