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Your health

One cigarette is enough

Those who smoked less than one cigarette a day, as it turned out, were characterized by a 9 times greater risk of dying from lung cancer than those who had never smoked.

06.12.2016
Healthy skepticism

We breed suckers according to Hahnemann

The publication of the winner of the "Educator" Prize Asi Kazantseva, which appeared in "Around the World", led to the fact that the "National Council for Homeopathy" decided to sue the magazine.

05.12.2016
Prolonging youth

Biomarkers of anti-aging gene therapy

A more detailed study of the results of the effects of gene therapy on E. Parrish's body suggests a real decrease in her biological age.

05.12.2016
Nanotechnology

Nanoimplant for precise drug delivery

The implant ensures the uniform release of drugs for several days to two weeks, without creating significant concentrations of the drug throughout the body.

05.12.2016
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of pseudoarthrosis

KFU scientists for the first time in the world applied the method of gene therapy in a patient with a so-called false joint, which is formed at the site of a long-existing dislocation or fracture.

05.12.2016
Prolonging youth

Geroscope – automated search for geroprotectors

Russian scientists from MIPT, in collaboration with the company Insilico Medicine, developed an algorithm for searching for geroprotectors and tested ten substances found with its help.

02.12.2016
Cellular technologies

Russian scientists have grown the retina of the eye

The development will allow treating patients, for example, with macular degeneration – a disease that is one of the most common causes of blindness in people over 55 years old.

02.12.2016
Biomedicine

A patch for the prevention of thrombosis

The "smart patch" reacts to an increase in the concentration of thrombin in the patient's blood by releasing heparin, preventing the formation of blood clots and the development of vascular thrombosis.

02.12.2016
Your health

Once again about the dangers of soda

The probability of prediabetes in Americans who drank about a jar of sugar-containing beverages per day was 46% higher than in those who did not drink them at all or rarely drank.

02.12.2016
Bioethics

Scissors for the genome

The heads of the company "Genotek" – about how genes are modified, what ethical issues this may raise and whether they will use gene technologies to create "children to order".

02.12.2016
Your health

Consequences of lack of sleep

A person who sleeps on average less than 6 hours per night has a 13% increased risk of death compared to those who sleep 7-9 hours. Due to the lack of sleep, the US loses $411 billion annually.

02.12.2016
Other life sciences

Transcranial libido stimulation

American scientists have discovered that electromagnetic stimulation of the reward center of the brain can regulate people's sexual desire and the degree of their pleasure from sex.

02.12.2016
Grants and competitions

Where to get money

What external grants are offered to students of Master's and doctoral research programs? What is the amount of financial support for young scientists abroad?

01.12.2016
Genetic engineering

Mice cured of hemophilia

The introduction of two vectors with a gradual increase in doses led to the appearance of stable activity of factor IX at a normal level and above for four months.

01.12.2016
Biomedicine

"Ecstasy" by prescription?

The FDA has approved large-scale clinical trials of Ecstasy. A potential indication for its use was post-traumatic stress disorder.

01.12.2016
Note to the businessman

The maturity of a billionaire

Wealthy people around the world manage to live longer and invest money in new life extension projects. How do they struggle with old age?

01.12.2016