Eating a vegan diet for eight weeks is associated with reductions in biological age estimations based on levels of DNA methylation -; a type of chemical modification of DNA (known as an epigenetic modification) that alters gene expression but not DNA itself.
Harmony Biosciences buys small epilepsy biotech for $35M, plus milestones
Rare neurological disease drug developer Harmony Biosciences acquired Epygenix Therapeutics and its pipeline of treatments for rare epilepsy conditions. Harmony paid $35 million upfront, and