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Nanotechnology

The longer the life, the stronger the health

New data obtained by scientists of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine indicate that a long life does not necessarily have to be combined with a bouquet of senile diseases.

12.07.2016
Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology in biology and medicine

Physicist Mikhail Khodorkovsky – on the mechanisms of interaction of proteins with DNA and RNA, nanotechnology in medicine and "laser tweezers".

12.07.2016
Genetics

An oncosuppressor can become an oncogene

High expression of p21 was considered a good sign for cancer patients – it meant that p53 would slow down the development of the tumor. A new study has shown that not everything is so simple.

12.07.2016
Bioethics

History of eugenics

Philosopher Elena Bryzgalina – about the social movement for the betterment of man, eugenic projects and their negative and positive sides.

12.07.2016
Biomedicine

Biodegradable arterial stent

The Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold System stent is made of poly-L-lactide, a biodegradable polymer similar to those used to produce suture material.

11.07.2016
Other life sciences

Where does cancer begin

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have for the first time identified the primary cancer cell from which a malignant tumor grows – basal cell carcinoma.

11.07.2016
Other life sciences

Bacteria rotate the microrotors

Scientists' calculations show that the flow created by bacteria can generate constant mechanical energy due to the rotation of the array of micro-rotors.

11.07.2016
Your health

Change the fat for vegetable oil

Replacing saturated fats, which are contained in butter, lard and red meat, with unsaturated olive, rapeseed and soy oils will avoid serious health problems.

11.07.2016
Other life sciences

Sappers, take off!

If the researchers' plans come to fruition, then in two years the squadrons of flying bio-cyborg sappers will go on their first reconnaissance mission.

11.07.2016
Cellular technologies

A golden cyborg stingray has been created

The polymer skin of a 16-millimeter "stingray" weighing 10 g is fixed on a skeleton made of gold wire and covered with about 200 thousand heart muscle cells taken from the body of rats.

11.07.2016
Grants and competitions

GenerationS-2016 has started

On July 7, the official launch of the largest accelerator of technological projects in Russia and Eastern Europe, GenerationS-2016, took place in Moscow.

08.07.2016
Genetics

How paternal mitochondria disappear

Geneticists have found out why mitochondrial DNA is usually inherited from the maternal line – this fundamental question has occupied researchers for more than half a century.

08.07.2016
Other life sciences

How to help helpers?

Scientists from the Institute of Allergy and Immunology in La Jolla (USA) have discovered a protein from the cytokine group that plays a crucial role in the maturation of follicular T-helpers.

08.07.2016
Genetic engineering

DNA drives: another record

Microsoft employees, together with scientists from the University of Washington, have saved more than 200 megabytes of data in the form of nucleic acid.

08.07.2016
Various

Cannabis instead of opiates

The legalization of medical marijuana has the greatest impact on the consumption of prescription painkillers, including opioids.

08.07.2016
Healthy skepticism

Counterfeits in the Swiss grocery market

Surprisingly, people also live in Switzerland. Some of them are engaged in "business" and want to reduce costs in all legal and not very ways in order to maximize profits.

07.07.2016
Cellular technologies

Satellite cells will help with burns

In people with severe burns that lead to deep atrophy of skeletal muscles, their regeneration is stimulated by the activation of satellite cells.

07.07.2016
Other life sciences

Neutrophils weave a web

The DNA network for catching and destroying bacteria appears with the participation of many neutrophils, so the question arises how they interact with each other.

07.07.2016