Genetics
Old age is not a joy
The search for genetic markers of Alzheimer's disease can be used in combination with cognitive tests to predict the possible risk of developing the disease early.
17.04.2017- English version
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Biomedicine
The Tangled Path of Alzheimer's Disease
In 2016, research teams managed to make some progress both in understanding the molecular foundations of Alzheimer's disease and in developing ways to combat it.
14.04.2017
Your health
Drugs in the kitchen
Food addiction has a lot in common with other addictions, including loss of control over consumption, inability to stop and the need to constantly increase the dose.
14.04.2017
Your health
Statistics confirmed the harm of trans fats
In areas that restricted the use of trans fats in cafes and restaurants, the number of heart attacks and strokes decreased compared to those where restrictions were not introduced.
14.04.2017
Other life sciences
A mechanical pump instead of a heart transplant
In almost 40% of cases, temporary implantation of a heart pump completely restores the cardiac function of patients with severe heart failure, eliminating the need for transplantation.
14.04.2017
Genetics
SHERLOCK won't miss a single mutation
Fast, inexpensive and highly accurate detection of nucleic acids will now be possible using the SHERLOCK method based on the operation of the CRISPR-Cas13a system.
14.04.2017
Prolonging youth
Once again about rejuvenation
Perhaps everyone who found the first wrinkle or the first gray hair, no, no, and thought about how great it would be if scientists came up with a cure for old age.
14.04.2017
Cellular technologies
Reprogrammed astrocytes against Parkinsonism
Reprogramming of astrocytes with the help of a gene therapy vector restored the ability of mice with Parkinson's disease to move independently.
13.04.2017
Other life sciences
Celiac disease can start with a virus
In people with a genetic predisposition, the virus works as a trigger, and everything begins, most likely, from early childhood, when the immune system is still being formed.
13.04.2017
Genetics
Paleogenomics News
Traces of the HERV-T retrovirus have been found in the DNA of primates, including humans. It was embedded in the DNA of our ancestors 30-40 million years ago and was neutralized about 10 million years ago.
13.04.2017
Biomedicine
Scientists have found a powerful antiseptic in the blood of "dragons"
Biologists have found an unusually powerful antiseptic in the blood of Komodo lizards that kills many dangerous bacteria, including some invulnerable "super-microbes".
13.04.2017
New in Gerontology
Who will be healthy, rich and wise?
British epidemiologists have shown a link between the number of important life skills of a person and indicators characterizing the quality of life of older people.
13.04.2017
Genetic engineering
GM bacteria instead of colonoscopy
Genetically modified E. coli reacting to thiosulfate and other sulfur compounds are able to detect the development of colitis – inflammation of the intestine.
12.04.2017
Genetic engineering
Microbes-mine detectors
Israeli biologists have created bacteria capable of finding mines in the soil following the traces of explosive vapors and showing them with the help of fluorescent glow.
12.04.2017
Genetic engineering
Genetic engineering for cooking
Scientists from Tokushima University of Japan using the CRISPR/Cas9 system obtained parthenocarpic tomatoes – pitted and not needing pollination.
12.04.2017
Cellular technologies
The health of the "three-parent child" is in danger
In the first "child from three parents", scientists found a trace amount of defective mitochondrial DNA of the mother. In the future, this may damage his health.
12.04.2017
Other life sciences
Are cyborg people already a reality?
Technology is developing so rapidly that today what previously seemed like a fantasy is becoming a reality. Including electronic devices embedded in the human body.
12.04.2017
Genetics
The White Man's Problem
The software will help diagnose genetic diseases. But only for whites: almost all the photographs of patients that the program uses depict Europeans.
11.04.2017
Genetics
Telomere length and cancer
A 22-year follow-up of more than 28,000 Chinese residents showed that the probability of developing cancer in the group with the longest telomeres was 33% higher than in the group with the shortest telomeres.
11.04.2017
Genetic engineering
Mice cured of hereditary hearing loss
An international group of scientists managed to cure one of 300 genetic defects in experimental mice that can disrupt the work of inner ear hair cells.
11.04.2017