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Other life sciences

Man and his microbiome

There are a lot of bacteria and viruses living in each of us, they help digest food and assimilate medications, affect the hormonal and immune systems and even the brain.

23.09.2016
Genetic engineering

Regeneration of the optic nerve

Restoration of severed nerve pathways is an important achievement in the search for treatment of glaucoma and other eye diseases associated with damage to the optic nerve.

23.09.2016
Healthy skepticism

Shnobelevka-2016

This year, the winners received 10 trillion Zimbabwean dollars. By the way, the director of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Mathematics back in 2009.

23.09.2016
Biomedicine

$3 billion to fight diseases

The main goal of the foundation created by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chen is to radically reduce the frequency of dangerous diseases and reduce their impact on the human body.

23.09.2016
Your health

Kill the virus

An annual flu prevention campaign has begun in the country. In Moscow, you can get vaccinated literally on the run – mobile "cabinets" are located near metro stations.

23.09.2016
Your health

It doesn't hurt, but it kills

Cholesterol "does not hurt", but gradually kills, being one of the main factors in the development of atherosclerosis. But what will happen if nothing is done, cholesterol is not controlled, not treated?

22.09.2016
Other life sciences

Can nicotine protect the aging brain?

American researchers have demonstrated the ability of nicotine to protect the aging brain and even prevent the development of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases

22.09.2016
Your health

Vacation and epigenetics

Rest in combination with meditative practices not only improves the psychological state, but also changes the expression of genes and reduces the number of biomarkers of aging in the blood.

22.09.2016
Healthy skepticism

Fitness Trackers won't help you lose weight

People who, in addition to the standard weight loss program, used wearable devices lost almost half as much weight as those who did without them.

21.09.2016
Your health

Light increases sex drive in men

Exposure to bright light increases testosterone levels and improves sexual satisfaction in men with impaired libido.

21.09.2016
Genetics

The slow walkers continue to reveal their secrets

Tardigrades protect their DNA from ionizing radiation by stabilizing it with a special protein. A number of other protective mechanisms were also found in the genome of slow walkers.

21.09.2016
Your health

Prostate cancer: treat or observe?

In localized prostate cancer, active monitoring provides the same 10-year survival rate as surgery and radiotherapy.

21.09.2016
Bioethics

They are terribly far from the people

Ethicists disagree with doctors and ordinary people – this is the conclusion reached by scientists from the Swiss Higher Technical School of Zurich.

20.09.2016
Genetics

The evolutionary tree of elephants has been rewritten

DNA analysis from the remains of extinct animals has forced scientists to reconsider the evolutionary history of elephants. In the past, elephants have crossed with mammoths more than once.

20.09.2016
Other life sciences

Biorobots

In this article, the main ways of developing the direction of bioengineering for the creation of biobots are considered in detail and the achievements already available in this field are analyzed.

20.09.2016
Healthy skepticism

(NOT)serious science

An article without a single word, a cat in co–authors, dozens of pages of the purest nonsense generated by a computer - you don't expect to see all this in a scientific journal.

19.09.2016