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Postgraduate studies at the University of Milan

The University of Milan announces a competitive recruitment for postgraduate studies (PhD course) for graduate young scientists specializing in biology and biomolecular technologies. Hurry up: there are two weeks left before the deadline!

Startup by the rules

Serial entrepreneur Alexander Dresen has formulated 15 rules that make it possible to go through the difficult path of a startup.

Nanoparticles for immune system activation

A technology has been developed that allows the use of nanoparticles to increase the effectiveness of immune-activating drugs based on nucleic acids.

The harm of smoking in all details

Psychiatrist Pavel Beschastnov about nicotine addiction, the effect of nicotine on thinking and the dangers of smoking.

Another rejuvenating berries

The berries of the Brazilian acai palm protect fruit flies from oxidative stress and significantly increase their life expectancy.

Synthetic biology and design of bioengineered devices

The materials of the school-conference "Synthetic biology and the design of bioengineering devices" are published in the public domain.

DAAD grants "Mikhail Lomonosov" 2013-14

The scholarship provides an opportunity for Russian graduate students and teachers to undergo an internship at universities and research centers in Germany in order to conduct research within the framework of a dissertation or other scientific project being developed.

Sexual life of those "who are over..."

Moscow's chief urologist Armais Kamalov: "Good men's health should become prestigious, like, for example, an expensive car." He also tells a lot of interesting things about age-related problems with sex in women.

Fruit-beneficial treatment of diabetes

The future plans of scientists include the creation of a non-alcoholic analogue of berry wines, which will be useful not only in the fight against diabetes, but will also prove indispensable for the overall improvement of the body.

Do you want healthy children? Don't put it off until tomorrow!

Later conception of children has an extremely negative effect on the health of the offspring: an increase in the age of the father by one year is accompanied by the appearance of an average of two harmful mutations in the genome of their descendants.

Will a new form of dietary supplement help you lose weight?

Volunteers who took a new dietary supplement based on modified methylcellulose during clinical trials reduced their calorie intake by an average of 13% during each meal, and felt full longer.

A family from Sardinia is recognized as the longest-lived on the planet

Nine brothers and sisters of Melis in total have lived for more than 818 years. Recently, the Sardinian "clan" of Melisov was officially recognized as the longest-lived in the world and entered into the Guinness Book of Records.

Aging, neurodegeneration and Parkinson's disease: references

Aging, neurodegeneration and Parkinson's disease

The pathogenesis and symptoms of Parkinson's disease are the result of complex interactions between aging processes and other predisposition factors, which makes this disease one of the most obvious examples of age–related pathology.

Protein of immortality

The enzyme histone acetyltransferase Mof provides "immortality" of pluripotent stem cells, allowing them to divide without differentiation into other cell types.

Citizen, let's go... for genome registration

Genomic registration will be extremely useful not only in criminal, but also everyday situations. True, criminals will pass it forcibly and for nothing, and law–abiding citizens - voluntarily and for 9360 rubles.

Resveratrol against senile weakness in the legs

The sensational red wine antioxidant resveratrol improves the sense of balance and prevents falls in old age. Unfortunately, to date, this is shown only on mice.

Malingering doctors

Today, simulators of five types are being produced – for ambulance crews and surgeons specializing in minimally invasive operations on vessels, abdominal organs, the genitourinary system, and the reproductive sphere. In principle, it is possible to create virtual simulators for 96 medical specialties.

People with ageless brains

The brain of "cognitive super-old people" looks and works just as well as the brain of people 20-30 years younger than them.

The key mechanism of skeletal muscle atrophy

Gadd45a protein alters the expression of approximately 600 genes associated with muscle atrophy, increasing the number of matrix RNAs that destroy muscle cell proteins or inhibit their synthesis.