Researchers are focusing on the differences between identical twins, rather than the similarities, in an attempt to rethink the nature versus nurture debate, and unlock medical mysteries including ...

Is our cancer the result of nature or nurture? Are we the victims of faulty DNA over which we have no control? Or of lifestyle and environmental factors that we can change? Or is there a third option?

When we think of identical twins, we often imagine mirror images — same face, same smile and perhaps even the same talents. But what surprises many is that these genetic carbon copies can have ...

By the end of the study the authors observed decreases in estimates of biological age - known as epigenetic aging clocks - in participants who ate a vegan diet but not among those that ate an ...

Figure 2. Regression of Adult IQ residuals on Gen 2 DNAmAge for high and low SES groups. IQ residuals are derived from the regression of adult IQ on childhood IQ and childhood socioeconomic status.

A recent BMC Medicine study investigates whether vegan and omnivorous diets differentially impact an individual's epigenetic clock. Study: Unveiling the epigenetic impact of vegan vs. omnivorous diets ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative condition in which amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles accumulate in the brain. In addition to genetic factors, DNA damage and epigenetic ...

From Romulus and Remus—the myth of the twin brothers who founded the city of Rome—to the synchronized speech of Australia's "Twinnies" Paula and Brigette Powers, identical siblings have long inspired ...

Why do identical twins sometimes experience different health outcomes as they age? How is it that a pregnant woman’s nutrition can influence her unborn child’s future risk of developing certain ...