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Genetics

Dog or…

Researchers from the Swedish Center for Paleogenetics and NEFU study the remains of a puppy aged 18 thousand years.

29.11.2019
Prolonging youth

Taurine against wrinkles

One of the possible strategies to combat recurrent drying and wrinkling of the skin may be the addition of taurine from the outside.

28.11.2019
Genetics

Weakness of the stronger sex

Men are more likely to have cancer because one of the main anti-cancer proteins fails more often.

28.11.2019
Nanotechnology

Implants by measure

Personalized implants are safer to install, and silver and calcium phosphate nanoparticles prevent bacterial growth.

28.11.2019
Cellular technologies

Inflammation, not division

Scientists have found an explanation for how stem cells help the heart recover after a heart attack. Cell division was not detected.

28.11.2019
Prolonging youth

Cream with rapamycin

A drug that suppresses the immune system in low doses can slow down skin aging.

28.11.2019
Note to the businessman

Billions for gene therapy

Since 2018, pharmaceutical companies have allocated about $2 billion of investments in the gene therapy industry sector.

28.11.2019
Other life sciences

Ketamine against alcoholism

Researchers from University College London suggest using ketamine to treat addictions, including alcoholism.

28.11.2019
Theories of aging

What does the aging clock show?

A Russian scientist has developed a new theory that fundamentally changes the approach to aging processes and methods of combating it.

27.11.2019
Nanotechnology

Gout is diagnosed by sweat

The wearable device analyzes the composition of sweat and measures the concentrations of various metabolites in it, including uric acid.

27.11.2019
Nanotechnology

Wound Magnet

An unusual way to stop blood loss for a time sufficient to deliver the wounded to doctors, MIT researchers have proposed.

27.11.2019
Genetics

The love of coffee is in my DNA

Variations in the PDSS2 gene determine the rate of caffeine metabolism and, accordingly, a person's propensity to drink coffee.

27.11.2019
Genetics

Obesity is reversible

Animals that hibernate have some kind of internal metabolic switch that allows them to control their obesity.

27.11.2019
Genetics

Smoking and evolution

The longevity of elderly smokers can be provided by the same genes that helped ancient people adapt to the smoke of bonfires.

27.11.2019
Biomedicine

DNA detectors find cancer

Devices made of synthetic DNA can detect cancer with a small number of false positive results.

26.11.2019
Other life sciences

Thirteen in one

The accuracy of determining thirteen types of cancer using the new technology is 99 percent, representatives of Toshiba assure.

26.11.2019
Cellular technologies

Bones from the future

The technology tested on the ISS will make it possible to create organs for transplantation to astronauts on interplanetary expeditions.

26.11.2019
Other life sciences

Diabetes and hormones

Biologist Olga Smirnova – about pancreatic hormones, the importance of insulin and the ratio of type I and type II diabetes.

26.11.2019