Articles for tag: DNA expression, Epigenetics, Exercise science, genetic adaptation

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How Does Exercise Change Our DNA? The New Science of a Moving Genome

Suhail Ahmed

  For years, exercise advice sounded almost boringly familiar: move more for stronger muscles, a healthier heart, a better mood. But hidden beneath the sweat and sore legs is a far stranger story, one that reaches all the way down to our DNA. Scientists are now revealing that a brisk walk, a hard run, or ...

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Epigenetic “Tags” in Egg Cells May Explain Why PCOS Affects Generations

Suhail Ahmed

Polycystic ovary syndrome can feel like a riddle passed down the family tree: a grandmother’s irregular cycles, a mother’s fertility struggles, a daughter’s metabolic worries. For years, the story leaned heavily on genetics and lifestyle, yet neither quite explained why the condition echoes so persistently across time. Now, a wave of research is pointing at ...