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New in Gerontology

Push back the border?

According to the authors of the new study, despite the aging of the world's population, the boundary of old age is moving away, which radically changes demographic forecasts.

23.06.2017
Genetics

Heart disease and sexual selection

Geneticists have uncovered a link between coronary heart disease and the success of procreation, which explains why heart and vascular problems are the main cause of death today.

23.06.2017
Your health

"BLOW" for stroke diagnosis

Is it possible without medical education to quickly recognize the signs of the onset of a stroke in an outsider? Can. For this, there is a mnemonic rule BLOW.

23.06.2017
Genetic engineering

How GM Viruses Fight Bacteria

At the CRISPR Congress 2017 conference, specialists of biotech companies presented new developments in the field of bacteriophage treatment.

23.06.2017
Genetic engineering

Accordion made of DNA

American biochemists have learned how to weave DNA strands into a kind of "accordion", which one day can be used in biological computers.

23.06.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cell therapy can be harmful

Therapy with mesenchymal stem cells may not only not help, but also aggravate the situation in the treatment of patients with heart diseases.

22.06.2017
Grants and competitions

Magistracy in Dolgoprudny

Applications for admission to the 1st year of the Master's degree of the interfaculty Department "Innovative Pharmacy, Medical Technology and Biotechnology" are accepted until July 26.

22.06.2017
Genetics

From polygenomics to omnigenomics

Instead of spending resources on analyzing increasingly large samples of patients, scientists suggest focusing on deciphering intracellular regulatory networks.

22.06.2017
Other life sciences

Narrow specialization among ribosomes

Some ribosomes may specialize in the synthesis of proteins of a certain group, giving the cell an additional level of control over metabolism.

22.06.2017
Your health

Breast cancer: risk factors

The probability of a breast tumor may be higher or lower depending on a person's age, family history, and the location of mutations in oncogenes.

22.06.2017
Other life sciences

"Exoathlet": tests continue

2 upgraded exoskeletons were delivered to MONICA for training. The first training takes place in the uneven bars, and then patients gradually move on to walking forward.

22.06.2017
Your health

Only the first spin!

The daily presence of extra virgin olive oil in the diet protected the brains of experimental mice from the development of Alzheimer's disease.

22.06.2017
Genetic engineering

Selection of carriers of therapeutic genes

The results of the new study will help in the future to consciously choose viral vectors for personalized therapy of neurodegenerative diseases.

21.06.2017
Prolonging youth

Liz Parrish's Gene Therapy

The gene therapy of aging markers has therapeutic potential. And for 15-20 million dollars, it can be brought to the start of clinical trials or refuted.

21.06.2017
Genetics

Two steps away from the super virus

Avian influenza H7N9 will turn into a super-contagious virus capable of killing people and causing large-scale epidemics, after acquiring only two mutations.

21.06.2017
Other life sciences

Biosensors (part 4)

Modern biosensors use a variety of technologies, from electrochemical, electromechanical and fluorescent-optical to genetically modified cells.

20.06.2017
Biomedicine

Superantibiotics are getting closer

Israeli scientists, in the process of studying the antibacterial properties of natural peptides, have created an antibiotic that acts even on multidrug-resistant bacteria.

20.06.2017
Healthy skepticism

This is darkness

The other day, information surfaced that just needs to be told, but it is extremely difficult to refrain from unprintable expressions. Do not treat encephalitis with homeopathy!

20.06.2017