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Prolonging youth

Aminopropylcarbazole – a cure for senile senility?

In old rats who underwent a course of taking aminopropyl carbazole, there was a significant increase in the number of neurons in the hippocampus, their memory and learning ability became better than in animals from the control group.

19.07.2010
Bioethics

Quality of life and quality of death

By analogy with the well-established term "quality of life", a group of scientists conducted a study of the "quality of death". Russia, unfortunately, ranks 35th in the list of 40 countries with the most favorable conditions for the elderly and dying.

16.07.2010
Biomedicine

A complete and final victory over the flu?

A new vaccination strategy to ensure lifelong immunity from all strains of the influenza virus is already undergoing the first stage of clinical trials.

16.07.2010
Genetic engineering

Microbiological retina

To restore the vision of mice with hereditary retinal disease, in which the synthesis of rhodopsin is disrupted, scientists used the genes of microorganisms responsible for the production of another photosensitive protein – halorodopsin.

16.07.2010
Genetic engineering

The blind begin to walk without sticks. And without cones

With the help of genetic engineering, it was possible to prove that it is possible to see without cones and rods: their role, although not very well, is capable of performing retinal ganglion cells.

16.07.2010
Other life sciences

Sirtuins preserve not only youth, but also reason?

The fact that sirtuins are able to counteract aging is an almost universally accepted theory in the scientific world. Now a group of researchers from MIT has discovered that sirtuins also affect brain function, especially learning and memorization processes.

15.07.2010
Various

How to make money on doping and fake medicines?

The award will be shared by Martin Tyr (for the TV show "Doping in mass sports") and Helmut Nordvig (for the radio program "Fake pills on shadow channels – a study of the underworld of drug counterfeiting").

14.07.2010
Biotechnologies - into life

Pharma 2020: Medical pessimism

The Russian Academy of Medical Sciences believes that the production of its own strategically important drugs instead of Western analogues will not make medicines available to patients, but will only help customers and manufacturers to share public money.

14.07.2010
Biotechnologies - into life

Pharma 2020: Deputy Minister's optimism

Denis Manturov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, spoke about how the Federal Target Program "Pharma 2020" will develop the domestic pharmaceutical market and increase the life expectancy of citizens.

14.07.2010
Healthy skepticism

Once again to the question of lies in scientific journals

An analysis of almost 150 trials of drugs and therapies, the participants of which were children, and the results of which were published in respected serious medical journals, showed that in 40-60% of cases, the authors ... er... they're lying.

13.07.2010
Other life sciences

Play Cell Biologist

The cell under the guidance of the player will have to search for resources, evolve and repel virus attacks. The game is similar to real-time strategy and games of the "tower defense" genre, in which the player defends the fortress from enemies.

13.07.2010
Healthy skepticism

Traditional medicine: laugh or cry?

A simple Russian person still treats doctors and pharmacists with great distrust. He considers hospitals to be institutions from which a rare living person will get out, and doctor's prescriptions are something Kabbalistic and, perhaps, unorthodox.

12.07.2010
Biomedicine

A false target for cancer cells

It was the SID decoy protein molecule (English decoy – a false target), which bound to the regulatory protein, preventing it from starting the work of genes that provide a cancer cell with rapid growth and resistance to drugs.

12.07.2010
Grants and competitions

Competition of projects on innovative small entrepreneurship

Applications for the VI All-Russian competition of innovative projects of students, postgraduates and young scientists on innovative small entrepreneurship in priority areas of science and high technology development are accepted until 25.09.2010.

12.07.2010
Genetic engineering

Genetically modified mice of unconventional orientation

It is unlikely that the study of mice that, after removing just one gene, turned into "lesbians" will explain the causes of homosexuality in women. But surely these mice will help to understand the biological basis of sexual orientation.

09.07.2010
Biomedicine

The AIDS vaccine: is it really a breakthrough?

The first AIDS vaccine protected only about 30% of potential patients from the virus. Now the antibodies found by the same group of researchers promise to cope with 90% of all types of HIV.

09.07.2010
Various

Dear President, well, save Russian science!

Another letter with an appeal to support domestic science has been delivered to the reception of the president. It was signed by more than 2,200 people, including more than 1,000 doctors of sciences.

09.07.2010
Healthy skepticism

Scientists have discovered... No, they lied!

Fake sensations like "soda causes cancer" or "curry cures all diseases" are trifles compared to lies in serious medical journals or silencing data on the ineffectiveness of drugs.

08.07.2010