People's bodies can be old or young for their chronological age, depending, in part, on the amount and types of stressors they have experienced. Scientists can estimate people's biological age, but ...

Tissue donors for the first time will be able to track how their samples are used by scientists while safeguarding their privacy, through a pilot program launched by Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of ...

It's no secret that smoking is extremely detrimental to health. Tobacco smoke contains thousands of chemicals, including carcinogens, increasing the risk of cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory ...

Assessing cells in their native context is essential for understanding health and disease mechanisms. ChipCytometry makes this possible by allowing researchers to analyze RNA and proteins in the same ...

A brain biopsy is a medical procedure that involves removing a tissue sample from the brain. Doctors use it for diagnostic purposes. Doctors order brain biopsies to help them diagnose suspected brain ...