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Cancer, aging and p53 protein: new data

Anti-oncogene p53 deprives potentially dangerous cells of energy supply, suppressing the work of the Krebs cycle. Accordingly, such a cell ceases to divide, begins to age and eventually dies.

15.01.2013
Grants and competitions

Competition of works by young oncologists

The purpose of the competition is to support young scientists, stimulate their scientific activities, and reward them for scientific achievements that make a significant contribution to the development of oncology.

14.01.2013
Genetics

Reconstruction of appearance by DNA

A chip containing hundreds of thousands of short DNA sequences will allow criminologists to obtain data on the origin, gender and color of the suspect's eyes and hair. And a total of 24 snips can determine the color of the eyes and hair of a person who died thousands of years ago.

14.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Correction of the genome up to the nucleotide

Researchers at MIT, the Broad Institute and Rockefeller University have developed a new technique that allows you to change the genomes of living cells with a high degree of accuracy.

14.01.2013
Biomedicine

Neurodegenerative diseases: another target

Blocking the interaction of one of the enzymes can resist the destruction of neurons associated with neurodegenerative diseases and become a new potential target in the development of drugs.

14.01.2013
Controversial

Are the benefits of antioxidants a myth?

The myth of antioxidants feeds itself: you no longer need a direct statement about their usefulness, but just say the word "antioxidant" to convince a person to drink, or eat, or smear it on his face.

11.01.2013
Nanotechnology

Man-made ribosome: the beginning is laid

Before the real ribosome, a nanodevice created by a scientist from the University of Manchester, like the Wright brothers' plane before a modern fighter, but it's a bad start.

11.01.2013
Your health

Medicine of the XXI century

Today, medicine is able to truly take up its eternal task: to know the full mechanism of the development of the disease, the exact scheme of its prevention and to master the methods that allow it to stop.

10.01.2013
Various

Old people for export

"In order to save money," 400,000 pensioners have already been transferred from Germany, the most prosperous EU country, to nursing homes in less affluent countries, and every year there are more of them by 5%.

10.01.2013
Genetics

Eternally young giants

Changing the expression of just one gene keeps tobacco plants forever young and increases their growth several times. Currently, researchers are trying to apply the developed approach to potatoes.

10.01.2013
Genetics

The Pitfalls of Personalized Medicine

Before personalized medicine becomes a reality, society needs to think through a lot of ethical, legal, economic and social issues.

10.01.2013
Controversial

Get fat on your health?

The results of a large meta-analysis proved that mild and moderate obesity (body mass index less than 35) does not significantly affect life expectancy. However, BMI is not the best criterion for obesity…

10.01.2013
Biomedicine

Breaks in chemotherapy enhance its effectiveness

A group of researchers from Switzerland and the USA announced a discovery that, in principle, can significantly prolong the life of patients suffering from one of the forms of melanoma – skin cancer – in its last, inoperable metastatic stage.

10.01.2013
Note to the businessman

Business at the incubator

A business incubator can be quite a successful business. The only question is how to properly build his work and "run in" the business model.

10.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy helps to restore the blood vessels of the heart

The results of a survey of participants in a clinical study of the method of gene therapy for severe coronary heart disease indicate the prospects of this approach and the feasibility of conducting larger-scale studies.

09.01.2013
Biomedicine

Homunculus

This is what the Moscow Scientific and Technical Center called the BioClinicum microbioreactor, which allows replacing the testing of drugs and cosmetics on animals and selecting medicines for personalized therapy.

09.01.2013