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Genetics

Is genetic testing a waste of money?

Predicting the risks of developing diseases, carried out with the help of genetic analysis, is no more effective than tossing a coin.

03.06.2011
Other life sciences

Biological supercomputer: don't laugh, he'll grow up

The "supercomputer" consists of 130 strands of DNA, and its largest contour, of 74 strands, is able to extract the square root of a number no larger than 15 in 10 hours. But someday…

03.06.2011
Bioethics

Ethics of synthetic biology

Discussing philosophical aspects, rather than trying to predict practical benefits and harms, will help society prepare for the inevitable changes that the further successes of synthetic biology are preparing for us.

03.06.2011
Nanotechnology

Nanoparticles instead of tablets

The new aerosol system makes it possible to obtain drug particles smaller than 100 nm and thereby increase the solubility or bioavailability of drugs.

02.06.2011
Nanotechnology

Microspheres filled with cells will help to heal wounds

By the time the microspheres degrade, cell growth has already been given a good start, since the biomimetic matrix has provided them with the environment in which they feel great in natural conditions.

01.06.2011
Other life sciences

Cancer also accelerates aging…

Cancer cells accelerate the aging of the connective tissues surrounding them, causing inflammation, which provides the tumor with the "fuel" necessary for rapid growth and metastasis.

01.06.2011
Other life sciences

Brain-on-a-chip

Scientists from the USA have created a miniature brain of 60 rat neurons on a silicon substrate. Experiments have shown that a network of nerve cells is capable of processing the received information for a long period of time.

01.06.2011
Healthy skepticism

Papua New Russia

The conversations about modernization and innovation that Russians have been hearing regularly for almost ten years are very similar (according to the author! the editors disagree with this!!!) on the Papuan folk religion – cargo cult.

31.05.2011
New in Gerontology

Telomere length analysis – the way to health?

Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn – about the incorrect statements of the media about the recently developed test for determining the length of telomeres and the importance of such testing for doctors and their patients.

31.05.2011
Cellular technologies

Direct conversion of fibroblasts into neurons

After successful experiments on the transformation of skin cells (fibroblasts) of mice directly into neurons using a combination of proteins, scientists applied the same technique to human cells.

30.05.2011