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New in Gerontology

Harmful old ladies

Mobile elements awakened in the DNA of old cells activate antiviral protection with accompanying inflammatory signals.

12.02.2019
New in Gerontology

Running from dementia

During physical activity, the peptide hormone irisin is released into the blood, stimulating the growth of neurons in the hippocampus.

12.02.2019
Various

Plus 22 years

Compared with 1950, the infant mortality rate has decreased sevenfold, and the average life expectancy has increased by two decades.

12.02.2019
Exhibitions and conferences

The Fourth AI Conference

On April 9, Smile-Expo will hold a conference in Moscow for entrepreneurs on the use of artificial intelligence in business.

12.02.2019
Theories of aging

What Worms Know about Aging

A unified model of metabolic flow in the worm C.elegans allowed us to study the relationship between metabolism and aging processes.

11.02.2019
Other life sciences

The Secret of rheumatoid arthritis

Activation of AMP-dependent kinase in T-helpers helps to cope with joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis.

11.02.2019
Other life sciences

Escort service

Another mechanism of involuntary help to cancer from the immune system: an escort of neutrophils helps cancer cells to metastasize.

11.02.2019
Your health

Small, but a risk

Breast implants increase the chances of developing a rare type of lymphoma that affects several hundred women a year.

11.02.2019
Other life sciences

Regeneration of fingers

Researchers have discovered two proteins that may partially stimulate the growth of amputated fingers in mice.

11.02.2019
Grants and competitions

Falling Walls Lab

We invite graduate students, young scientists, as well as students and young entrepreneurs with innovative ideas to participate in the competition.

11.02.2019
Genetics

Devil's Lawyers

Not everyone in the scientific community agrees that the propensity for violence can be reduced solely to genetics.

11.02.2019
Biomedicine

Trojan for cancer

A new Trojan horse cancer treatment method has shown good results with several types of tumors.

11.02.2019
Theories of aging

Autophagy and aging

The mechanism of autophagy – the processing of damaged or unnecessary structures and molecules in cells – is involved in almost every aspect of aging.

08.02.2019
Your health

There was a man absent-minded…

Absent-mindedness may be an early sign of damage to the small vessels of the brain, known as an asymptomatic or "dumb" stroke.

08.02.2019
Nanotechnology

Syringe for oral administration

The nanocapsule-"syringe" allows you to inject insulin and other unstable substances into the body through the stomach.

08.02.2019
Nanotechnology

Rockets with a vaccine

An oral vaccine with "jet engines" of magnesium microparticles stimulates the immune response in the intestine.

07.02.2019
Cellular technologies

Rats with mouse kidneys

Perhaps the technique developed by Japanese scientists will allow growing human kidneys in animal organisms.

07.02.2019
Genetics

DNA is in danger

How legally did the police use DNA databases to search for criminals, is this an invasion of privacy?

07.02.2019
Prolonging youth

4 years younger

The new data may explain why the cognitive abilities of older women are slightly higher than the abilities of men of the same age.

07.02.2019