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New in Gerontology

How a low-calorie diet slows down aging

Reducing the caloric content of food slows down protein synthesis, which makes it possible not to waste cell resources on the synthesis of new ribosomes, but to restore existing ones and maintain their efficiency.

20.02.2017
Your health

You can only go on a diet for 5 days a month

Phase II clinical studies conducted by scientists from the University of Southern California have demonstrated that this approach to nutrition is beneficial for health.

20.02.2017
Nanotechnology

The first biological superlenses

To create a biological superlens for visible light, scientists from Bangor University (UK) used a cylindrical fragment of transparent spider silk.

20.02.2017
Grants and competitions

Innovation Competition for Agriculture and Medicine

The purpose of the event is to create an opportunity to identify talented young people and build their successful careers in the field of science, technology and innovation. Participation in the contest is free of charge.

20.02.2017
Prolonging youth

A cure for old age – soon on the shelves?

The SkQ1-based anti-aging drug is currently undergoing clinical trials. If they are successful, the "cure for old age" may appear in pharmacies in 2-3 years.

17.02.2017
Genetics

Smoking can be useful

Researchers have found a man for whom smoking has become a kind of "cure" for anemia. Scientists advise using special antioxidants in similar cases.

17.02.2017
Other life sciences

Adipose tissue communicates with other organs

Adipose tissue cells secrete a number of hormones, for example, resistin, adiponectin and leptin. But now new information carriers have been identified – microRNA molecules.

17.02.2017
Biomedicine

Malaria vaccine: the first success

An international team of scientists has successfully completed the first phase of clinical trials of a combined malaria vaccine. The results of the work are published in the journal Nature.

16.02.2017
Cellular technologies

Diode of fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes

Such diodes, which conduct an electrical signal in only one direction, can be used to monitor the operation of biosensors, create "organs-on-a-chip" and treat muscle disorders.

16.02.2017
Various

A genetic twin will help save a life

Bone marrow donors often have to be sought abroad. In Russia, they are still sorely lacking. To remedy the situation, it was decided to seriously expand the national register of donors.

16.02.2017
Other life sciences

Stroke without consequences

After two strokes, everything is normal for a woman – except for a slight loss of sensitivity in her right hand, there are no visible disorders, there are no pathologies in behavior.

15.02.2017
Various

There is no money for medicines for death

Only children receive anti-cancer dendritic cell vaccines for free. Scientists are looking for grants and patrons, and patients pay for treatment out of their own pocket.

15.02.2017
Other life sciences

Open source Biorobot

Scientists from Illinois have published a protocol for creating microscopic biorobots that move due to the contractions of modified muscle cells.

15.02.2017
Theories of aging

There are no restrictions for aging therapy?

Scientists of the Russian biotechnology company Gero have published a paper refuting the theory of aging, which has been widely recognized among researchers for more than half a century.

14.02.2017
Healthy skepticism

The myth of fish oil

Recently, an international group of scientists has once again shown that "pharmaceutical" fish oil does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

14.02.2017