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New in Gerontology

Barons are getting old…

With age, the population of B-lymphocytes in visceral fat increases, which leads to obesity and chronic inflammation.

19.11.2019
Other life sciences

Canine age

The accumulation of epigenetic DNA modifications allowed us to find a new formula for calculating the age between dogs and humans.

18.11.2019
Other life sciences

Two days, including delivery

In Britain, a prosthetic arm with a movable thumb has been developed, which can be obtained within a couple of days after placing an order.

18.11.2019
Your health

Learn to read!

People who have never learned to read and write are almost three times more at risk of developing dementia than literate people.

18.11.2019
Biomedicine

Hope and skepticism

Alzheimer's specialists welcome the Chinese drug's entry into the market with cautious optimism.

18.11.2019
Biomedicine

Bacteriophages against cirrhosis

Potentially, the use of bacteriophage treatment can save about 37% of patients with alcoholic hepatitis.

18.11.2019
New in Gerontology

Lymphocytes of super-long-livers

Unusual cytotoxic T-lymphocytes are found in the blood of healthy people over 110 years old and may be the key to longevity.

15.11.2019
Other life sciences

We will clear everything from excess

A new filtration system using a magnetic field will help remove viruses, bacteria and malignant cells from the bloodstream.

15.11.2019
Other life sciences

Donated organs from a pig

By the mid-1990s, scientists agreed that pigs were the most suitable donor for humans.

15.11.2019
New in Gerontology

Paradoxical effect

Scientists transplanted bacteria from old mice to young ones and found that cells in their intestines and brains began to divide more actively.

15.11.2019
Biomedicine

Slow down multiple sclerosis

Scientists have discovered a molecule whose blocking slows down the development of multiple sclerosis, a dangerous autoimmune disease.

15.11.2019
New in Gerontology

Contagious zombies

Aging dopamine neurons stop functioning and release signaling molecules that age neighboring cells.

14.11.2019
Biomedicine

The vaccine works

The new vaccine against the dangerous and widespread Staphylococcus aureus has been tested on animals: it is effective in more than 80% of cases.

14.11.2019
Other life sciences

Melanoma from follicles

Some types of skin cancer begin to develop in the stem cells of the hair follicles, and not in the layers of the skin, as was previously believed.

14.11.2019
Biomedicine

Parkinsonism and intestines

Suppression of the formation of alpha-synuclein aggregates in the enteric nervous system can slow down the progression of the disease.

14.11.2019
Biomedicine

For World Diabetes Day

Scientists do not stop searching for new, more effective and safe methods of therapy for this disease.

14.11.2019
Other life sciences

Immunotherapy of HIV infection

Therapy based on suppression of regulatory receptors of immune cells should have a beneficial effect for the majority of HIV-infected people.

14.11.2019
Genetic engineering

Microsapers

Raytheon Corporation announced the beginning of work on the creation of GM microbes capable of detecting the presence of explosives in the soil.

14.11.2019