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Prolonging youth

Once again about the benefits of a low-calorie diet

Reducing the caloric content of food in mice slows down the shortening of telomeres, prolongs life by 20% and reduces the incidence of cancer and age-related diseases by 40%.

25.01.2013
Genetics

How does the flu "timer" work?

The discovery of American scientists can contribute to the creation of a new type of drugs that will disrupt the "internal alarm clock" of the flu, preventing its spread through the body, and the development of new methods of vaccination.

24.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Store information on DNA carriers

Five files with a total volume of 5.2 megabits were recorded in artificial DNA, including an audio file with a speech by Martin Luther King and a scientific article by Nobel laureates who deciphered the structure of this molecule.

24.01.2013
Other life sciences

Russian scientists have reported on the proteome

The 18th chromosome assigned to Russia in the international project "Human Proteome" has been decoded by 85%. About 250 of its main proteins have been identified, and in 2013 scientists promise to find the rest.

24.01.2013
Cellular technologies

Nose on hand

Scientists from University College London have started growing a new nose for a patient on his own hand.

23.01.2013
Genetic engineering

AIDS: the virus is kicked out by the virus

A group of biologists from Stanford University has developed a new method of protection against the human immunodeficiency virus by studying mutations in the CCR5 and CXCR4 genes that make some people virtually invulnerable to HIV infection.

23.01.2013
Other life sciences

Free radicals help tissue regeneration

Using the example of amputated tadpole tails, scientists at the University of Manchester have made an amazing discovery that can have a serious impact on the further development of regenerative medicine.

22.01.2013
Your health

What diseases does excess weight lead to?

Excess weight can lead to serious health problems. In people with severe obesity, life expectancy is reduced by 12-15 years. If you want to live a long time, strive for harmony.

22.01.2013
Other life sciences

Cancer and aging: Look at firefly mice

Scientists at the University of North Carolina have created a strain of mice with the firefly luciferase gene. This gene is activated when the normal p16 gene, a tumor suppressor and biomarker of aging, is activated.

22.01.2013
Grants and competitions

Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowships – 2013

The joint grant program provides an opportunity for candidates of sciences who have recently defended their dissertation to participate in conducting scientific research at the institutes of the Leibniz Association of Research Institutes.

22.01.2013
Various

Stop the transfer of Hospital No. 31

"To the Governor of Poltavchenko and the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Kozhin: Stop the transfer of Hospital No. 31 to the Supreme and Arbitration Court." Collection of signatures under the petition on the website Change.org continues. Sit down - it will take you 1 minute!

22.01.2013
Various

Wheelchair with voice control

The wheelchair control mechanism responds to combinations of long or short sounds that are universal for any language. He distinguishes between eight commands that allow the wheelchair to move forward and backward, left and right, rise and fall, and stop.

22.01.2013
Healthy skepticism

A very cultured minister

The Minister of Culture in an interview with the American Russian-language newspaper "Russian Life" blurted out that Russians have an extra chromosome. He certainly didn't mean Down syndrome, but the word is not a sparrow…

22.01.2013
Your health

Once again about the benefits of family life

A new study has confirmed the fact that married people live longer, adding another nuance to it: those who have never been married or married were on average twice as likely to die in middle age than those who were in a stable marriage throughout their lives.

21.01.2013
Note to the businessman

Seminars for innovators

The specialists of the Progress Research and Development Center invite you to the practical seminars "Management of innovative projects: from the idea to attracting investments" (St. Petersburg, March 11-15) and "Management of innovative activity of the enterprise" (Moscow, March 25-28).

21.01.2013
Various

Optimistic cancer statistics

According to the report of the American Cancer Society "Cancer Statistics 2013", cancer mortality in the United States decreased by 20% from 1991 to 2009.

21.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of infarction: latest news

Geneticists managed to reverse the course of events in myocardial infarction and grow a healthy heart muscle in place of the scar.

18.01.2013