Life Sciences

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Other life sciences

Microbes start and win

Mikhail Gelfand – about why humanity is losing the "arms race" with bacteria and why the rejection of antibiotics for a while will not destroy all "super-bacteria".

26.04.2017
Genetics

Sense of smell, heredity and environment

In experiments on mice, it was found that olfactory perception is individual and is caused by both genetic factors and environmental conditions.

25.04.2017
Prolonging youth

Cord blood Protein Rejuvenates old mice

The TIMP2 protein contained in the umbilical cord blood plasma increases the brain functionality and cognitive ability of mice.

25.04.2017
Prolonging youth

Outsmart aging?

Among the promises of scientists studying the increase in life expectancy are the health of 90-year-olds at the level of 50-year-olds, life up to 150 years and even the eternal biological age of 25 years.

25.04.2017
Prolonging youth

Open longevity

At the beginning of April, the Open Longevity school was held in Montenegro. Perhaps the school will be the beginning of a long-term cooperation of people interested in this topic.

25.04.2017
Genetics

About the benefits of genes

The founder of the medical and genetic center Genotek – about why people are afraid of genetic technologies, and how genetic discoveries can affect the life of society in the future.

25.04.2017
Genetics

"Junk" DNA helps turn on genes

Regulatory RNAs are often encoded in "junk" DNA – they do not carry information about proteins, but serve as a powerful tool for regulating genetic activity.

24.04.2017
Other life sciences

High-speed noninvasive neurointerface

Facebook employs more than 60 specialists from a wide variety of companies and organizations in this project, including Berkeley University, Johns Hopkins Hospital and others.

21.04.2017
Genetics

Huntington's disease

Molecular neurogeneticist David Rubinstein – about this hereditary disease and similar neurodegenerative diseases caused by protein aggregation.

21.04.2017
Other life sciences

Naked diggers can breathe like plants

Small colonial rodents have many unusual abilities. Another of them turned out to be a unique way of breathing for animals.

21.04.2017
Cellular technologies

Three-dimensional "patch" for the heart

A patch of heart muscle cells formed with the help of three-dimensional bioprinting contributes to the restoration of damaged heart tissue after myocardial infarction.

19.04.2017
Other life sciences

Harmful (and unnecessary?) protein

Increased Id1 protein synthesis reduces the ability of beige adipose tissue to burn calories when cooled. It is possible that this protein is not needed for the normal functioning of the body.

19.04.2017
Other life sciences

Where is HIV hiding?

The immunodeficiency virus can hide not only in T cells, but also in macrophages, which will complicate the procedure of its expulsion from the body in the treatment of an old infection.

19.04.2017
Biomedicine

Exosomes protect the brain from epilepsy

Intranasal administration of exosomes of mesenchymal stem cells reduces the severity of brain damage associated with epileptic status.

18.04.2017
Prolonging youth

How Silicon Valley makes Death Optional (1)

The National Academy of Medicine will allocate at least $25 million for awards for breakthroughs in research on healthy longevity and the fight against aging.

18.04.2017