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The microbes in your mouth, and a reminder to floss and go to the dentist

Most people know that good oral hygiene – brushing, flossing, and regular dental visits – is linked to good health. Microbiome researchers offer fresh evidence to support that conventional wisdom, by taking a close look at invisible communities of microbes that live in every mouth. Their study found a correlation between people who did not […]

Published on March 2, 2020

Length of pregnancy alters the child’s DNA

Researchers have mapped the relationship between length of pregnancy and chemical DNA changes in more than 6,000 newborn babies. For each week’s longer pregnancy, DNA methylation changes in thousands of genes were detected in the umbilical cord blood. The study is published in Genome Medicine. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, […]

Published on March 2, 2020

Not a ‘math person’? You may be better at learning to code than you think

New research finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic math knowledge. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science […]

Published on March 2, 2020