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Cellular technologies

Stem cells against heart failure

The administration of the cardiac stem cell preparation restored the normal functioning of the heart of rats with simulated congestive heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

01.03.2016
Cellular technologies

Stem Cell Grandchildren

Chinese researchers have managed to obtain sperm cells from embryonic stem cells suitable for in vitro fertilization.

29.02.2016
New in Gerontology

Sleep and Aging II

Sleep disorders are almost always manifestations of some painful processes in the body. At the same time, a number of diseases that are often observed with sleep problems are also detected in the elderly.

29.02.2016
New in Gerontology

Sleep and Aging I

Although aging of the body is not a periodic process, its course directly depends on the biorhythms of a person, in particular, on the sleep and wakefulness cycle.

29.02.2016
Other life sciences

Why do nerve cells die

If clusters of pathologically folded proteins in the nuclei of neurons practically do not affect their functions, then protein aggregates located in the cytoplasm disrupt important transport routes between the cytoplasm and the nucleus.

29.02.2016
Your health

Become a bone marrow donor

The selection of a "native" donor instead of a foreign one is ten times cheaper, and the results of cell transplantation from the national registry are usually better.

26.02.2016
Healthy skepticism

Nanotechnology will ruin anyone

Russians who have a lot of money are not advised to make financial investments in venture capital, because in Russia this is done by a company headed by the "legend of domestic business and public administration" A.Chubais.

26.02.2016
Other life sciences

One glass is enough

The very first experiences of alcohol consumption change the brain forever, determining many habits and addictions of the future.

26.02.2016
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