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Genetics

Mammoth and Elephant: Find a million differences

During genome-wide sequencing, a group of researchers managed to detect 1.4 million variants of various genes characteristic exclusively for the mammoth, which changed proteins produced by 1,600 other genes.

06.07.2015
Genetics

Environment and heredity – ending

We continue to talk about the extent to which a person's individual qualities – his character traits, inclinations, diseases - are biologically predetermined from birth.

06.07.2015
Genetics

Environment and heredity – the beginning

Congenital or acquired? To what extent is innate, and to what extent is acquired? Disputes of this kind are conducted about almost any property of the human body, and, especially zealously, about deviations from the norm.

06.07.2015
Other life sciences

Repair of "hidden" breaks in the DNA chain

The opportunity to defeat or even prevent a number of diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, was found by Russian scientists and their foreign colleagues who discovered a new mechanism for repairing DNA.

06.07.2015
Genetics

Blockade genes: details

Interview with one of the authors of the article in Science "Did good genes help people outlast brutal Leningrad siege?" ("Good genes helped people survive the brutal siege of Leningrad")?

06.07.2015
Various

Who pays, he orders

The average American doctor receives $1,700 from pharmaceutical companies as a "reward". In general, in 2014, doctors and research institutions in the United States received about $6.5 billion for services rendered to manufacturers of medicines and medical devices.

03.07.2015
Grants and competitions

Bio/mol/text-2015

The fifth contest "bio /mol /text" invites you to talk about the achievements of biomolecular science. This time we will pay special attention to immunology, aging mechanisms, as well as "visual" science.

03.07.2015
Biomedicine

Phagmids are better than bacteriophages

Bacteriophages kill microbes by cell lysis, which leads to the release of bacteriotoxins, and phagmids – synthetic plasmids encoding proteins toxic to bacteria, leave their cytoplasmic membrane intact.

03.07.2015
Various

All sisters…

To update the website about healthy lifestyle (it's good that it's not the same as in the newspaper of the same name) The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation allocated 4.3 million rubles for the creation of its new website – 15.6 million rubles. For the PR of his "positive image" – 54.97 million.

03.07.2015
Healthy skepticism

Harry Houdini Award

A prize of 1 million rubles to any person who has clearly demonstrated psychic, supernatural or paranormal abilities during a strictly controlled scientific experiment.

03.07.2015
Nanotechnology

Two stripes in one smartphone

Engineers from Germany have modified the camera and flash of a smartphone so that they have turned into a multifunctional sensor that will allow women to conduct pregnancy tests, and diabetics to monitor blood sugar levels.

02.07.2015
Bioethics

The Path of Mercy

This year, the Path of Mercy award was awarded to the staff of the Vatican Pediatric Clinic of the Infant Jesus, as well as its curator, His Holiness Father Francis.

02.07.2015
Other life sciences

From politics to evidence-based medicine

In the debate between Anatoly Chubais and Alexei Navalny, a dispute arose again about the effectiveness of kagocel, one of the most popular Russian medicines for flu and colds.

02.07.2015
Nanotechnology

Thrombotic nanoparticles

The new ultra-soft gel particles move directly into the thrombosis zone and ensure the formation of a full-fledged thrombus.

02.07.2015
Genetic engineering

The experiment is beautiful, but…

Genetic modification of heart cells makes it possible to turn them into rhythm driver cells that are triggered by light.

01.07.2015