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Theories of aging

Alzheimer's disease: a paradigm shift?

Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine have proposed a fundamentally new hypothesis of the causes of Alzheimer's disease.

16.08.2013
Your health

Sugar is a hidden threat

Daily consumption of relatively small, non-obese and diabetic excess sugar can reduce life expectancy and reduce the likelihood of successful fertilization.

16.08.2013
Genetics

Catalog of mutations underlying carcinogenesis

A complete catalog of mutational variations makes it possible to significantly advance the understanding of carcinogenesis, which, of course, will have a powerful impact on cancer prevention and treatment strategies.

15.08.2013
Other life sciences

Celebrity Photos for Dementia Diagnosis

Patients with atrophy of both temporal regions are worse at recognizing a person, and patients with atrophy of the left temporal region recognize a person, but have difficulty remembering his name.

15.08.2013
Your health

New data on the benefits of the "Mediterranean diet"

Those study participants who followed the "Mediterranean diet", despite a hereditary predisposition to diabetes and stroke, had lower blood sugar than those who ate low-fat foods, and the risk of stroke was three times less.

15.08.2013
Genetic engineering

The police are armed with DNA pistols

From a pistol with a 12-gram carbon dioxide cylinder, you can make a couple dozen shots. The only difference is that instead of the usual paint, a non-toxic substance is used in the novelty, which includes a synthetic DNA code.

15.08.2013
Various

Where to live well in retirement?

Renting out real estate in a large Russian city and receiving a pension of at least $ 300 per month, you can comfortably live on the oceanic coast of some warm exotic country.

14.08.2013
Cellular technologies

Artificial heart grown from human cells on a mouse frame

Scientists took the skeleton of a mouse heart, removed cells from it and populated it with human cells derived from the skin. Such a heart cannot pump blood yet, but it is already beating.

14.08.2013
Other life sciences

New data on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis-causing white blood cells macrophages replicate inside plaques. Moreover, this growth does not depend on cells outside the plaques – monocytes – as previously assumed.

14.08.2013
Other life sciences

Do you sleep well?

A thin sensor of the Beddit sleep quality monitoring system, located under the sheet, allows you to analyze indicators such as falling asleep time, sleep duration, heart rate, etc.

13.08.2013
Genetics

Gamers are again offered to help geneticists

Fraxinus online game allows you to speed up the search for nucleotide sequences in the DNA of ash trees resistant to the virus, which has infected many trees over the past two decades and poses a threat to forests both in the UK and in Europe.

13.08.2013
Other life sciences

A blood clot after a stroke will be removed by a robot

Researchers from Vanderbilt University have developed a robotic surgical system that allows for the effective and minimally traumatic removal of blood clots from the brain formed as a result of a stroke.

13.08.2013
Other life sciences

Cage Hunting: "beaters" and "numbers"

Chimeric molecules made of DNA and antibodies can recognize cells more accurately if, instead of one such molecular robot, several are sent to hunt for a cell at once.

12.08.2013
Genetics

When will the child's health stop depending on the genetic roulette?

Mark Kurtzer, a well-known obstetrician-gynecologist, professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mother and Child Group of companies, tells about whether it is possible to give birth to a healthy child despite bad heredity.

12.08.2013