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Genetics

DNA itself regulates the frequency of mutations

The frequency of mutations is determined not by the localization of a DNA fragment on a chromosome, but by the features of the DNA sequence itself, in particular, the content of CpG duplets in it.

28.05.2010
Your health

Cord Blood Bank: Will you get the deposit back?

In the USA, many parents treat the issue of cord blood preservation as a kind of medical insurance and buy these services without any doubts. As far as it is justified – decide for yourself.

28.05.2010
Nanotechnology

The world of nanotechnology

A series of popular science lectures "The World of Nanotechnology" will be freely available on the websites of RUSNANO, BINOM publishing house. Laboratory of Knowledge" and on a number of other nanotechnology sites.

27.05.2010
Genetics

Disassemble the mouse into genes

The project participants intend to grow generations of mice with "switched off" or missing genes in order to establish how these genome changes affect the physiological and behavioral characteristics of animals.

27.05.2010
Innovative Russia

Government, hands off innovation!

Don Wood, Head of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson Venture Fund, on the innovative development of Russia: "The best thing the government can do is get out of the way."

27.05.2010
Cellular technologies

Teeth from stem cells in a different manner

The new technique will allow new teeth to be grown in place of lost teeth, not only looking good and performing their functions, but also, possibly, not wearing out throughout life.

27.05.2010
Your health

Statins: more benefit or harm?

Taking statins increases the risk of cataracts, myopathy and liver and kidney diseases. But statins can do more good than harm if you use the on-line QStatin calculator.

26.05.2010
Prolonging youth

The best treatment for old age is prevention

The classic principle applies to biologically active additives, the intake of which can slow down the aging process: the disease (in this case, old age) is easier to prevent than to cure.

26.05.2010
Other life sciences

Cardioshock Therapy: now in America

Shock wave therapy, carried out with the help of a new Cardiospec device, effectively stimulates the growth of new blood vessels, restoring the normal level of blood supply to the heart and relieving pain.

25.05.2010
Healthy skepticism

Nanomythology

Any kind of human activity is overgrown with myths. Nanotechnology, the main scientific and technological project of our time, is no exception.

25.05.2010
New in Gerontology

Vessels are to blame for senile muscle weakness

In old age, insulin ceases to have a vasodilating effect on the smallest muscle capillaries, which leads to a violation of protein synthesis and muscle tissue renewal processes.

24.05.2010
Genetic engineering

The synthetic genome works!

The culmination of the project, on which the specialists of the Craig Venter Institute have been working for 15 years, was the creation of the first cells whose vital activity is controlled by a fully synthetic genome.

24.05.2010
Healthy skepticism

Medicinal products that do not cure

Most of the clinical studies of food products, issued by manufacturers almost for drugs that can lower cholesterol and increase immunity, have failed miserably.

21.05.2010
Cellular technologies

Neurons can be restored without stem cells

Full-fledged neurons can be obtained from astrocytes (structural nerve cells) directly in the brain of a person who has suffered a traumatic brain injury or stroke. Perhaps the same technology can be used to treat Parkinsonism.

20.05.2010
Other life sciences

Molecular Biology + Computers = Bioinformatics

M. Gelfand's lecture on bioinformatics – molecular biology, which people have learned to do not only in living beings, not only in test tubes, but also in a computer.

20.05.2010