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Genetics

The "fifth column" of Alzheimer's: ApoE4

The ApoE4 gene, a known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, triggers a signaling cascade that leads to increased permeability of the blood vessels of the brain, which allows toxic substances to enter the brain tissue in large quantities.

21.05.2012
Cellular technologies

Stem cells restored spinal cord after injury

The introduction of their own stem cells isolated from the bone marrow contributes to recovery after spinal cord injuries, at least while maintaining residual neurological function.

21.05.2012
Biotechnologies - into life

Biobusinessincubator in Dolgoprudny

The Biobusinessincubator will create corporate laboratories of cluster members, host the first startups, which will have to gain momentum by 2014 and become part of the biopharmaceutical corps.

18.05.2012
Nanotechnology

Will "uncharged" nanoparticles cure autoimmune diseases?

A few hours after the introduction of DNA-coated nanoparticles that do not carry any payload, scientists were surprised to note an increase in the expression of an enzyme that "calms" the immune response of the body in rheumatoid arthritis.

18.05.2012
Genetics

Humans and mutants

The reason why genetic diseases are becoming more common in the modern world is not only in the polluted environment. New, previously unseen mutations began to manifest only because there were more of us.

18.05.2012
Grants and competitions

Biotechnologies of the future

Applications for participation in the Summer School "Biotechnology of the Future", which will be held in the Moscow region from 5 to 12 August 2012, have been started. Students and postgraduates are invited to participate.

18.05.2012
Various

The adventures of a Nobel laureate in Siberia

The 2006 Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Kornberg was in Siberia for the first time, as a member of the Advisory Scientific Council of the Skolkovo Foundation, whose visiting session is taking place these days in Novosibirsk.

18.05.2012
Other life sciences

The world's oldest microorganisms

In the bottom sediments of the North Pacific Ocean, microbiologists have found bacteria that live without access to nutrients for up to 86 million years. They manage to maintain life during this time due to an extremely slow metabolism.

18.05.2012
Your health

Coffee turned out to be a panacea

A long-term study involving more than 400 thousand people has shown that several cups of coffee a day are noticeable (and reliable!) reduces the risk of death from heart disease, stroke and even infections.

18.05.2012
Your health

Guys, spit on the diet and jogging!

According to consulting surgeon and diabetes specialist Charles Clark, author of more than 80 scientific articles and several books on healthy lifestyle and nutrition, these two measures are the worst choice for a middle-aged man.

17.05.2012
Other life sciences

Cyber arm for the paralyzed

Two elderly people, paralyzed for many years, were able to drink coffee with the help of a mechanical arm controlled by signals from the brain.

17.05.2012
Biomedicine

Not exactly personal medicine

A personal medicine designed for a specific person is a myth. Personalized medicine focuses not on one patient or even hundreds of patients, but on subpopulations.

17.05.2012
Other life sciences

OraQuick HIV test: you can, but be careful

The FDA Advisory Commission unanimously approved the free sale of OraQuick test systems. At the same time, experts obliged the manufacturer to print a warning on the product packaging about possible errors in the diagnosis of HIV infection using OraQuick.

17.05.2012
Prolonging youth

Gene therapy increases life expectancy

The first attempt using genetic methods to induce the expression of telomerase in adult animal cells, an enzyme that restores the length of telomeres and thus slows down the "biological clock", was crowned with success.

16.05.2012
Genetics

Genetics of aging: lecture notes

At the end of April, the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted the international scientific conference "Genetics of Aging and Life Expectancy", where leading researchers from around the world met. Scientists discussed the problems of life extension.

16.05.2012
Various

Scammers in white coats

Almost half a billion dollars were stolen from the state program of free medical care for the elderly.

15.05.2012
Other life sciences

A personal HIV test is two percent short

In the clinic, the OraQuick test system determines the presence or absence of HIV infection with 99% accuracy. The accuracy of the test for self-use was 93%; according to the requirements of the FDA, this indicator should be at least 95%.

15.05.2012