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Other life sciences

A long-lived kidney

A woman with a hundred-year-old kidney could get into the Guinness Book of Records, but, unfortunately, there are no official records of transplantation left.

24.08.2016
Other life sciences

The more, the worse

Excess weight can accelerate brain aging – this conclusion was made by a group of scientists after a series of observations on the state of the nervous system in slim and obese people.

24.08.2016
Other life sciences

How platelets die

A team of scientists led by MSU physicists has discovered the mechanism of programmed cell death of platelets, as a result of which the process of blood clotting is accelerated by 1000 – 10000 times.

24.08.2016
New in Gerontology

Read more – you will live longer

"The results of the work indicate that the benefits of books include prolonging life so that you can read more of them," the researchers conclude with a bit of humor.

24.08.2016
Genetics

Junk DNA Affects Skeletal Development

Another message about the functionality of "genomic garbage" was published by Portuguese geneticists: the number of edges in the formation of the skeleton depends on the "meaningless" parts of the genome.

23.08.2016
Biomedicine

Fecal-based drug failed in clinical trials

In the first phase of clinical trials for infection caused by Clostridium difficile, the drug helped 29 out of 30 participants. The second phase ended in complete failure.

23.08.2016
Nanotechnology

Hydrogel patch will cope with tumors

So far, the triple-action gel has been tested only on mice, but the authors believe that it will effectively cope with malignant neoplasms in humans.

23.08.2016
New in Gerontology

Stem cells and aging

Aging can be considered as a process in which a pool of endogenous stem cells progressively loses its ability to replace damaged cells with age.

22.08.2016
Bioethics

Transplantation in Russia

It is very difficult to talk about organ donation in Russia. It seems that at the word "transplantation" our compatriots' logic fails and pure panic turns on.

22.08.2016
Biomedicine

How the Universal Cancer vaccine works

A team of scientists from several scientific institutions in Germany managed to adapt an antiviral protection system for immunotherapy of cancer tumors.

22.08.2016
Cloning

Dolly v.2: elderly, but healthy

Clones obtained from the same cell line as Dolly, aged 8 years (60-80 by human standards), are quite healthy animals. There are no signs of premature aging in sheep.

22.08.2016
Bioethics

The reaction of ethical rejection

Valery Spiridonov, the first candidate for a head transplant, shares his opinion on the medical, psychological and ethical problems of such an operation.

22.08.2016
Other life sciences

Amyloid plaques in the transparent brain

The visualization method, which makes the brain tissue transparent, made it possible to see a three-dimensional picture of the location of clusters of beta-amyloid plaques in the brains of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

22.07.2016
Cellular technologies

Cord blood for the treatment of macular degeneration

As part of a new clinical study, patients with a dry form of age-related macular degeneration are injected with umbilical cord blood cells differentiated into retinal pigment epithelium cells.

22.07.2016
Nanotechnology

Silicon nanoparticles for theranostics

Biocompatible and biodegradable silicon nanoparticles can serve as a completely harmless agent for the detection and treatment of malignant tumors.

22.07.2016
Genetics

Why do women live longer than men

The new study adds empirical evidence to the "protected X chromosome hypothesis" proposed to explain why males age faster than females.

22.07.2016