Washington, May 29 (ANI): What's the secret to living long enough to blow out at least 110 candles on your birthday cake?

London, March 28 (ANI): Studies of birds have revealed that those that have offspring later in life and have fewer broods live longer.

London, March 28 (ANI): Taking a step forward in the fight against cancer, researchers have for the first time mapped telomerase, an enzyme which has a kind of rejuvenating effect on normal cell ageing.

Washington, Mar. 10 (ANI): Researchers have been able to predict survival rates among patients with heart disease based on the length of strands of DNA found on the ends of chromosomes known as telomeres.

Washington, January 24 (ANI): A team of experts has found that mice with reduced caloric intake accumulate longer telomeres-the ends of chromosomes- have lower incidence of cancer and are in better health.

London, December 28 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a controversial lifespan test that claims to tell people how fast they are ageing.

Washington, November 27 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have discovered a critical reason why women experience fertility problems as they get older.

London, November 1 (ANI): Scientists behind the 1000 Genomes Project have developed a map of normal human genetic variation - everything from tiny changes in the genetic code to major alterations in our chromosomes.

Washington, October 28 (ANI): A large-scale analysis of Y chromosomes from more than 20,000 men has found that two spontaneously recurring deletions along a complex region of the Y chromosome are responsible for approximately 8 percent of cases of failed sperm production.

Washington, October 4 (ANI): Researchers have found that a milk protein with known health effects significantly reduces the growth rate of colon cancer cells over time by prolonging the period of the cell cycle before chromosomes are replicated.

Washington, September 28 (ANI): Researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have shown that longevity in mammals is defined at a molecular level by the length of telomeres.

Washington, August 11 (ANI): A developmental geneticist has used a common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) to probe the question as to why the propagation of every animal on the planet is the result of sexual activity between males and females of a given species.

London, July 30 (ANI): Finnish researchers have confirmed that a stressful job could make us old and sick before time.

Washington, July 12(ANI): A common form of anxiety, known as phobic anxiety, was found to be associated with shorter telomeres in middle-aged and older women, suggesting a possible risk factor for accelerated aging.

Washington, June 12 (ANI): Researchers say children whose father waited until they were older before reproducing, might experience life-extending benefits.

Washington, May 9 (ANI): Researchers have shed light on how genes on sex-linked chromosomes are passed down generations and linked to fertility, using the specific example of the W chromosome in female chickens.

Washington, March 17 (ANI): Males with an extra "girly" sex chromosome two (X chromosomes) seemed to have an insatiable appetite for sex, at least in mice.

Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): Stress can lead to several damaging effects on the human body.

Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): Testing a developing foetus' DNA through chromosomal microarray (CMA) provides more information about potential disorders than the standard method of prenatal testing, which is to visually examine the chromosomes (karyotyping), according to a new study.

London, Jan 30 (ANI): Under stressful conditions, yeast cells become unstable, and readily rearrange their chromosomes to facilitate rapid adaptation, according to a new study.

London, Jan 22 (ANI): Scientists have apparently found evidence which suggests that micronuclei - present in cancer cells - could potentially disrupt the chromosomes within them, and thus help in triggering disease-causing gene mutations.

Washington, Jan 16 (ANI): Abnormally shortened ends of chromosomes could be the underlying reason behind development of osteoarthritis, a new study has revealed.

London, Jan 11 (ANI): How long someone will live may be predicted by measuring their genes as early as a newborn baby, say scientists.

Washington, Dec 28 (ANI): It is vocal skills that counts for some of the female tree frogs when it comes to searching for potential mates, a new study has suggested.

Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): Researchers have identified a gene that is commonly mutated in human cancers and have demonstrated its direct role in causing aneuploidy, an abnormal number of chromosomes.