Life Sciences

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Cellular technologies

Nociceptive neurons from fibroblasts

Harvard scientists have transformed mouse and human skin cells (fibroblasts) into pain-sensitive neurons that respond to a number of stimuli that cause acute and inflammatory pain.

23.12.2014
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy helps to fight the consequences of a heart attack

The enzyme telomerase eliminates the damage caused to the cell by aging, and is successfully used to increase the lifespan of mice. It has recently been established that telomerase can also be used for the treatment of myocardial infarction.

22.12.2014
New in Gerontology

mtDNA for early prediction of morbidity and mortality risk

The content of mitochondrial DNA in the blood can be a useful prognostic factor for assessing the overall risk of deterioration of health and death from any cause 10-15 years before the onset of symptoms.

22.12.2014
Biomedicine

Correspondence courses on "-omics" and personalized medicine

The first educational project for doctors, consisting of an online magazine "Personalized Medicine" and a training course of online lectures "Genomic and postgenomic technologies in medicine", is being launched in Russia.

22.12.2014
Cellular technologies

Parthenogenetic ESCs have defended their rights

The European Court recognized that an embryo obtained by parthenogenetic (without fertilization) activation of an oocyte, obviously unable to develop into a human being, cannot be considered a human embryo.

22.12.2014
Prolonging youth

Is ibuprofen able to prolong life?

The popular anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen is able to increase the life expectancy of a number of model organisms. However, from fruit flies to humans is a huge distance…

22.12.2014
Other life sciences

A cyber hand with ten degrees of freedom

The latest version of the system has learned to recognize three new patterns of behavior: stretching fingers, scooping and clamping. The developers of the technology assure that such a wide range of movements has been achieved for the first time.

19.12.2014
Theories of aging

Alexey Moskalev – how to overcome aging

What should a person take from a naked digger to live 100 years, and what role genes play in longevity, says Alexey Moskalev, Doctor of Biological Sciences, head of the Department. Laboratory of Molecular Radiobiology and Gerontology of the Institute of Biology of Komi NC UrO RAS.

17.12.2014
Genetics

Hooligans are born first, and then become?

Scientists from Quebec have studied the genetic predisposition to antisocial behavior. It turned out that it is due to heredity and the influence of the environment.

17.12.2014
Biomedicine

Modified lymphocytes against blood cancer

At the annual meeting of the American Hematology Society in San Francisco, much attention was paid to the use of modified lymphocytes for the treatment of lymphomas and leukemias.

16.12.2014
Nanotechnology

Baby stomps…

A "walking" molecule created by chemists from Oxford, so small that it is impossible to see it even in the most powerful microscope, has taken its first steps, the length of which is only about one nanometer.

16.12.2014
New in Gerontology

Is the secret of longevity in collagen?

Experiments on roundworms have shown that the activation of the production of collagen and other components of the extracellular matrix is a key mechanism for increasing life expectancy and improving health.

16.12.2014