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Other life sciences

Breathe into the blood glucose meter

The level of glucose in the blood can be determined not only by analyzing the blood itself, but also by the condensates of exhaled air.

02.11.2017
Your health

What kind of disease is a stroke

Stroke is an acute violation of cerebral circulation. What is a stroke, what causes it and how to detect it?

02.11.2017
Other life sciences

Not the biggest glutton

The human brain is inferior in "voracity" to the brain of many monkeys, lemurs and even tupai – primitive relatives of primates.

02.11.2017
New in Gerontology

How the immune system ages

With age, some parts of the chromosomes of the immune system cells "age" and cease to fully perform their functions.

02.11.2017
Prolonging youth

Immunity and prolongation of youth

A model of the relationship between the activity of the immune system and the process of biological aging of the body is being developed.

01.11.2017
Biomedicine

"Self-guided" medicine

We can say that this idea is "borrowed" from nature, which created "self–guided" drugs - protein antibodies.

01.11.2017
Genetics

Space epigenetics

Being in space leads to an additional activation of the methylation process responsible for the "on" and "off" of genes.

01.11.2017
Genetics

The biggest

Geneticists have deciphered the DNA of the largest organism on earth – dark mushrooms, whose mycelium can occupy an area of several hundred hectares of forest.

31.10.2017
Nanotechnology

Surrender or die

Russian scientists have found two ways to combat multiple sclerosis: killing "rebels" (immune cells) and "forcing them to peace."

31.10.2017
New in Gerontology

Not just in the brain

The researchers concluded that the circulatory system is able to transfer beta-amyloids formed in other organs to the brain tissue.

31.10.2017
Your health

Holes for deception

Filters with holes simply dilute tobacco smoke with air. Smokers compensate for this effect by inhaling deeper and taking more puffs.

31.10.2017
Cellular technologies

Ways of differentiation

Stem cell differentiation is a complex multi–step process. On the way to the final state, the cell goes through a number of intermediate stages.

30.10.2017
Your health

What is useful for coffee

The results of a long-term study have shown that drinking coffee reduces overall mortality and the risks of certain diseases.

30.10.2017
Your health

Preventing dementia

The article lists factors that can significantly reduce the risk of developing senile dementia, even if there is a genetic predisposition.

27.10.2017
Cellular technologies

A donor for himself

Professor Derrick Rossi – about what stem cells are, how they affect human life and what diseases can be cured with their help.

27.10.2017
Genetic engineering

We fix any snips

A new genome editing tool can turn A-T nucleotide pairs into G-C. Previous editors were only able to change G-C to A-T.

27.10.2017
Various

Two in one

The frequency of sex in marijuana lovers is on average 20% higher than in "non-smokers", and it is higher in people who use the drug more often.

27.10.2017
Genetic engineering

New RNA Editor

The advanced method of editing RNA without cutting based on the CRISPR-Cas13 system works with an accuracy of 20 to 40 and even 89%.

27.10.2017