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Genetic engineering

How to synthesize smallpox virus

An article by Canadian researchers who synthesized the equine smallpox virus split the scientific community into two camps.

12.02.2018
Biomedicine

Two birds with one stone

The endogenous peptide catestatin increases the sensitivity of cells to insulin and reduces appetite. It can be used for diabetes and obesity.

12.02.2018
Genetics

Fortune-telling on genes

Analyses of the same DNA, conducted by four different companies, gave results that were not similar to each other.

12.02.2018
Healthy skepticism

The rich have their own quirks

A funny post from Facebook about dietary myths that exist among wealthy Muscovites, with comments from experts.

12.02.2018
Genetics

Genetics of sports

How genetics affects success in competitions and whether it is possible to choose the optimal sport according to a genetic test.

12.02.2018
Note to the businessman

Personalized Medicine – 2018

The review "Personalized Medicine – Scientific and commercial aspects" has been put on sale.

12.02.2018
Biomedicine

Will we treat or let him live?

A simple and effective method of assessing the survival of patients with bone metastases will help to avoid "undertreatment" and "overtreatment".

09.02.2018
Nanotechnology

Self-assembling nanovaccine

A technology based on the binding of an anti–cancer nanovaccine with albumin, a protein normally circulating in human blood, has been developed.

09.02.2018
Cellular technologies

Egg Incubator

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh have grown full-fledged eggs from immature gametes extracted from the ovaries of female volunteers.

09.02.2018
New in Gerontology

Does Alzheimer's start at 40?

The mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's disease and preceding the accumulation of toxic proteins and brain damage are described.

09.02.2018
Your health

Stroke in women: risk factors

The list included features of the menstrual cycle, taking certain contraceptives and pregnancy complications.

09.02.2018
Other life sciences

Neurogenesis on video

Swiss and British biologists have seen for the first time how new cells form inside the adult brain.

09.02.2018
Your health

Don't worry!

Even carriers of the ApoE e4 gene variant that has Alzheimer's disease, who are less worried about their age, are less likely to suffer from dementia.

08.02.2018
Prolonging youth

Push back aging? Quite real

Academician Skulachev believes that prolonging human life is a real task and has already done a lot for this.

08.02.2018
Genetics

The secret of longevity of moths

The molecular mechanism found in bats may be useful for the development of methods for maintaining the health of the elderly.

08.02.2018
Nanotechnology

Modified dolutegravir

One dose of the improved drug suppresses the reproduction of HIV for a month and prevents infection for two weeks.

08.02.2018
Other life sciences

Implanted memory

With the help of an electrostimulator implant, the researchers managed to improve the ability of volunteers to memorize words by 15%.

08.02.2018
Other life sciences

Turn on the light brighter

Dim light makes mice dumber, and flickering with the right frequency cures the Alzheimer's disease model.

08.02.2018