Sirtuins: take under the supervision of a psychiatrist!
An excess of life-extending sirtuin proteins can cause a state of anxiety, which is an evolutionary adaptation to nutrient deficiency.
13.12.2011An excess of life-extending sirtuin proteins can cause a state of anxiety, which is an evolutionary adaptation to nutrient deficiency.
13.12.2011Over 33 years, more than 5 million patients have received an appointment for therapy with Mediator. As a result of taking the drug, up to 2 thousand patients died, and thousands more were hospitalized.
13.12.2011In contrast to the results of experiments on rodents, a study conducted on pigs showed that induced pluripotent stem cells do not cause the formation of tumors.
12.12.2011A new experimental method of gene therapy has allowed patients with hemophilia B to refuse injections of blood clotting factor.
12.12.2011"If someone does this, I'll eat my hat. And I wonder why they did it," says Webb Miller, one of the participants in sequencing the genome of the woolly mammoth.
12.12.2011Following the report on embryonic stem cells grown without animal products, another group of researchers reported on neurons derived from human fibroblasts reprogrammed into a pluripotent state.
09.12.2011Drugs that activate the synthesis of the neurotrophic factor of the brain or the receptors that bind to it restore the age–related decrease in synaptic plasticity - one of the important components of learning and memorization mechanisms.
09.12.2011High-quality human embryonic cells, potentially suitable for clinical use, were obtained for the first time without the use of animal products.
09.12.2011V All-Russian Internet Olympiad of schoolchildren, students, postgraduates and young scientists in the field of nanosystems, nanomaterials and nanotechnology "Nanotechnology – a breakthrough into the Future"!
08.12.2011Report of the deputy . Director of the Research Institute of Medical Genetics SB RAMS, Head of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor V.A. Stepanov.
08.12.2011All the efforts of eggs are spent on protecting DNA, and due to the fact that they do not particularly monitor their own condition, oocytes age much faster than somatic cells.
08.12.2011Only one sexually active male is responsible for breeding a colony of naked diggers. The lack of competition has made the diggers' sperm exceptionally sluggish and of low quality.
08.12.2011The world's first clinical trials of a new method of treating a brain tumor – glioblastoma – using parvoviruses have begun at the German Cancer Center in Heidelberg.
07.12.2011Bradley Enewalt from the University of Washington, spoke at a conference sponsored by the Endocrinological Society, with an unexpected statement that the male menopause is only a myth.
07.12.2011On May 16-18, 2012, the V All-Russian Conference with international participation "Prenatal diagnostics and genetic passport – the basis of preventive medicine in the age of nanotechnology" will be held at the D. O. Ott NIIAG (St. Petersburg).
06.12.2011Private equity and venture capital funds in Russia are most willing to invest in IT and ICT. But experts believe that in the coming decade, the situation may radically change: recently, government agencies have most often provided assistance to companies in the field of healthcare and biotechnology.
06.12.20112-deoxyglucose deprives cancer cells of a protein that disables the mechanism of cellular suicide. These cells can be finished off with the help of the drug Navitoclax, which suppresses the activity of two intracellular inhibitors of apoptosis.
06.12.2011Three-dimensional printing technology opens up huge opportunities for doctors to treat the most complex fractures and other bone injuries.
05.12.2011Experiments on mice show that transplanted neurons can help correct a genetic defect – the absence of leptin receptors, which causes obesity and diabetes.
05.12.2011Dreams of making a person immortal have existed throughout civilization. But recently, almost none of the gerontologists have expressed much optimism on this issue.
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