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Your health

Teeth and dementia

With each tooth that falls out, the risk of cognitive impairment increases by 1.4%, and dementia – by 1.1%. Prosthetics significantly reduces this risk.

15.07.2021
Genetics

DNA on the Hamburg account

Interview of researchers of the Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Balanovsky and Svetlana Borinskaya in the program "Hamburg Account".

15.07.2021
Genetic engineering

Protection against meningitis

Drops with modified "relatives" of Neisseria meningitidis caused a strong and long-term immune response in 60% of the volunteers.

14.07.2021
Healthy skepticism

Yellow Danger

Another horror story about the machinations of Chinese companies. This time it's about collecting genetic information to create super soldiers.

14.07.2021
Nanotechnology

The fate of the nanoparticle

Thanks to the new development of Russian biochemists, it became known how magnetic nanoparticles "age" and decay in the mammalian body.

14.07.2021
Genetic engineering

CRISPR vs. SARS-CoV-2

In the near future, the researchers plan to test the new approach on animals, and in the future – on humans.

13.07.2021
Genetic engineering

Brain repair

Scientists with the help of an adenovirus vector delivered to the brain of children the enzyme decarboxylase of aromatic amino acids, which did not work for them.

13.07.2021
New in Gerontology

Inflammation and age-related diseases

The iAge system measures the inflammatory load and predicts diseases associated with aging and a decrease in immunity with age.

13.07.2021
Nanotechnology

Anti-cancer nanodisks

Magnetic nanodisks are more effective than conventional nanoparticles in destroying cancer cells.

13.07.2021
Biomedicine

Protection from PTSD

The drug, which is commonly used for parkinsonism, can significantly reduce the frequency of symptoms of post-traumatic stress.

13.07.2021
Biomedicine

Protection per second

The preclinical results of testing the inhaled coronavirus vaccine are very impressive.

12.07.2021
Biomedicine

A happy accident

Scientists from the United States accidentally discovered a drug that can fight antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.

12.07.2021
Genetics

Covid and genes

The results of one of the largest studies devoted to the connection of the genome with Covid-19 and brought together thousands of specialists from a dozen countries.

12.07.2021
Cellular technologies

The fact of risk

Both proprietary and medically used mesenchymal stem cells can stimulate the growth of malignant tumors.

12.07.2021
Other life sciences

I don't recommend it...

Castration of sheep slows down the aging of their DNA. According to the researchers, the same applies to human males, i.e. men.

12.07.2021
Other life sciences

Miraculous healings

Intestinal microbiota transplantation was associated with an unusually rapid disappearance of COVID-19 symptoms in two patients.

08.07.2021
Cellular technologies

Cage frames

The process of active tissue regeneration starts around them, and when the support is no longer needed, the remnants of the "structure" are removed from the body.

08.07.2021