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Your health

Blood type and heart disease

Researchers from the Netherlands have found that people with any blood type other than I are more susceptible to cardiovascular pathologies, including the occurrence of a heart attack.

10.05.2017
Other life sciences

The sighted hand

British engineers are preparing to test prosthetic hands that automatically determine the shape of the object to be taken and "adjust" to it.

10.05.2017
Other life sciences

A real macho man acts without hesitation

American scientists have found that elevated testosterone levels reduce men's ability to critically evaluate impulsive and intuitive judgments.

10.05.2017
Genetics

Sexual dimorphism at the molecular level

Israeli researchers have for the first time fully described the sexual characteristics of the expression of genes common to women and men. Guess where they found the maximum differences?

10.05.2017
Various

Congress of Gerontologists

The II All-Russian Congress on Gerontology and Geriatrics was held in Moscow on April 27-28. According to the organizers, more than 1,000 people took part in the congress.

10.05.2017
Various

And let no one leave offended!

The Chan-Zuckerberg initiative will sponsor bioRxiv, a free archive of science preprints, the creators of the service reported from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

28.04.2017
Biomedicine

Stivarga against liver cancer

The FDA has expanded the list of indications for the use of the drug regorafenib (Stivarga). Now it can be prescribed to patients who suffer from hepatocellular carcinoma.

28.04.2017
Genetics

Genomics of cave soil

The DNA of Neanderthals and Denisovans can be successfully identified in samples taken not from bones, but from sedimentary rocks of archaeological locations.

28.04.2017
Biomedicine

Antimicrobial peptides from maggots

The staff of the Laboratory of Biopharmacology and Immunology of Insects of St. Petersburg State University proposed a new approach to solving the problem of drug resistance of bacteria.

28.04.2017
Biotechnologies - into life

Chlorella harvest – 2 times faster

Now chlorella is grown in Russia, but it takes at least a day. In a bioreactor developed at TPU, 12 hours are enough to obtain the desired concentration.

28.04.2017
Healthy skepticism

Did they like getting a Shnobelevku?

This time, the winners of the 2015 Nobel Prize were interested in the time of defecation, which is "determined by the ratio of the length of feces to the speed of feces."

28.04.2017
Cellular technologies

Optogenetics for diabetics

An international group of researchers proposed to shift the control of artificial cells implanted in the body to produce insulin to a smartphone.

28.04.2017
Nanotechnology

Nanovaccine against cancer

A vaccine based on polymer nanoparticles slows down the growth of mouse models of various malignant tumors and increases the life expectancy of animals.

27.04.2017
Your health

Pest dietary supplements

They may be unsafe, and the person who will use them may refuse to undergo diagnostics and treatment that can save lives.

27.04.2017
Nanotechnology

Nanocapsules against sepsis

Russian researchers have developed an effective method for obtaining and targeted delivery of an anti-inflammatory drug based on human heat shock protein.

27.04.2017
Your health

Drink foamy coffee

In a longitudinal study on a large group of men, Italian scientists have shown that consuming a large amount of coffee reduces the risk of prostate cancer by 2 times.

27.04.2017
Your health

Harmful "healthy" products

Some "dietary" products turned out to be more dangerous than their "fatty" counterparts, as they contain a lot of sugar and cause irreversible changes in the liver and brain.

27.04.2017
Other life sciences

Tuberculosis is ready to attack

Biologists claim the appearance of several thousand dangerous mutations in the DNA of tuberculosis bacillus, making it more resistant to the action of human immunity.

26.04.2017