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Prolonging youth

Life extension: Resveratrol, spermidine and autophagy (3)

The final confirmation of the hypothesis about the relationship between increased autophagy activity and healthy aging of mammals, especially humans, would revolutionize the entire field of research on aging mechanisms.

30.12.2011
Prolonging youth

Life extension: Resveratrol, spermidine and autophagy (2)

Induction of autophagy with the help of pharmacological agents can increase the duration of a healthy life. It is very likely that autophagy not only protects cells, but also slows down aging at the organizational level.

30.12.2011
Prolonging youth

Life extension: Resveratrol, spermidine and autophagy (1)

Autophagy is traditionally considered a mechanism of self-destruction of cells, but there is more and more evidence that the launch of autophagy is necessary for the implementation of cytoprotective and /or aging-slowing effects of spermidine and resveratrol.

30.12.2011
Cellular technologies

Stem cells against age-related hearing loss

Kiel University specialists are planning to transplant fibrocytes grown from stem cells – precursors of mature connective tissue cells - into the inner ear of patients with age-related hearing loss.

29.12.2011
Innovative Russia

Mifo-pharma

Officials' statements about the possibility of a breakthrough in pharmaceuticals that could ensure Russia's own production of 90% of the necessary medicines by 2015 are a kind of stupefying myth.

28.12.2011
Innovative Russia

Formula BIO: preliminary results

The best biotechnological startups of the Formula BIO program were presented at the Lomonosov Moscow State University Science Park.

28.12.2011
Healthy skepticism

Bad Science – 2011

The loudest scandals in science over the past year.

28.12.2011
Biomedicine

Vaccine against autoimmune diseases

Biologists from the Weizmann Institute forced the immune system of animals to fight the disease associated with errors in the work of this system itself. For the virtuoso deception of the body, the authors used synthetic substances that imitate natural ones.

27.12.2011
Exhibitions and conferences

Topical issues of gene and cell technologies

ISKCH invites you to take part in the V Annual International Symposium "Topical Issues of Gene and cell Technologies" (28.05.2012, Moscow, Renaissance Hotel).

27.12.2011
Genetic engineering

RNA computer-aided design system

A group of biologists from the University of California at Berkeley has created, as they call their technology, a "computer-aided design system" (CAD) for the synthesis of RNA molecules with specified properties.

26.12.2011
Nanotechnology

Nanovitaminated drinks are healthier than regular ones

Researchers from Israel have created nanocapsules from natural food materials that can be loaded with fat-soluble vitamins and other lipophilic micronutrients that are beneficial to health.

26.12.2011
Note to the businessman

Incubator Aggregator

The Startup Afisha project came to the aid of aspiring businessmen and startups by opening an aggregator for business incubators in Russia.

26.12.2011
Other life sciences

Simulation of the human brain: wait for the first results

The goal of the Human Connectome project is a complete description of the connections between the neurons of the human brain and the identification of correlations between the structure of neural networks and mental abilities, as well as the behavior of a particular person.

23.12.2011
Various

Grandfather 's Garden

In a few years, the number of Russians over the age of 80 will grow several times – to about 6 million. In Europe, it was calculated: at this age, every tenth person needs professional help. The state will simply have to turn to private owners.

21.12.2011
Various

Happy hundredth birthday, Doctor!

On December 12, a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, Fred Goldman celebrated his 100th anniversary at his workplace, in the office of a therapist at the city hospital.

21.12.2011