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The Mystery of Titin

Scientists from ITEB RAS found out that a giant muscle protein – titin – forms aggregates similar to beta-amyloid. The purpose of these units is still unknown.

12.07.2017
Genetics

Google decided to do genetic research

Google representatives met with representatives of the organization Genomic England, which is engaged in a project to sequence the genome of 100 thousand Britons.

11.07.2017
Biomedicine

Dual-use vaccine

The meningitis vaccine reduced the risk of infection with gonococcus by almost a third. This is the first case of its kind of vaccination that prevents infection with gonorrhea.

11.07.2017
Genetics

How do cancer cells arise?

As a rule, as a result of gene mutations associated with either proliferation (cell division) or apoptosis (programmed cell death).

11.07.2017
Other life sciences

The cardiogram will be decoded by a computer

The neural network does not yet recognize many heart diseases, including myocardial infarction, but it can be improved in the course of further research.

11.07.2017
Other life sciences

Concentration camp is harmful to health

Holocaust victims have a small but consistently increased risk of developing cancer. Previously, such studies were conducted for other diseases.

11.07.2017
Genetics

The fourth Denisovan

The girl whose tooth was found in 1984 in Denisova Cave belonged to Denisovans, not Neanderthals, and she lived much earlier than three other Denisovans.

10.07.2017
Biomedicine

How are humans different from mice?

Diabetes medications have different effects on mice and humans due to differences in beta cell receptors, so drugs tested on mice often do not help people.

10.07.2017
Genetics

Psychogenetics

Psychogeneticist Robert Plomin – about the role of genes and upbringing in the formation of personality, the ability to foreign languages and gemini studies.

10.07.2017
Other life sciences

Apple trees won't bloom on Mars

Scientists believe that at the moment the surface of Mars has a detrimental effect on microorganisms. Even liquid water is harmful to cells if it contains perchlorates.

10.07.2017
Other life sciences

A new type of dendritic cells

Their main task is to get infected with the virus, die and spread information about it among other components of immunity.

10.07.2017
Innovative Russia

Exoatlet Asia

Korea is the first foreign market where ExoaThlet launches sales. The next stage will be certification in China, Japan, Singapore.

07.07.2017
Biomedicine

Hypotensive oligonucleotides

Novosibirsk scientists have created a fundamentally new method of combating hypertension, experimenting with short DNA chains of 10-20 "letters"-nucleotides.

07.07.2017
Other life sciences

The problem of resistance is getting worse

Currently, only three new drugs for the treatment of gonorrhea are being developed, and there are no guarantees that they will successfully pass clinical trials.

07.07.2017
Genetics

Stop colorectal cancer

The development of colon and rectal cancer can be suppressed by blocking the work of the STRA6 protein associated with the transfer of vitamin A and the growth and reproduction of stem cells.

07.07.2017
Your health

What kind of disease is cancer? Part 2

Experts of the Solo project of the Atlas biomedical holding talk about real and mythical factors that increase the risk of cancer.

07.07.2017
Theories of aging

Aging – the program

The fact that we will break this program, the author has no doubts. A matter of time. And I would really like it to happen not in 50 years, but in 20.

07.07.2017
Genetics

White, brown, cave…

Millions of years ago there were no white, brown, or Himalayan bears, but thanks to evolution, their ancestors adapted to environmental conditions, dividing into the species we know.

06.07.2017