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Genetic engineering

How to become healthy, strong and hardy?

Disabling the synthesis of just one protein in muscle cells made it possible to create super mice – muscular cold-resistant marathon runners, and the absence of the same protein in adipose tissue protected animals from diabetes.

14.11.2011
New in Gerontology

Age and sense of smell

Aging olfactory neurons lose the selectivity of responding to different stimuli. In other words, with age, a person's ability to distinguish different smells from each other deteriorates.

14.11.2011
Your health

Prostatitis for "dummies"

There are a lot of pseudo-medical speculations and struggle-intensive myths around prostatitis, which are primarily associated with misconceptions about the causes of this disease.

11.11.2011
Prolonging youth

Live to be 150 years old

Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Vladimir Shabalin talks about pills against old age, home cancer prevention and technical immortality.

10.11.2011
Biomedicine

Monoclonal antibodies against psoriasis

The drug Stelara (ustekinumab), which is 100% monoclonal human antibodies, opens a new class of drugs for the treatment of psoriasis.

10.11.2011
Other life sciences

Diabetes is a blow to the brain

Numerous complications of diabetes, such as kidney disease, trophic ulcers on the legs and vision problems, are well known. However, it turned out that this disease also has a detrimental effect on the human brain.

10.11.2011
New in Gerontology

New old

Compared to their peers who lived 30 years ago, modern old people have sex more often, divorce more often, demonstrate more outstanding mental abilities and, in general, feel better.

09.11.2011
Various

Unhealthy Health Law

The Federation Council approved the law "On the basics of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federation", which caused a lot of complaints from patients and professional communities.

09.11.2011
Exhibitions and conferences

Invest in life sciences!

The International Forum "Life Sciences Invest" is the first Russian partnership event aimed at activating business contacts between companies and investors in the field of life sciences, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and the medical industry.

09.11.2011
Bioethics

I bequeath my heart…

According to the draft law "On the basics of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federation", Russian citizens can issue a power of attorney from a notary for the desire to donate their entire body to science after death or give organs for transplantation.

08.11.2011
Prolonging youth

Be happy, live long!

The feeling of satisfaction, excitement or happiness experienced during a normal day reduces the probability of death of elderly people by 35%.

03.11.2011
Cellular technologies

Rejuvenate old cells to embryonic age

Researchers from the University of Montpellier managed to rejuvenate the cells of the very old to the state of embryonic stem cells. So far, unfortunately, only "in vitro".

03.11.2011
Cellular technologies

The lungs are also recovering

In two parallel studies, the researchers identified stem cells and a biochemical signal that ensures the restoration of significant damage to lung tissue.

01.11.2011
Genetic engineering

Progeria: gene therapy gives hope

Gene therapy has significantly increased the life expectancy of mice with a progeria analogue. Clinical trials are next in line.

01.11.2011