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The Olympic old lady

There is nothing special about the 94-year-old participant of the Sochi Olympics. She just doesn't let herself get old.

12.02.2014
Nanotechnology

Prepare the cage for the experience…

The contents of the cell can be turned into a homogeneous soup using intracellular nanomixers controlled by ultrasound and magnetic field.

12.02.2014
Biomedicine

Vitamin C against cancer

Intravenous administration of high doses of vitamin C in combination with standard chemotherapy for ovarian cancer reduces the toxic effect of the latter and contributes to the destruction of cancer cells.

12.02.2014
Biomedicine

About the dangers of smoking and the benefits of nicotine

American popularizer of science Dan Hurley published the book "How to become smarter", in which, among other things, he talked about the benefits of nicotine. The most infamous alkaloid may be the most effective cognitive enhancer.

11.02.2014
Bioethics

Palliative medicine and drugs: pros and cons

One of the most important problems of palliative medicine in our country is a complex procedure for accounting and trafficking of narcotic drugs. As a result, terminal patients do not receive pain relief on time, receive it in insufficient quantities or do not receive it at all.

11.02.2014
Healthy skepticism

Apply for an HIV vaccine!

Experts have great doubts about the idea of the Immunity Project, which offers everyone to chip in to test their HIV vaccine.

11.02.2014
Various

Doping from WOUNDS in the journal Science

Drawing attention to the publication in the journal Science about how German journalists received a new Russian doping from a scientist from the Russian Academy of Sciences, "Gazeta.Ru" found out that the doping in question is not new and not Russian.

11.02.2014
Genetics

How much Indy does it take to extend life?

The maximum lifespan of drosophila is provided by a moderate amount of the protein of the mutant Indy gene (from the English I'm Not Dead Yet – I'm not dead yet); a little less is its overexpression. Flies with two normal copies of this gene live significantly less.

11.02.2014
Biomedicine

Reducing "bad" cholesterol: another promising method

The data obtained by Danish scientists can open a new chapter in the treatment of atherosclerosis and make it possible to develop a new, effective drug to reduce the so-called "bad" cholesterol.

10.02.2014
Various

Visual science

Modern science is complex, and the issue of knowledge transfer to society is more acute than ever. Therefore, those who make visual material should be carried on their hands.

10.02.2014
Other life sciences

What's inside the cage?

The new microscopy method allows to obtain three-dimensional images, which simultaneously represent dozens of different biomolecules that are part of a single cell.

10.02.2014
Cellular technologies

An important step towards the cure of type 1 diabetes

Scientists at the Gladstone Institute and the University of California, San Francisco have developed a new method for producing functional insulin-producing beta cells - a potential strategy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes.

10.02.2014
Note to the businessman

Will crowdfunding help biomedical research?

Today, crowdfunding is a useful and relatively fast tool for financing small pilot experiments, the results of which can later be used when applying for larger grants.

10.02.2014
Healthy skepticism

The tasks are defined

The Russian government has formulated a list of sixteen priority scientific tasks. Five of them relate to the life sciences to one degree or another.

10.02.2014
Other life sciences

But I smell and hear well

The lack of vision allows you to hear quiet sounds and better determine the tonality. According to scientists, this can be used to help people with hearing impairments.

07.02.2014
Various

Smart Sensing

Scientists have created a "smart" Smart Sensing fabric containing many micro sensors that are of practical use for monitoring human health.

07.02.2014
Other life sciences

Metastases in the microchip

The behavior of metastatic tumor cells can be studied in a special microchip that simulates a blood vessel and the surrounding bone tissue, which the cancer cell will infect.

07.02.2014
Your health

Lose weight and die?

Despite the dangerous side effects, over the past hundred years, dinitrophenol has caused a stir around itself several times as the strongest means for weight loss. And every time it ended in deaths and lawsuits.

07.02.2014