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Genetics

The health of Homo sapiens and the genes of its "cousins"

From the fact that most of the Neanderthal genes did not benefit our ancestors, it does not follow at all that the indigenous Neanderthal population of Western Eurasia could not pass on some useful alleles to people from Africa.

26.02.2016
New in Gerontology

A new factor for cancer prediction

If a person's biological age exceeds his chronological age, this may mean a significant increase in the risk of developing cancer and subsequent death from it.

25.02.2016
New in Gerontology

Fat people live longer than skinny ones

Yeast cells with a large amount of fat deposits live longer than "thin" ones, which confirms the so-called obesity paradox, according to which the mortality rate from all causes for overweight people is lower than for slim ones.

25.02.2016
New in Gerontology

Anti-aging only for the fair sex

According to recent results, interventions that increase the life expectancy of female individuals can be detrimental to males.

25.02.2016
Other life sciences

Suspended animation II

The development and improvement of technologies for human immersion in suspended animation promise to bring fairy-tale stories to life.

24.02.2016
Other life sciences

Suspended animation I

The breakdown of ontogenesis into a sequence of episodes of full life and suspended animation is so far the only theoretically possible way to artificially "stretch" life expectancy and slow down aging.

24.02.2016
Your health

"Carious monsters" will help diagnose a stroke

Streptococcus mutans bacteria responsible for the appearance of caries were found in the saliva of 26% of patients with hemorrhagic stroke. In patients with other types of stroke, they were found only in 6% of cases.

19.02.2016
Genetics

Inheritance with a burden

In a new paper, scientists have found that in modern humans, Neanderthal genes increase the risk of depression and allergies. But other studies have found Neanderthal genes that have brought people considerable benefits.

19.02.2016
Other life sciences

Electroencephalogram will be registered by stentrodes

"Stentrode", a new type of electrode, which is similar in design to a medical stent, can provide high-quality recording of neuronal signals without the need for dangerous surgical operations on the open brain.

18.02.2016
Innovative Russia

3D bioprinting in Russia: new horizons

Among other things, at the third scientific conference on bioprinting, representatives of 3D Bioprinting Solutions talked about a new project called tissue gun. Another interesting project is related to the problem of baldness.

17.02.2016
Your health

About the risks of cancer development and prevention

Can self-examination reduce the risk of breast cancer, when to quit smoking and which moles should be shown to the doctor? Ilya Fomintsev, Executive Director of the Cancer Prevention Foundation, tells about this and many other things.

17.02.2016
Genetic engineering

Cure Duchenne myodystrophy

In one of the latest issues of Science, as many as three articles were published about the successful testing of CRISPR/Cas9 technology on mouse models for the treatment of this severe disease.

16.02.2016
Biomedicine

T-cell therapy for cancer and chronic infections

In recent years, doctors have associated more and more hopes in the treatment of cancer and dangerous infectious diseases with technologies based on altered immune cells.

16.02.2016
Biomedicine

When will we finally defeat HIV?

Corpus Publishing house has published a book by popular science journalist Asi Kazantseva "Someone is wrong on the Internet!". We are publishing one of the chapters of a new book.

16.02.2016