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Controversial

$100,000 for elephant mammoth

The American billionaire and one of the founders of the PayPal payment system, Peter Thiel, invested $ 100,000 in the work of the laboratory of Harvard geneticist George Church.

03.07.2017
Other life sciences

Argus in Russia

Scientists and doctors from the Scientific and Clinical Center of Otorhinolaryngology of the FMBA of Russia conducted the first operation in the history of Russia to implant a cyberset in the eye of a blind patient.

03.07.2017
Theories of aging

Why do men live less than women

The risk of running into one of the most common 15 causes of death in the United States is greater for men than for women in almost all cases – and these causes are responsible for 80% of all deaths.

30.06.2017
Genetics

"Disease genes" may not affect health

11 out of 50 survey participants were found to have genetic variants that cause the risk of developing rare hereditary diseases, but only two showed symptoms.

30.06.2017
Biomedicine

New medicine

Biotech and medicine are among the most fashionable, popular and interesting areas in high–tech business. What niches are being formed in this industry?

30.06.2017
Other life sciences

Brain and microflora

It is not yet clear what is the cause and what is the effect; scientists plan to find out whether microbes affect the brain, or the brain – on the species composition of the microflora.

30.06.2017
Cellular technologies

Neurons from fibroblasts

The new neurons mimic not only the disease, but also the age of the patient. In addition, an almost unlimited number of neurons can be created from a single skin biopsy.

30.06.2017
Grants and competitions

Startup Competition from Alisher Usmanov

The best team at the end of each month will receive 1 million rubles. At the end of the year, Usmanov will discuss with one of the winners the possibility of further investments.

30.06.2017
Genetic engineering

CRISPR-Cas3: error-free editing

One of the versions of the CRISPR/Cas genomic editor has an error correction system, the modification of which will make it safer for humans.

30.06.2017
Various

We were robbed again

The Ministry of Health submitted unreliable expense reports, forgot to finance high-tech medical care to the population and purchased a vaccine that will have to be written off.

29.06.2017
Your health

Smart people live longer

A high IQ in childhood and adolescence is associated with a longer life expectancy and a lower probability of dying from cancer, heart disease and neurodegenerative diseases.

29.06.2017
Controversial

Doubtful doubt

The authors of the discovery of the "limit of life" consider the criticism of their work to be incorrect. They are sure that their opponents are using the wrong methods of analysis.

29.06.2017
Biomedicine

The cemetery of "unicorns"

Yuri Deigin, Vice President of the Science for Life Extension Foundation, talks about what is happening in the Alzheimer's market and why companies fail over and over again.

29.06.2017
Biomedicine

A negative result is also a result

Unlike the first series of the project on reproduction of works in oncology, in the second it turned out to reproduce not all the results, but most of them.

28.06.2017
Nanotechnology

Electronic synapses

American researchers have created the first semiconductor analogue of the synapse, which will allow scientists to create computing systems that simulate the work of the brain.

28.06.2017
Biomedicine

Anti-flu patch

American scientists have proven the effectiveness of soluble patches as a method of vaccination against influenza. In the near future, this method may replace painful injections.

28.06.2017
Theories of aging

A false trail in the fight against aging?

The fact that there are more senescent cells in the body as we age does not mean that they are the cause of it. And it looks like they may be a false trail.

28.06.2017
Other life sciences

Eyes on magnets

Scientists from University College London and Oxford University implanted a magnetic prosthesis into the eye socket of a patient suffering from nystagmus.

27.06.2017
Cellular technologies

Chimeric patch for the heart

Cardiomyocyte cultures are able to fuse into synchronously contracting tissue, even if they belong to different animals or representatives of different species.

27.06.2017