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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
Nanotechnology

Russian nanoglucometer

A bio-sensor capable of measuring the level of glucose in human blood was created by scientists from the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

26.10.2017
Cloning

From Dolly to a human copy

The first candidate for a body transplant is about how cloning technologies were born and about the consequences of their appearance for humanity.

26.10.2017
Healthy skepticism

Two liters a day

The body will not tolerate violence against itself in any form, even the infusion of excess fluid volumes. He will remember, accumulate the effect and take revenge.

26.10.2017
Biomedicine

Save the mitochondria

If an organ has stopped being supplied with blood, cells die massively due to lack of nutrition. And this process of cell death starts in the mitochondria.

26.10.2017
Grants and competitions

Formula Biotech 2018

The Lomonosov Moscow State University Science Park and Innopraktika Company are conducting the qualifying stage of the Formula Biotech 2018 program.

26.10.2017
Other life sciences

Natural protection against cancer

A fundamentally new mechanism has been discovered by which healthy tissues get rid of tumor germ cells.

25.10.2017
Biomedicine

Aptamers will protect against HIV

Russian biochemists have managed to develop a new aptamer that prevents the fusion of the immunodeficiency virus with the cell.

25.10.2017
Biomedicine

Goodbye, pneumonia?

A new type of pneumonia vaccine, unlike other vaccines, does not create immunity, but prevents the transition of pneumococci into a dangerous state.

25.10.2017