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Genetics

New genes of predisposition to glaucoma

Three genetic variants associated with primary angle–closure glaucoma, a disease that is the leading cause of blindness in the population of Asian countries, were found.

07.09.2012
Other life sciences

Walking with an exoskeleton

The Kessler Foundation charity has released preliminary results of a clinical trial of the Ekso wearable robotic exoskeleton for patients with spinal cord injury.

07.09.2012
Your health

Is thickness a guarantee of health?

The results of two studies on obesity have confirmed the long–known "obesity paradox" - half of fat people have a completely normal state of health, and fat people are less likely to die from heart disease than thin people.

07.09.2012
Genetics

Fanconi cancer and anemia

Data on the genetic mechanisms of DNA repair disorders in a rare hereditary disease – Fanconi anemia – can provide important information about various types of cancer.

07.09.2012
Various

The most effective spinach-based biohybrid photocell

Chemists from Vanderbilt University, combining silicon and spinach protein involved in photosynthesis, have created a photocell that turns light into electricity much more efficiently than existing "biohybrid" devices of a similar type.

07.09.2012
Genetics

DNA is not "junk"

Billions of genome nucleotides considered "junk" play an important role in human biology: for example, they help determine when a gene is turned on or off.

06.09.2012
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: a black streak

Despite the failure of two trials, three studies of antiamyloid drugs will begin next year on patients with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease or high levels of beta-amyloid.

06.09.2012
Biomedicine

Target for oncologists: cancer stem cells

The assumption of the presence of cancer stem cells that give rise to tumors and trigger the disease, after the publication of articles in the journals Nature and Science, received official confirmation.

06.09.2012
Various

The aging process on video

Dutch director Yerun Wolf shot a one-and-a-half-minute video with the faces of people from a newborn baby to a 100-year-old woman to clearly demonstrate the aging process.

06.09.2012
Other life sciences

Brain Diabetes: An Absolute Food Nightmare

This is the title of an editorial in the latest issue of New Scientist magazine devoted to the link between diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease.

05.09.2012
Healthy skepticism

Once again about the uselessness of organic products

Organic food is no more useful and safe for human health than ordinary food. Experts from Stanford University came to this conclusion after analyzing 240 publications in the scientific literature.

05.09.2012
Cellular technologies

Hierarchy of skin stem cells

Two populations of skin stem cells are differently involved in repairing damage and regulating the balance between the death of old epidermal cells and the growth of new ones.

04.09.2012
Your health

Rheumatoid arthritis on a global scale

By 2015, the number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis will increase by 75% compared to 2005. And this is despite the fact that 21 million people have already been diagnosed with this disease in the world.

04.09.2012