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Your health

Smoking ages the brain more than high blood pressure

The most pronounced effect on cognitive abilities according to the results of all three tests used was smoking. A little less deterioration in cognitive functions is associated with obesity, high blood pressure and a high risk of stroke.

28.11.2012
New in Gerontology

The state of the methylome is a marker of biological age

The study of the personal methylome – the profile of DNA methylation in the genome – will not only determine the real biological age, but also predict the risks of developing diseases and the effectiveness of their treatment methods.

28.11.2012
Grants and competitions

Postgraduate study at the Charite Clinic

The German interuniversity cluster NeuroCure, based at the Charite Clinic of the Medical University of Berlin, announces the acceptance of applications for postgraduate studies.

27.11.2012
Exhibitions and conferences

BioNanoMed 2013

The International Congress on Bionanomedicine will be held on March 13-15, 2013 in Krems (Austria).

27.11.2012
Biomedicine

New hope in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

The new approach, which consists in blocking one of the signaling molecules of the immune system, significantly reduces the severity of changes characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.

27.11.2012
New in Gerontology

Problems with reading in old age

It is easier for young people to read clearer and more contrasting text, and for older people it is more blurred and vague, but old people adapt to these changes by changing the reading technique.

27.11.2012
Grants and competitions

Biologists: Cold Spring Harbor and EMBO courses – 2013

The Dynasty Foundation announces a competition for Russian biologists to participate in practical courses organized in 2013 by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the European Molecular Biology Organization.

27.11.2012
Biomedicine

Telomerase is a potential target of antitumor therapy

The enzyme telomerase is the cause of chronic inflammation in malignant diseases. Reducing its activity with the help of pharmaceuticals can reduce the dosage of traditional chemotherapy drugs.

26.11.2012
New in Gerontology

Aging and sexuality

Age-related decline in sexual activity is characteristic of a person, but it very much depends on the socio-cultural context in which elderly people manifest their sexuality.

26.11.2012
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy against epilepsy

Gene therapy based on a rat model of the disease was used to quickly suppress seizures, prevent their recurrence and for the successful treatment of epileptic foci.

26.11.2012
Theories of aging

How does aging begin?

The discoveries made during the yeast experiments bring clarity to the cascade of events that make up the aging process and pave the way to understanding the impact on life expectancy, aging and age-related diseases has the interaction of genetics and environmental factors.

26.11.2012
Biomedicine

Diabetes Medication Helps with Alzheimer's Disease

Rosiglitazone, approved by the FDA for the treatment of insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes, may improve the cognitive function of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

23.11.2012
Note to the businessman

Business angels will be helped financially

The RVC Seed Investment Fund announces the launch of the Business Angel program, which involves co-investment on standard terms in early seed stage projects in which business angels invest.

23.11.2012
Various

Flu vaccines are not as effective as we are being told

Modern vaccines protect only 59% of the population aged 18 to 65 from influenza, and for the elderly this figure is much lower. The over-hype of available vaccines keeps scientists from inventing new, much more effective ones.

23.11.2012