Various
The aging process on video
Dutch director Yerun Wolf shot a one-and-a-half-minute video with the faces of people from a newborn baby to a 100-year-old woman to clearly demonstrate the aging process.
06.09.2012- English version
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Biomedicine
Will bis-3-cognitin help with Parkinson's disease?
A substance called bis-3-cognitin (bis-3-cognitin) can be a starting point for the development of drugs that slow down the development of Parkinsonism.
06.09.2012
Your health
Are you drinking too fast? The shape of the glass is to blame!
Before you empty your glass of beer, pay attention to its shape, as you may not realize how much alcohol you drink.
06.09.2012
Other life sciences
Brain Diabetes: An Absolute Food Nightmare
This is the title of an editorial in the latest issue of New Scientist magazine devoted to the link between diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease.
05.09.2012
Healthy skepticism
Once again about the uselessness of organic products
Organic food is no more useful and safe for human health than ordinary food. Experts from Stanford University came to this conclusion after analyzing 240 publications in the scientific literature.
05.09.2012
Cellular technologies
Hierarchy of skin stem cells
Two populations of skin stem cells are differently involved in repairing damage and regulating the balance between the death of old epidermal cells and the growth of new ones.
04.09.2012
Your health
Rheumatoid arthritis on a global scale
By 2015, the number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis will increase by 75% compared to 2005. And this is despite the fact that 21 million people have already been diagnosed with this disease in the world.
04.09.2012
Grants and competitions
Sciences and Technologies in Biomedicine: Skoltech invites you to Master's degree
The Master's program in Biomedicine will be the third priority in the training that Skoltech is launching next academic year.
04.09.2012
Various
Because of us, you have been living with an invalid for half a century? Well, I'm sorry...
The manufacturer of the infamous thalidomide, the use of which 50 years ago led to the birth of thousands of disabled children, has apologized for the first time to the victims of the tragedy and their mothers.
03.09.2012
Genetics
The cause of Winchester syndrome was found out half a century after its description
Analysis of the genome of cells of a child who died 50 years ago revealed the cause of a rare lethal hereditary disease.
03.09.2012
Various
Here's what they will draw on cigarette packs in Russia
Sad pictures about the dangers of smoking will appear on cigarette packages next year. You can admire them now.
03.09.2012
Note to the businessman
Rules for selling biotechnologies to investors
On a good biotechnological innovation, an investor can earn tens and hundreds of millions, and sometimes billions of dollars.
03.09.2012
Genetic engineering
If you lose your sense of smell, gene therapy will help
Gene therapy has restored the sense of smell to mice suffering from hereditary loss of sense of smell, which will allow this technique to be used to treat people suffering from anosmia.
03.09.2012
Other life sciences
How neurons control the division of neural stem cells
Neural stem cells analyze the composition of neurotransmitters in the surrounding tissue and, if necessary, begin to divide, forming new nerve cells.
03.09.2012
Other life sciences
Prostate cancer: a risk factor – trichomonas
In those infected with trichomoniasis, the risk of developing prostate cancer increases by 40 percent.
03.09.2012
Prolonging youth
To live forever and not grow old: to be continued
The desire to find the elixir of eternal youth haunts humanity throughout the history of its existence. But the first drugs that can prolong a person's life are unlikely to appear in this, or even in the next decade.
31.08.2012
New in Gerontology
A healthy lifestyle is also useful in old age
It is a well–known truth that being overweight, smoking, low physical activity, loneliness and alcohol abuse shorten life. However, until now it was unclear whether this pattern applies to those over 75.
31.08.2012
New in Gerontology
Age and wisdom: ethnic features
Of course, it's nice to think that old age benefits at least the mind, if not the body. However, do we really become wiser with age?
31.08.2012
Your health
Have you become weak-eyed in your old age?
In addition to hyperopia, there are 4 serious eye diseases, the occurrence of which is often associated with aging of the body – cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
31.08.2012
Note to the businessman
Medicine + IT = profitable business
If you don't have millions for a new drug, you can try to combine two promising trends and offer additional IT services to the medical market. In Russia, this direction has been actively developing recently.
31.08.2012