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New in Gerontology

Incest prolongs life

Women live longer due to the presence of a second X chromosome, which can insure against hidden mutations on the first one. To test this, Swedish scientists tracked 10 generations of siblings who mated exclusively with each other.

06.02.2009
New in Gerontology

A connection between two aging pathways has been found

Representatives of the sirtuin family take part in the aging of the body and the occurrence of age-related diseases. The SIRT6 protein is involved in maintaining genome stability and protecting telomeres, as well as regulating gene expression. Another pathway is associated with the protein NF-kB, which attaches to and controls the expression of many genes, including genes involved in aging.

06.02.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Rule, biotechnology, the seas!

Biotechnologies and medicine are recognized as priority areas of investment due to the need to solve the most pressing problems facing British society - the problems of population aging and energy. In addition, the achievements of the country's scientists in these areas are recognized as the most significant and promising, and their stimulation will allow British science to maintain and strengthen world leadership.

06.02.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

"Skulachev's Ions" were left without funding?

For a long time, research led by Skulachev was conducted with the financial support of businessman Oleg Deripaska. Now, according to the academician, new material means are needed to conduct further tests. Whether a stable working means of "eternal youth" will be created as a result, as the scientist admitted, is still unknown.

05.02.2009
Genetics

Epigenetics: inherited memory?

Epigenetic processes affect the risk of a number of diseases, including cancer. Some scientists even believe that epigenetics is associated with diseases stronger than genetics. Recently, American scientists published the results of two experiments that demonstrated the possibility of epigenetic inheritance of skills acquired in the learning process.

05.02.2009
Note to the businessman

How to deceive an employer

Of course, by hiring a person, you are actually "buying a pig in a poke" – professional tests, interviews and other personnel formalities can easily be circumvented by a fraudster. Therefore, it is necessary to use the norms of the law in your favor. Please note: do not violate, but use!

04.02.2009
Healthy skepticism

Health Pills

Roszdravnadzor has compiled another blacklist of drug manufacturers.

04.02.2009
Note to the businessman

Innovations and taxes: recent changes in Russian legislation

The changes made to the tax legislation are aimed at creating a favorable tax climate for companies that are willing to invest in the development of modern high-tech products and industries, as well as introduce modern technologies created abroad on the Russian market.

03.02.2009
Biomedicine

Neurogenomics: on the way to the perfect antidepressant

Nina Popova, head of the Behavioral Neurogenomics Laboratory at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, told about the project, which in the future may make it possible to create trouble-free antidepressants.

03.02.2009
Theories of aging

Has another aging factor been discovered?

Based on the results of the studies already conducted, we received a diploma for the discovery of "The phenomenon of accumulation of aging factor in mammalian organisms". Now the main task is to determine what exactly this factor is. Then we can identify the gene that is responsible for its synthesis, and look for methods either to inhibit this synthesis, or to reduce the biological activity of the aging factor in the body.

03.02.2009
Grants and competitions

Scientific Community in Russian

The Scientific Social Community Scientific Social network was created to search for funding, grants and work opportunities abroad, as well as to find colleagues in the field of scientific interests. It offers tools and services that are of interest to all participants in the scientific process – students, postgraduates, young scientists, and honored masters of science.

02.02.2009
Other life sciences

Prototype of a live brain-computer interface

In the future, the interface between the brain and an artificial system may be built on nerve cells specially grown for this purpose. A group of Israeli scientists took the first step in this direction by artificially creating circuits and logic gates from live nerves grown in the laboratory.

02.02.2009
Innovative Russia

Innovative developments are unprofitable for scientists

If we analyze the legal casuistry of the fourth part of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which establishes the right of scientists-developers to receive remuneration for alienating the rights to the results of their work to the employer, the conclusions are very disappointing. The employee's right to copyright payments prescribed in two articles of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation does not really mean anything.

30.01.2009
Cellular technologies

Cell therapy – medicine of the future

Cell therapy is a young field for our medicine. Although our scientists have been engaged in the development of this promising area for fifteen years. Among those who stood at the origins of cellular technologies in Russia is Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Director of the Scientific Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Gennady Sukhoi.

29.01.2009
Biomedicine

Cancer Immunotherapy: Training dendritic cells

Dendritic cells by themselves do not destroy cancerous growths. They recognize specific proteins-antigens located on the surface of cancer cells, and then activate killer lymphocytes that directly attack the tumor. However, under normal conditions they do not do it very effectively. The task of immunotherapy is to make dendritic cells react strongly and precisely to the form of cancer that the patient suffers from.

29.01.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

Circulation and production of biopharmaceutical products in Russia

Conference "Circulation and production of Biopharmaceutical products in Russia: Organizational and legal problems of regulation and control" will be held on February 19-20, 2009 at the Russian Academy of Public Administration.

29.01.2009