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Prolonging youth

238 genes that yeast lives longer without

Almost half of these genes that affect life expectancy are also found in mammalian DNA. In theory, all these DNA sites can be the "targets" that can be hit by life-prolonging drugs.

09.10.2015
Genetics

Epigenetics and homosexuality

Methylation features in nine small DNA regions scattered throughout the genome can be used to predict sexual orientation with a probability of up to 70%.

09.10.2015
Your health

Another advantage of completeness

It is possible that an increase in the life expectancy of women with heart failure and a moderately elevated body mass index is due to the fact that they need more fatty acids for the heart to work.

09.10.2015
Genetic engineering

Synthetic life

Currently, synthetic biology is understood as the creation of new biological constructs and systems, as well as the modification of natural living systems in order to obtain an organism with the desired qualities.

08.10.2015
Genetic engineering

Gene editing will solve the problem of donor organs

Using the CRISPR/Cas9 method, American scientists have modified many genes in pig embryos, which in the future will allow the use of organs of genetically modified animals for transplantation to humans.

08.10.2015
Cloning

A woolly elephant is being blown out of a fly again

One of the unique finds for the study of ancient animals was the mammoth skin. Korean colleagues of NEFU scientists believe that it is the skin that is the best material for cloning attempts by isolating viable cells.

08.10.2015
Other life sciences

Chemputer – Abiotic peptide synthesizer

Scientists from the University of Glasgow have created a unique computer that will study and analyze the formation of combinations of constituent parts during the construction of a peptide chain.

08.10.2015
Other life sciences

Melts in the mouth, not in the hands (With)

For some reason, the inventors of slow-melting ice cream themselves did not try it, but they plan to commercialize their development and establish mass production of the product.

08.10.2015
Innovative Russia

Bacteriophages against nosocomial infections

Preclinical trials of the drug "Diphag", acting on two types of microorganisms that most often cause infections in patients of surgical hospitals, as well as intensive care units and intensive care units, have been completed.

08.10.2015
Various

DNA Repair Award: details

Scientists who shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry independently described and explained the mechanisms by which cells "repair" their DNA and, thus, protect genetic information from damage.

07.10.2015
Cellular technologies

Buy mini-brains – 4 pieces for a dollar!

The cost of growing one "mini-brain" is only a quarter of a dollar, and in the near future they will be able to become a convenient and affordable object for conducting a lot of different research and experiments in the field of neurobiology, medicine, etc.

07.10.2015
Cellular technologies

Embryonic stem cells restore vision

Scientists from the University of Montreal propose using human embryonic cells to grow retinal cells from them that can perceive light, and then implant them into the eye.

07.10.2015
Genetics

Mutant neurons

A research team from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute found out that the genome of a single neuron can contain more than a thousand point mutations.

07.10.2015
Biomedicine

Injection instead of castration

If the DNA vaccine works on cats and dogs in the same way as on mice, then in the future developments can be used to create long-acting contraceptives for humans.

06.10.2015
Innovative Russia

Kazan robopatients at Tokyo University

As part of a partnership with the Japanese research center RIKEN, the Kazan company "Eidos-Medicine" will open a simulation center, which has seven robot simulators for laparoscopic, endovascular, hysteroscopic and endourological interventions.

06.10.2015
Innovative Russia

Spinal Cord Injury Treatment: Cellular gene therapy

In addition to spinal cord injury therapy, gene-cell technologies can be used to treat injuries of the peripheral nervous system, neurodegenerative diseases, ischemic diseases and lesions of the musculoskeletal system.

06.10.2015
Various

The Ministry of Health took up the elderly

In 2016, a full-fledged medical and social service may appear in Russia, dealing with a complex of problems of elderly and not very healthy people.

06.10.2015