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Genetic engineering

Transgenic cereals taught land reclamation for the first time

An international group of scientists has developed a method that allows you to grow cereals that purify territories from contamination by ammunition.

24.11.2016

Other life sciences

New possibilities of ultrasound surgery

Physicists from Moscow State University and colleagues from the University of Washington have come up with a new way to remotely destroy tumors inside the human body using tiny bubbles.

24.11.2016

Prolonging youth

Young blood: the data was not confirmed

The new data refute the theory of the rejuvenating effect of young blood, at the same time indicating that old blood stimulates the aging process.

24.11.2016

Biomedicine

1.5-2 times faster and 2 orders of magnitude more

The new test quickly evaluates thousands of medicines and determines how effective they will be against various types of resistant bacteria.

23.11.2016

Healthy skepticism

Homeopathy. Judgment Day

This is the name of the lecture hall dedicated to the court session in the case of homeopaths against the magazine "Around the World". The event will be held on November 30 at the ZIL Cultural Center.

23.11.2016

Genetic engineering

A cartoon about genetic engineering

Designing children, an end to diseases and aging – what used to be a fantasy is becoming a reality. The only thing we know for sure is that everything will change irreversibly.

23.11.2016

Biomedicine

Not only to restore an erection

Type 2 diabetes is a known risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. But in diabetic men, Viagra reduces the risk of developing a heart attack and increases the chances of survival if a heart attack does happen.

23.11.2016

Other life sciences

Evolution of viruses and immunity

Biologist Evgeny Kunin – about the survival strategies of viruses, the dependence of the paths of evolution on DNA and the endless arms race of organisms.

23.11.2016

Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: early diagnosis by retina

In order to determine whether a person will develop Alzheimer's disease decades before the first symptoms appear, a simple retinal examination can be performed.

23.11.2016

New in Gerontology

Men are programmed to die before women

Despite a very strong increase in human life expectancy as a whole, the life expectancy of men still remains lower than that of women.

23.11.2016

Theories of aging

The ceiling of life

Closing the gap between average and maximum life expectancy is a more realistic task than the endless prolongation of old age.

23.11.2016

Cellular technologies

Scientists have grown innervated intestinal tissues

Scientists at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have grown intestinal tissues with functioning nerves and successfully implanted them in laboratory animals.

22.11.2016

Prolonging youth

Mitophagy – a cure for old age

Researchers from California have found a new way to eliminate cell damage that accumulates with age. It consists in removing mutated DNA from mitochondria.

22.11.2016

Nanotechnology

Engineers have created mobile nanofilms based on DNA

"Nanomyshtsy" work on the basis of specific hybridization of DNA molecules. You can control their movement by adding DNA chains to them, complementary to the DNA that is part of the film.

22.11.2016

Your health

Eat fiber so that bacteria don't eat you

The microorganisms that make up the gut microbiota feed on fiber. Without receiving it, they begin to eat the intestines themselves, making it vulnerable to infections.

22.11.2016

Grants and competitions

XI All-Russian Internet Olympiad

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"!

22.11.2016

Other life sciences

The secret of breast cancer recurrence has been discovered

Cancer cells go into a latent state after they absorb, in fact, "eat", the body's own mesenchymal stem cells.

22.11.2016

Genetics

When a mutation does not lead to a disease

Although scientists use sequencing to save the lives of sick people, many still wonder if it helps those who have not been diagnosed.

21.11.2016

Genetic engineering

Genetically modified crops

Researchers from the USA and Poland increased the yield of plants by 14-20%, increasing the production of three proteins that are involved in the process of photosynthesis.

21.11.2016

Biomedicine

Breakthrough in the fight against HIV

NIAID specialists claim to have discovered a universal antibody in the fight against HIV, which was called N6, capable of blocking 98% of all known strains of the virus.

21.11.2016