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Other life sciences

Unique operation: Skull transplant

In the Netherlands, a unique operation was performed at the Medical Center of the University of Utrecht: a person was transplanted almost an entire skull printed on a three-dimensional plastic printer.

01.04.2014
Genetics

Radiotherapy according to genetic indications

Different variants of several genes make it possible to predict whether radiotherapy will be effective in the treatment of cancer or, conversely, will lead to deterioration.

01.04.2014
Genetics

"Obesity genes": another candidate for leadership

According to the results of the latest study on this burning topic, of the entire spectrum of genes that affect body mass index, the highest degree of such influence is in the AMY1 gene encoding the enzyme amylase contained in saliva.

31.03.2014
Other life sciences

Freeze to save

To save the lives of patients with extensive blood loss, American doctors plan to inject a cold saline solution into their circulatory system, quickly cooling the body to 10 degrees, at which cellular activity will practically stop.

31.03.2014
Genetics

How to get live artificial yeast

The synthetic chromosome, made instead of the natural one, differs from the natural prototype by every sixth nucleotide, which does not prevent the yeast from feeling normal.

28.03.2014
Genetics

Fantom 5: from reading the genome to decoding it

The Russian participant of the fifth stage of the Fantom project (Functional ANnoTation Of Mammals – functional characteristics of the mammalian genome) bioinformatician Vsevolod Makeev – about the tasks of the work and how it was conducted.

28.03.2014
Genetic engineering

Skinny centenarians with impaired immunity

Removal of the FAT10 immune system gene led to an increase in life expectancy and a decrease in the thickness of the fat layer in mice. Why this happened and how it affected the ability to fight infections is still unknown.

27.03.2014
Prolonging youth

Use your head!

People who have worked for a long time in positions where great mental effort was required of them, keep their mind and memory healthy longer after retirement.

27.03.2014
Bioethics

Driving to suicide

The deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Affairs said that the surge in suicides among cancer patients is associated with an exacerbation of mental disorders, and not with the difficulties of obtaining analgesics. One of these "crazy people" left a note: "I ask you not to blame anyone, except the Ministry of Health and the government."

26.03.2014
Genetics

Transcriptomics will help in the treatment of periodontitis

A new approach to the classification of periodontitis, based not on clinical manifestations and symptoms, but on the analysis of gene activity in the affected tissues, will allow for earlier diagnosis and more individualized therapy.

25.03.2014
Other life sciences

Atherosclerosis: another target for preventive drugs

As shown by researchers from the USA and Sweden, the key substance in the prevention of atherosclerosis of the arteries is an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 2B. This fact will allow us to develop fundamentally new pharmacological agents for the prevention of cardiovascular pathology.

24.03.2014
Genetics

Preventive genetics is not a luxury

Genetic diseases must be prevented. Did the participants of the round table "Preventive genetics – luxury or the key to the health of Russians" talk about this?

24.03.2014
Cellular technologies

DIY: Stem cells from a drop of blood

A new method of creating induced pluripotent stem cells from a drop of capillary blood obtained with a finger prick allows donors to independently prepare blood samples and send them to the laboratory for processing.

24.03.2014