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Cellular technologies

Kidneys "from a test tube": one step closer

Due to incubation in a solution of vascular endothelial growth factor, organoids grown from a suspension of cells continued to mature in rat organisms after implantation and acquired the ability to filter blood and perform other kidney functions.

30.10.2012
Other life sciences

Stem Cell Bodyguards

A rare and previously unknown subgroup of immune cells – macrophages – maintains the "eternally young" state of hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow, preventing their differentiation.

29.10.2012
Grants and competitions

BIO Formula

Graduates of leading Russian biological, chemical, medical, technical and managerial universities will be able to participate in the Formula BIO program.

27.10.2012
Biomedicine

Is resveratrol useless for healthy people?

In a study involving 29 post-menopausal women who did not have type 2 diabetes and were relatively healthy, it was not possible to detect the slightest effect from taking resveratrol.

26.10.2012
Innovative Russia

Biotechnologies in Russia: restructuring and acceleration

The Russian biotech sector, lagging behind IT by about a decade in terms of development, is successfully "catching up" with it, according to Evgeny Zaitsev, general partner of the Helix Ventures Fund.

26.10.2012
Your health

A drop of alcohol kills a rat

Before enthusiastically "treating" yourself with red wine for future cardiovascular problems or warming up your appetite with a portion of something stronger, ask yourself if you are ready to pay for it with your own memory.

25.10.2012
Genetics

How will a placebo affect you?

The ability to predict the placebo effect in advance, based on the analysis of variations of just one gene, will help reduce the scale, cost and duration of clinical trials.

25.10.2012
Genetics

Intelligence genes are multiplying rapidly

Scientists predict that the number of intelligence genes may be more than a thousand. Why has always rational nature in this case turned out to be so wasteful?

24.10.2012
Various

Stars don't age

At the recent New York Fashion Week, 81-year-old fashion model Carmen Dell took to the catwalk’Offer. Her appearance again stirred up the debate about whether it is worthy to flaunt yourself at such an age and whether it's time for Grandma to have a well-deserved rest.

24.10.2012
Other life sciences

A new target for drugs against Parkinson's disease

The mutation responsible for the development of both familial and sporadic cases of Parkinson's disease causes deformation of the membrane surrounding the nuclei of brain stem cells. "In vitro" the normal function of mutant cells has already been restored.

24.10.2012
Prolonging youth

Passport, biological, psychological age…

With the so-called successful aging, not only the biological, but also the psychological age of a person lags behind the chronological one. However, the concept of psychological age is not scientifically developed enough.

23.10.2012
Biomedicine

A new epigenetic marker of breast cancer

The DOK7 gene as a marker of breast cancer has unique prognostic characteristics: hypermethylation of one of its promoters in peripheral blood cells can be detected several years before diagnosis.

23.10.2012
Cellular technologies

The neuron lived, the neuron is alive, the neuron will live!

The unexpectedly high survival rate of embryonic neurons in the brains of newborn mice gives hope for the effective use of nerve cell transplantation for the treatment of neurodegenerative and other neurological diseases.

23.10.2012
Healthy skepticism

There are no barriers for us!

In Skolkovo, they are seriously going to discuss the possibility of creating a perpetual motion machine – a unique power plant with an efficiency of more than 100%.

23.10.2012