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Genetics

Genes and intelligence: new data

The appearance of additional copies or the deletion of a certain section of chromosome 16 in human DNA is associated with a significant (up to almost a quarter of the norm) drop in IQ.

28.01.2016
Theories of aging

What did the "lifetime machine" show?

Aging does not have a single molecular cause - it is a systemic process involving a complex biological network. Genetic processes and environmental factors are equally involved in the mechanism of aging.

28.01.2016
Other life sciences

Is the beard an antibiotic?

The myth of the beard as a breeding ground for bacteria has not been confirmed. Moreover, British (TM) scientists believe that beards are even able to fight infections.

28.01.2016
Other life sciences

Spatio-temporal neuromodulation

An international group of scientists has managed to develop a new effective method of electrostimulation of the spinal cord in paralysis.

27.01.2016
Various

Inflated billions

In the laboratory of Theranos, which brought its founder Elizabeth Holmes the title of the youngest female billionaire, serious shortcomings have been revealed.

27.01.2016
Nanotechnology

Biodegradable biosensors

Wireless biosensors tested in vitro and in laboratory rats are not inferior to wired analogues and dissolve in the cerebrospinal fluid of live rats for several days without side effects.

26.01.2016
Prolonging youth

Eternal life for solving problems

Is it possible to put a person's consciousness in a test tube when it will be possible to create an avatar for people and why potentially possible immortality is not the most attractive scenario of human life.

26.01.2016
Note to the businessman

Money from Genes

Just three years after discovering its potential in gene editing, the new CRISPR technique has become the hottest and most controversial in the field of genomics. And now it's more than science: it's big business.

26.01.2016
Genetic engineering

Rabies virus modified to study brain connections

Researchers from the USA and the UK have improved one of the methods of studying the connections between neurons. To do this, they genetically modified the rabies virus.

25.01.2016
Nanotechnology

Test strip instead of enzyme immunoassay

A new technology based on the use of magnetic nanoparticles instead of fluorescent markers will make the procedure of biochemical analysis of liquids many times more accurate – and at the same time as easy to use as a pregnancy test.

25.01.2016
Genetics

Michurinsky epigenetics

The graft does not just take root on the rootstock plant, but also actively exchanges epigenetic information with it. The scale of this process has been greatly underestimated before.

25.01.2016
Biotechnologies - into life

Russian vaccine against all types of influenza

More than 30 million rubles were spent on preclinical trials of a universal vaccine developed at the St. Petersburg Influenza Research Institute, clinical trials will require two or three more years of work and 30-40 million rubles of investments.

22.01.2016
Other life sciences

Oh my intestines!

The Atlas biomedical holding, together with the Knomix company and the experts of the FHM Research Institute, launched the OhmyGut research project (for those who do not know English: the name of the project is a pun that sounds almost like "Oh my God").

22.01.2016
Healthy skepticism

The alien head of an unknown monkey

Scientists are skeptical about the statement of the Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero about a successful head transplant to a monkey and consider a human head transplant operation unacceptable.

22.01.2016
Your health

Cancer prevention: Our hands are not for boredom

Regular orgasm in men (at least 21 times a month) reduces the risk of prostate cancer by 22% compared to those who manage seven or less ejaculations, regardless of the method of achieving it.

22.01.2016
Genetic engineering

A library in a handful of seeds

According to the scientist, the use of a four-letter DNA language in the form of a binary code will allow storing huge amounts of information in plant DNA.

22.01.2016
Various

Save time on your morning coffee

A crowdfunding company has started on Indeigogo, within which it is planned to raise money for the production of an unusual toothpaste – it will contain caffeine.

21.01.2016
Various

Vaccine under the veil of secrecy

Is it possible to create an Ebola vaccine in a year and a half? Why is the information about the Russian vaccine intended exclusively for official use? And how can you defeat two strains of the virus "with one blow"?

21.01.2016