Life Sciences

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Prolonging youth

A disease that doesn't exist

In St. Petersburg, within the framework of the conference "Biomedical innovations for healthy longevity", scientists, public figures and journalists exchanged views on the issues of prolonging youth, longevity and the fight against aging.

17.05.2016
Genetics

Genes and education

The effect of each gene corresponds to explains from 0.01 to 0.035% variability on the basis of "duration of training". At the same time, the total effect of all 74 genes is less than the sum of their individual effects.

16.05.2016
Theories of aging

Hoarding is to blame for old age

We age because various imperfections accumulate in the body, which, at the molecular, cellular, tissue and organismal levels, eventually lead to the death of an individual.

16.05.2016
Prolonging youth

Are the effects of aging reversible

Will we be able to reverse the aging process in the future? Recently, there is more and more evidence in favor of the fact that we can.

16.05.2016
Biomedicine

Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

A new way to detect beta-amyloid aggregation at an early stage may make the diagnosis and treatment of this neurodegenerative disease much more effective.

16.05.2016
Biomedicine

Nutlin-3 against brittle X chromosome syndrome

The drug, undergoing a phase I clinical trial as a treatment for retinoblastoma, eliminates the manifestations of mental retardation in a mouse model of the brittle X chromosome syndrome.

16.05.2016
Biomedicine

Markers in the blood

About the IHBFM SB RAS project "Development of a noninvasive diagnostic test system for planning lung cancer therapy based on high-performance sequencing of circulating tumor DNA".

16.05.2016
Prolonging youth

How vitamin B3 protects against aging

The addition of nicotinamide triboside to food, which is a special form of vitamin B3, rejuvenates the stem cells of the body, contributing to an increase in life expectancy.

16.05.2016
Genetics

Protein landscapes for medical genetics

Studying the "fitness landscapes" of various proteins gives geneticists the opportunity to start searching for the effect of mutation interactions in complex polygenic diseases.

13.05.2016
Other life sciences

Zika fever: suspicions confirmed

Confirmation in laboratory animals of the effect of the Zika virus on embryo development should facilitate the search for a vaccine or other treatment methods.

13.05.2016
Biomedicine

How Visomitin Works

Scientists have found out why small doses of "Skulachev ions" give a pronounced therapeutic effect, despite the presence of large amounts of natural antioxidants in the mitochondria.

13.05.2016
Other life sciences

Dr. Watson is a virologist

With the help of the IBM Watson supercomputer, scientists have found a macromolecule that can help in the fight against viruses due to a unique triple-action mechanism.

13.05.2016
Other life sciences

Hippocampus and Alzheimer's: new data

Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes have established how the most important genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease - a pathological variant of the apolipoprotein E gene – causes memory loss.

12.05.2016
Other life sciences

How to water the microflora?

The diversity of intestinal microflora increases with the consumption of not only vegetables, fruits and yoghurts, but also coffee, tea and wine.

12.05.2016
Nanotechnology

Rejuvenating nanofilm

With the help of a transparent, invisible and wash-resistant elastic polymer coating, its developers have successfully corrected the external signs of aging and moisturized the skin.

12.05.2016
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy against a rare brain disease

The first clinical studies of the method of treatment of a rare genetic brain disease – adrenoleukodystrophy have been successfully completed.

12.05.2016
Other life sciences

Homemade pancreas

More than 50 people, without waiting for the appearance of such devices on the market, assembled and programmed artificial pancreas for themselves or for their children.

12.05.2016
Other life sciences

Drones for transplantologists

Very soon, lungs, liver and other organs for transplantation can be ordered with express delivery. Right now, a program is being developed in the United States to send organs by drones.

11.05.2016
Other life sciences

Isolation of RNA without toxic reagents

MSU scientists have developed a new method for isolating RNA from viruses, bacteria, plants and animals using harmless ammonium trichloroacetate instead of the toxic substances currently used.

11.05.2016