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Genetics

The slow walkers continue to reveal their secrets

Tardigrades protect their DNA from ionizing radiation by stabilizing it with a special protein. A number of other protective mechanisms were also found in the genome of slow walkers.

21.09.2016
Your health

Prostate cancer: treat or observe?

In localized prostate cancer, active monitoring provides the same 10-year survival rate as surgery and radiotherapy.

21.09.2016
Bioethics

They are terribly far from the people

Ethicists disagree with doctors and ordinary people – this is the conclusion reached by scientists from the Swiss Higher Technical School of Zurich.

20.09.2016
Genetics

The evolutionary tree of elephants has been rewritten

DNA analysis from the remains of extinct animals has forced scientists to reconsider the evolutionary history of elephants. In the past, elephants have crossed with mammoths more than once.

20.09.2016
Other life sciences

Biorobots

In this article, the main ways of developing the direction of bioengineering for the creation of biobots are considered in detail and the achievements already available in this field are analyzed.

20.09.2016
Healthy skepticism

(NOT)serious science

An article without a single word, a cat in co–authors, dozens of pages of the purest nonsense generated by a computer - you don't expect to see all this in a scientific journal.

19.09.2016
Other life sciences

Negative results are publicly available

The regulations adopted by the FDA obliges pharmaceutical companies to publish information about the results of clinical trials, even if the drugs have proved ineffective.

19.09.2016
Other life sciences

Schwann cells will repair axons

Scientists have discovered an epigenetic mechanism that directs auxiliary cells to the peripheral nervous system and repairs damaged axons.

19.09.2016
Nanotechnology

Another nanofish

"Nanofishes" sailing under the control of an external magnetic field have demonstrated greater maneuverability, speed and efficiency than their closest competitors.

19.09.2016
Other life sciences

Oncologists lost to the computer

According to 15 MRI images of patients treated for brain cancer, one of the doctors correctly diagnosed 7 patients, the other – 8. The computer correctly diagnosed 12 cases.

19.09.2016
Your health

Reduce the pressure!

In patients who maintained systolic pressure at up to 120 mmHg, compared with the standard treatment group, overall mortality decreased by 27%.

16.09.2016
Innovative Russia

GenerationS-2016 continues to work

At the moment, the collection of applications continues within the framework of the regional GenerationS tour, which will cover 30 cities. Applications to the accelerator will be accepted until October 15.

16.09.2016
Note to the businessman

Investments-2016 (1st half of the year)

We present to your attention the "Overview of the direct and venture capital Investment Market for the first half of 2016, prepared by the Russian Venture Investment Association.

16.09.2016
New in Gerontology

Aging of the brain can be compensated

Old age impairs memory and slows down cognitive skills, however, a new study has shown that the brain has significant potential to reduce these effects.

16.09.2016
Bioethics

Is it possible to plan a healthy person?

A new medical service is being actively promoted in Russia – DNA testing for parents, which allows predicting diseases in an unborn child.

15.09.2016
Various

Robbery in Italian

In Italy, 14 thousand DNA samples collected to study the secrets of longevity were stolen from a laboratory. The Italian prosecutor's office is investigating.

15.09.2016
Prolonging youth

Naked diggers settled in Moscow State University

On the basis of the first colony of Cape naked diggers in Russia, biologists will study the secrets of their longevity and try to transfer them to the human population.

15.09.2016