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Theories of aging

Aging diagram

Aging Chart is an editable and peer–reviewed database of biological mechanisms and an encyclopedia of aging processes created on the basis of a wiki engine.

23.03.2016
Your health

Get rid of diabetes

Intensive reduction and further stabilization of body weight makes it possible to cure type 2 diabetes mellitus even with a 10-year history of the disease.

23.03.2016
Other life sciences

A prosthesis, but almost like a living one

According to the patient, whose right arm was amputated above the elbow, the new prosthetics technology has returned him to a full-fledged lifestyle and working capacity. He is currently working as a machine operator.

22.03.2016
Innovative Russia

Prostate cancer: diagnosis and treatment

A group of researchers from four Russian research centers has compiled a list of the most promising compounds for the treatment and diagnosis of prostate cancer.

22.03.2016
Other life sciences

How neurons are born

For the first time, scientists were able to observe the birth of new neurons in a living brain and control their functions by influencing the formation of memories.

22.03.2016
Other life sciences

A telepath in a wheelchair: details

Mikhail Lebedev, one of the authors of the work, a researcher from Duke University, tells about how experiments with monkeys took place and what the future holds for invasive methods of registering the activity of neurons.

22.03.2016
Cellular technologies

How to increase the yield of neurons

American scientists have developed a technology that allows to increase the efficiency of reprogramming iPSCs into neurons by an order of magnitude and increase their survival in the brain of mice.

21.03.2016
Your health

It's time for lunch

People who eat and sleep in a phase that does not meet the requirements of their biological clock are at higher risk of developing obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

21.03.2016
Other life sciences

In search of lost memories

Memories forgotten due to Alzheimer's syndrome can be returned if the so-called engram neurons responsible for accessing them are activated.

21.03.2016
Biotechnologies - into life

Between Scylla and Charybdis

The Federal Law on Cellular Technologies is intended to introduce the production of cellular drugs into the legal field, legalize the algorithm of their creation and preclinical testing, as well as the licensing procedure.

21.03.2016
Nanotechnology

Antimicrobial nanoparticles

Researchers from the University of Houston have developed a new technique for killing bacteria in a matter of seconds using gold nanodiscs and light.

21.03.2016
Other life sciences

The road to metastasis

A new study by MIT scientists shows how cancer cells take their first steps from the primary tumor to the blood vessels.

18.03.2016
Your health

A miser pays twice

More than half of the respondents admit their responsibility for health, and a third actively cares about it. But only 7% are ready to pay out of pocket for medical gadgets and telemedicine.

18.03.2016
Other life sciences

Cyborg Caterpillars

Miniature biorobots move with the help of rings of muscle tissue put on a flexible frame, which contract when stimulated by light.

18.03.2016
Cellular technologies

Implant against amyloid plaques

Implantation of a biocompatible capsule filled with cells producing antibodies against beta-amyloid prevents the development of Alzheimer's disease in a mouse model.

18.03.2016
Cellular technologies

Stem cells will cure osteoporosis

A single injection of donor mesenchymal stem cells completely cured mice of age-related osteoporosis.

18.03.2016
Genetics

Epigenetics of obesity

Overweight and blood sugar problems can pass from generation to generation without any mutations. And the reason for this is not in the habit of "mom's kitchen", but in epigenetic heredity.

17.03.2016
Genetic engineering

A genetically modified person

In those countries where experiments with preimplantation human embryos are not directly prohibited, new research projects seeking to look into the holy of holies will surely appear soon.

17.03.2016