Using a research method very similar to the one used in 23andMe’s Global Similarity advanced view feature, researchers have discovered that most of the embryonic stem cell lines currently studied by researchers are derived from European and Middle Eastern populations.  Only two out of 47 were derived from egg and sperm coming from people with [...]

Tags: diversity, global similarity, stem cells

Even if you do everything right – exercise, healthy eating, no smoking– whether or not you’ll make it to the century mark depends to some extent on your genes.
One of the important longevity genes seems to be FOXO3A.  It’s been linked to lifespan in several experimental animal models. In humans, studies have shown that certain [...]

Tags: brain, FOXO3A, mouse, stem cells