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Other life sciences

Snails cured of Alzheimer's disease

In response to the effect of a weak electric current in the body of snails, a protective mechanism was triggered, serotonin was released, and synaptic connections were regenerated.

29.12.2014
Prolonging youth

Prolonging life: hydrogen sulfide instead of starvation

It is not the restriction in food as such that leads to an increase in life expectancy, but a decrease in the use of two sulfur-containing amino acids: the withdrawal of cysteine from the diet and the restriction of methionine. The direct effect in this case causes an increased release of hydrogen sulfide.

29.12.2014
Genetics

Noah's Ark at Moscow State University

Within the framework of the project, a bank will be created in which the DNA of every living being on Earth will be located, including not only existing now, but also extinct species.

29.12.2014
Other life sciences

Is there personalized medicine in Russia

Personalized medicine has become one of the trends of the outgoing year. Can Russian patients expect to be treated "not under one comb"?

26.12.2014
Cellular technologies

Melanocytes without intermediaries

Using three transcription factors, scientists directly reprogrammed skin fibroblasts into melanocytes – cells synthesizing the pigment melanin, responsible for skin color.

26.12.2014
Various

From our pocket

Russia buys medical equipment at 2-3 times inflated prices, as secret intermediaries are involved in transactions with some large Western firms.

26.12.2014
Nanotechnology

4 myths about nanotechnology

Post-science experts debunk myths about new technologies in manipulating nanoobjects.

25.12.2014
Bioethics

Bioethics for the Media

The UNESCO Regional Office in Moscow, in cooperation with leading experts in the field of bioethics, organizes discussions, publishes manuals and conducts seminars – not only for physicians and biologists, but also for journalists.

25.12.2014
Biotechnologies - into life

Nanolek has opened the first stage of the biopharmaceutical complex

In two years it will be an enterprise where new technologies and products are being developed in one of the most promising segments – biopharmaceuticals. In the near future, the company plans to bring 15 of its own innovative drugs to the market.

24.12.2014
Other life sciences

Diabetes by blood group

In women with a third blood group and a positive Rh factor, the risk of type 2 diabetes is 35% higher compared to a universal donor of the first group with a negative Rh factor.

24.12.2014
Genetics

Sports epigenetics

Systematic physical exercise changes the epigenetic regulation of genes, so that the picture of genetic activity in muscle cells changes in a healthier direction.

24.12.2014
Various

Computer mice and piano for the disabled

For the past few years, engineers from Japan and South Korea have presented inventions and concepts every year designed to improve the standard of living of people with disabilities and severe limb injuries.

24.12.2014
Prolonging youth

Riluzole will help to "enlighten" aging brains

New data suggest that age-related memory loss and deterioration of the ability to make decisions can be combated with the help of the drug riluzole, currently used for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

23.12.2014
Various

Youth Science

Postgraduate student of the Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics of Moscow State University – about the cure for old age, the genocide of experimental rats and the mess in Russian science.

23.12.2014