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Your health

Statistics confirmed the harm of trans fats

In areas that restricted the use of trans fats in cafes and restaurants, the number of heart attacks and strokes decreased compared to those where restrictions were not introduced.

14.04.2017
Other life sciences

A mechanical pump instead of a heart transplant

In almost 40% of cases, temporary implantation of a heart pump completely restores the cardiac function of patients with severe heart failure, eliminating the need for transplantation.

14.04.2017
Genetics

SHERLOCK won't miss a single mutation

Fast, inexpensive and highly accurate detection of nucleic acids will now be possible using the SHERLOCK method based on the operation of the CRISPR-Cas13a system.

14.04.2017
Prolonging youth

Once again about rejuvenation

Perhaps everyone who found the first wrinkle or the first gray hair, no, no, and thought about how great it would be if scientists came up with a cure for old age.

14.04.2017
Cellular technologies

Reprogrammed astrocytes against Parkinsonism

Reprogramming of astrocytes with the help of a gene therapy vector restored the ability of mice with Parkinson's disease to move independently.

13.04.2017
Other life sciences

Celiac disease can start with a virus

In people with a genetic predisposition, the virus works as a trigger, and everything begins, most likely, from early childhood, when the immune system is still being formed.

13.04.2017
Genetics

Paleogenomics News

Traces of the HERV-T retrovirus have been found in the DNA of primates, including humans. It was embedded in the DNA of our ancestors 30-40 million years ago and was neutralized about 10 million years ago.

13.04.2017
New in Gerontology

Who will be healthy, rich and wise?

British epidemiologists have shown a link between the number of important life skills of a person and indicators characterizing the quality of life of older people.

13.04.2017
Genetic engineering

GM bacteria instead of colonoscopy

Genetically modified E. coli reacting to thiosulfate and other sulfur compounds are able to detect the development of colitis – inflammation of the intestine.

12.04.2017
Genetic engineering

Microbes-mine detectors

Israeli biologists have created bacteria capable of finding mines in the soil following the traces of explosive vapors and showing them with the help of fluorescent glow.

12.04.2017
Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering for cooking

Scientists from Tokushima University of Japan using the CRISPR/Cas9 system obtained parthenocarpic tomatoes – pitted and not needing pollination.

12.04.2017
Other life sciences

Are cyborg people already a reality?

Technology is developing so rapidly that today what previously seemed like a fantasy is becoming a reality. Including electronic devices embedded in the human body.

12.04.2017
Genetics

The White Man's Problem

The software will help diagnose genetic diseases. But only for whites: almost all the photographs of patients that the program uses depict Europeans.

11.04.2017
Genetics

Telomere length and cancer

A 22-year follow-up of more than 28,000 Chinese residents showed that the probability of developing cancer in the group with the longest telomeres was 33% higher than in the group with the shortest telomeres.

11.04.2017
Genetic engineering

Mice cured of hereditary hearing loss

An international group of scientists managed to cure one of 300 genetic defects in experimental mice that can disrupt the work of inner ear hair cells.

11.04.2017
Innovative Russia

Priority blood substitute

The blood substitute developed by Kaluga scientists has become a priority project of the Ministry of Defense and can be included in the reserves of the state reserve in case of war, terrorist attacks and disasters.

10.04.2017
Nanotechnology

Therapeutic spermatozoa

Scientists have developed a technology for modifying sperm cells, which turns them into a means of delivering drugs through the reproductive channels of women.

10.04.2017
Genetics

Genetic testing has overcome the barrier

The FDA has allowed 23andMe to trade genetic tests for predisposition to 10 diseases, including celiac disease, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

10.04.2017