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Your health

Mediterranean diet against cancer and senile dementia

American scientists were able to establish the molecular mechanism underlying the anticancer effect of the Mediterranean diet, and Spanish scientists were able to identify its positive effect on the preservation of cognitive abilities in the elderly.

21.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Take care of your skin from a young age

The reasons why our skin loses freshness, tone and elasticity over time can be divided into three main categories: biological aging, environmental impact and mechanical aging.

21.05.2013
Grants and competitions

Innovation Forum is looking for startups

The Forum of Innovations Foundation announces the start of a competitive selection of the most promising startups in Russia.

21.05.2013
Genetics

Criminal DNA Database

The Federal Penitentiary Service has started collecting DNA from all Russian prisoners in order to create a single genetic database.

20.05.2013
Your health

Angelina Jolie is an example to all the guys

A resident of the UK has become the first man in the world to have his prostate removed after it turned out that he is a carrier of the "defective" BRCA2 gene.

20.05.2013
Cellular technologies

Cell therapy of the immune system

Scientists warn that they have not created a copy of the thymus gland. However, they have developed a tool that allows you to modulate the immune system in a way that has never been possible before.

20.05.2013
Cloning

Mitalipov is not going to clone a person

Human embryonic stem cells were obtained for the first time by the method of somatic cell nuclei transfer. But this method, commonly called therapeutic cloning, is unlikely to produce human clones.

20.05.2013
Biomedicine

Anti-cancer vaccine: a war on two fronts

The results of the study confirmed that the vaccine really works on two fronts and causes cancer cell lysis and antibody formation at the same time.

20.05.2013
Biomedicine

How to make cancer cells die?

The discovery of MIT scientists suggests the possibility of breaking the resistance of cancer cells: researchers have identified a key protein of an alternative pathway of programmed cell death – necrosis.

17.05.2013
New in Gerontology

Is premature aging curable?

So far, experiments are being conducted only on mice, but there is hope that children with progeria can be cured by turning off just one enzyme. Studies of this disease and methods of combating it can become the basis for solving the problem of normal aging.

17.05.2013
Other life sciences

Color tags for biologists

Green, red, yellow, blue fluorescent proteins are a fantastic beauty and clarity tool for exploring a variety of biological processes.

16.05.2013
Your health

Original or generic: pros and cons

When purchasing a remedy for headaches, mild colds, etc., you will most likely not notice the difference between a generic and an original drug. But when it comes to the treatment of serious diseases, it is better not to take risks with generics.

16.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Anti-aging therapy and eye drops

One of the most promising projects in the field of anti-aging therapy is being successfully implemented by Russian scientists.

16.05.2013
Grants and competitions

Bioinformatics Summer School

The school is held for students, postgraduates and young scientists studying bioinformatics, as well as undergraduates and graduate students of related specialties interested in bioinformatics and wishing to develop in this field.

16.05.2013
Biomedicine

Will modified curcumin help with Alzheimer's disease?

A short course of treatment with the compound J147, developed by scientists at the Salk Institute based on the curcumin molecule, restores memory and slows down the progression of Alzheimer's disease in old mice.

15.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Young blood for an old heart

The blood of the young mouse entered the circulatory system of the old mouse for 4 weeks, after which the hypertrophied heart of the "old lady" decreased in size and outwardly began to resemble the heart of a young rodent.

15.05.2013
Your health

Preventive mastectomy: specialist consultation is required

"Newspaper.En" with the help of a molecular oncodiagnostic specialist, he understands whether women with a hereditary predisposition to breast cancer should decide on a radical measure – preventive mastectomy.

15.05.2013