Genetics
The cause of Winchester syndrome was found out half a century after its description
Analysis of the genome of cells of a child who died 50 years ago revealed the cause of a rare lethal hereditary disease.
03.09.2012- English version
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Various
Here's what they will draw on cigarette packs in Russia
Sad pictures about the dangers of smoking will appear on cigarette packages next year. You can admire them now.
03.09.2012
Note to the businessman
Rules for selling biotechnologies to investors
On a good biotechnological innovation, an investor can earn tens and hundreds of millions, and sometimes billions of dollars.
03.09.2012
Genetic engineering
If you lose your sense of smell, gene therapy will help
Gene therapy has restored the sense of smell to mice suffering from hereditary loss of sense of smell, which will allow this technique to be used to treat people suffering from anosmia.
03.09.2012
Other life sciences
How neurons control the division of neural stem cells
Neural stem cells analyze the composition of neurotransmitters in the surrounding tissue and, if necessary, begin to divide, forming new nerve cells.
03.09.2012
Other life sciences
Prostate cancer: a risk factor – trichomonas
In those infected with trichomoniasis, the risk of developing prostate cancer increases by 40 percent.
03.09.2012
Prolonging youth
To live forever and not grow old: to be continued
The desire to find the elixir of eternal youth haunts humanity throughout the history of its existence. But the first drugs that can prolong a person's life are unlikely to appear in this, or even in the next decade.
31.08.2012
New in Gerontology
A healthy lifestyle is also useful in old age
It is a well–known truth that being overweight, smoking, low physical activity, loneliness and alcohol abuse shorten life. However, until now it was unclear whether this pattern applies to those over 75.
31.08.2012
New in Gerontology
Age and wisdom: ethnic features
Of course, it's nice to think that old age benefits at least the mind, if not the body. However, do we really become wiser with age?
31.08.2012
Your health
Have you become weak-eyed in your old age?
In addition to hyperopia, there are 4 serious eye diseases, the occurrence of which is often associated with aging of the body – cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
31.08.2012
Note to the businessman
Medicine + IT = profitable business
If you don't have millions for a new drug, you can try to combine two promising trends and offer additional IT services to the medical market. In Russia, this direction has been actively developing recently.
31.08.2012
Nanotechnology
Don't forget about nanosecurity!
We were once again clearly demonstrated that nanomaterials, even based on "harmless" carbon, can harbor many unexpected dangers for living cells, that is, for you and me, and for the entire environment.
31.08.2012
Cellular technologies
Cell therapy of urinary incontinence
Amniotic fluid stem cells are able to repair damaged urethral sphincter muscles and, since they do not cause an immune response or tumor formation, they can give a new development to urinary incontinence therapy.
31.08.2012
Healthy skepticism
Homeopathy, placebo and Nanopurga
In the Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Placebo name is a sly, insincere character. Previously, supporters of homeopathy tended to believe that the mechanism of this approach is based on the memory of water, but not so long ago there was a theory that, at its core, homeopathy is ... nanomedicine.
30.08.2012
Genetics
Genes determine everything, even Internet addiction
Scientists have found that tobacco addiction and Internet addiction are based on the same mutation of the receptor gene for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
30.08.2012
Genetics
The secret of women's happiness
Scientists have identified a gene whose low activity makes women happy. Unfortunately, in men, the effect of this gene is blocked by high levels of testosterone.
30.08.2012
Various
Against scrap…
For the second time in history, a man survived with almost no consequences after a metal pin pierced through his head.
30.08.2012
New in Gerontology
A low-calorie diet can't prolong a person's life?
The results of a 25-year study on rhesus monkeys refute the assumption that a well-balanced low-calorie diet can increase life expectancy.
30.08.2012
Nanotechnology
Cyborg Fabrics
The creation of living "cyborg tissues" permeated with nanowires is the first successful step towards combining tissue engineering and electronics to create tissue implants and systems for screening drugs.
29.08.2012
Prolonging youth
Antioxidants increase the quality of sperm of adult and elderly men
The consumption of large amounts of antioxidants reduces the frequency of DNA damage and chromosomal abnormalities in the spermatozoa of mature and elderly men.
29.08.2012