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Other life sciences

How are obesity and hypertension related?

Hypertension in overweight rats occurs because the arginase enzyme does not work correctly in their body, which destroys the main source of nitric oxide molecules that help dilate blood vessels.

06.05.2015
Various

An iPod adapted for the elderly – for every pensioner

Do not think that altruism alone is behind all this. The market for services for the elderly is expected to grow explosively in the coming years, and today Apple and IBM are among the pioneers on the way to this "gold mine".

06.05.2015
Other life sciences

Trachea from the printer

A group of scientists from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York) for the first time managed to print a miniature tracheal skeleton made of biodegradable polymers on a bioprinter.

06.05.2015
Other life sciences

How a heart attack kills a person

Russian scientists from Moscow State University together with colleagues from Ireland were able to clarify the mechanisms of ischemia characteristic of a heart attack.

06.05.2015
Biomedicine

Immunity against cancer

Immunotherapy has opened up a whole new opportunity for cancer treatment along with chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery.

06.05.2015
Grants and competitions

Start-2015 – now also for individuals

The Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises announces the start of accepting applications for the implementation of the 1st stage of the Start-2015 program. Applications for the first stage of project implementation are accepted from legal entities and individuals.

05.05.2015
Genetic engineering

The effect of gene therapy for blindness may be temporary

Three research groups reported contradictory results of gene therapy for a rare form of hereditary blindness – Leber's amaurosis: in some, the effect was "long-lasting", while others registered a gradual deterioration in the condition of patients.

05.05.2015
Other life sciences

About bioinformatics and molecular evolution

Three weeks before his speech at the Central House of the Journalist, Mikhail Gelfand spoke about the difficulties of bioinformatics and biologists in Russia, as well as about the modern possibilities of studying evolution.

05.05.2015
Other life sciences

We change any blood group to the first

Canadian biochemists using the method of directed evolution have created an enzyme that is more than 170 times more effective than its natural counterpart, "turning" all blood groups into the first.

30.04.2015
Your health

Aspirin for cancer prevention: mixed results

The results of both molecular-biochemical and statistical studies on cancer and aspirin are often quite contradictory, which is not least due to the variety of malignant tumors themselves.

29.04.2015
Other life sciences

FOXO1 is the culprit of diabetic ulcers

The reason for the slow healing of wounds in diabetics turned out to be that the protein "conducting" the process of wound tightening, with an abnormally high concentration of glucose in the blood, "goes crazy" and begins to interfere with their healing.

29.04.2015
Other life sciences

Appetite regulator – melanocortin-4 receptor

American biologists have found a group of neurons in the brain that encodes signals of hunger and satiety, and found out how it can be reconfigured to deprive a mouse or a person of hunger.

29.04.2015
Exhibitions and conferences

MOBY-Him2015

Interdisciplinary Symposium on Medical, Organic and Biological Chemistry-2015 (September 27-30, 2015 Crimea, New World) is conducted by the Department of Medical Chemistry and Fine Organic Synthesis of the Chemical Faculty of Moscow State University.

29.04.2015
Genetics

When the dog fertilizes the grass…

Fines for dog feces left on the street are very large, but this measure has not been effective enough. Now the excrement of dogs will be sent for DNA analysis. Thus, the authorities intend to fight against unscrupulous owners of animals

29.04.2015