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Controversial

Is immortality the reality of tomorrow?

Until now, the idea of immortality has been the lot of fairy tales and fiction, but there is every reason to believe that the first immortal people will be born already in this century.

26.09.2011
Cellular technologies

ESCs against blindness: clinical studies in Europe

Advanced Cell Technology has announced the imminent launch of Europe's first medical experiment for the treatment of juvenile retinal dystrophy using human embryonic stem cells.

24.09.2011
Controversial

Do Sirtuins not increase life expectancy?

One of the most promising "sources of eternal youth" has dried up: scientists from University College London reported that the sirtuin protein gene does not affect life expectancy in any way.

23.09.2011
Prolonging youth

Adult stem cells can be rejuvenated!

The aging process of adult stem cells responsible for the regeneration of worn or damaged tissues can be reversed. Perhaps this discovery will lead to the development of treatments for a number of age-related diseases.

23.09.2011
Note to the businessman

Do you have a startup? Where to go, where to go?

The team of GreenfieldProjekt, a launch pad for high–tech startups, studied what opportunities exist for entrepreneurs who have connected their business with new technologies.

23.09.2011
Cellular technologies

Treat a heart attack only with healthy stem cells!

Successful experiments on the treatment of infarction with stem cells in mice were not confirmed in humans: mice were injected with bone marrow cells of healthy individuals, and people, in order to avoid immune conflict, their own, for unknown reasons, "spoiling" shortly after a heart attack.

21.09.2011
Note to the businessman

Managers, learn from biotechnologists!

The book by B.Gordon and B.Philip "Business by Science: What Managers should learn from biotechnologists" provides a rare opportunity to get acquainted with the success story of a real leader in the field of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals – Amgen.

21.09.2011
Grants and competitions

Dynasty grants for young biologists

The Dynasty Foundation announces a competition for grants for young biologists specializing in molecular and cellular biology.

20.09.2011
Biotechnologies - into life

Ideon: a success story

The foundation of the first building of the technopark in the Swedish city of Lund was laid in September 1983, and a few months later the first two start-up pharmaceutical companies became its residents. Today, the results of Ideon impress even skeptics.

20.09.2011
Biomedicine

A virus trained to search for and destroy cancer cells

A few weeks after a single injection of the JX-594 virus culture to patients with metastatic cancer, half of the participants in the experiment had the tumor stopped growing, and one even decreased in size.

02.09.2011
New in Gerontology

Take care of the vessels of the brain!

Many symptoms of aging, such as shaking hands, balance disorders, difficulty walking, etc., can be caused by blockage of the smallest vessels of the brain, which cannot be detected using existing methods.

02.09.2011
Genetics

There's no point in such a slender figure...

Envy the owners of a "genetic overdose", naturally thin, like a model dying of anorexia, is not worth it: every fourth of them receives microcephaly in a set of super-slimness.

01.09.2011
Note to the businessman

Pfizer shares: recommendations of the best economists

With instability in the stock markets and troubles with the macroeconomic situation, such an investment as Pfizer will be very useful. This is a sound and high-quality asset for the long term.

01.09.2011
Other life sciences

Poison the tumor with oxygen!

A tiny oxygen generator injected into the tumor using a biopsy needle will increase the effectiveness of radio and chemotherapy for malignant tumors.

01.09.2011