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Genetics

"Genes of longevity" by Brandt's nocturnal

An international team of scientists has deciphered the genome of Brandt's moths – bats weighing 6-8 g, some individuals of which have lived for over 40 years. Perhaps this will help to find genes related to life expectancy and longevity in humans.

21.08.2013
Cloning

Cloning stars: the DNA collection is being replenished

The Canadian dentist's collection already has tissue samples with the DNA of Marilyn Monroe, Justin Bieber and Paul McCartney. He recently bought a John Lennon tooth and hopes to clone it someday.

21.08.2013
Prolonging youth

"Non–growing children" - the key to stopping aging?

If it is possible to isolate a damaged gene from patients, in addition to many unpleasant consequences that look decades younger than biological age, it can be used as a target for drugs that slow down aging.

20.08.2013
Grants and competitions

Do a dissertation in Europe

The Beringer-Ingelheim Foundation allocates grants for dissertation research (PhD) to promising young scientists specializing in fundamental biomedicine.

20.08.2013
New in Gerontology

Half a dose is enough

For patients over 75 years of age with a diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, half a dose of a modern antiplatelet is as effective as a whole dose of a traditional drug.

20.08.2013
Various

Bioinformatics School: results

The First Bioinformatics Summer School was attended by 100 students, postgraduates and young specialists of biological and technical specialties interested in the field of bioinformatics.

19.08.2013
Various

Register against Cancer

St. Petersburg State Medical University and the charitable organization Rusfond are creating a register of bone marrow donors in the Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, subordinate to the university.

16.08.2013
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