Life Sciences

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Genetics

Teach the epigenome!

Decoding the epigenome not only helps to better understand how genetic and oncological diseases develop, it will also help to develop strategies for the treatment of such pathologies.

01.06.2012
Other life sciences

What is the threat of organ transplantation

Transplantation is an extreme measure: taking into account the complications and expensive medications that the recipient is forced to take all his life, it is used in hopeless patients who face death without a transplant.

31.05.2012
Bioethics

Don't take your organs to the grave

The hospital insurance funds will inform their clients over the age of 16 about the problem of organ transplantation every two years and ask them to write a statement stating that in the event of their death they agree to donate their own organs to a person in need of transplantation.

31.05.2012
Nanotechnology

Biosensor – a transfer picture

Wireless graphene sensors fixed to the skin or teeth will be able to detect the presence of not only bacteria (even one bacterium), but also toxins, explosive molecules and even distinguish odors.

31.05.2012
Biomedicine

Supercomputer for biomedicine

The Laboratory of Supercomputer Technologies for Biomedicine, Pharmacology and Small-sized Structures I-SCALARE presented new research results in the field of bioinformatics and drug modeling.

31.05.2012
Nanotechnology

Supersensors

Biosensors of a new type are able to detect trace amounts of various substances in liquids in a very short time.

30.05.2012
Biomedicine

Biomedicine in the "Scientific Cafe"

The first meeting within the framework of the Scientific Cafe project, which brought together more than 150 young specialists and leading students of Moscow universities, was devoted to biomedicine.

30.05.2012
Biomedicine

Plasminogen against diabetic foot

The drug based on the pro-inflammatory enzyme plasminogen is able to initiate and accelerate the healing of wounds and diabetic ulcers.

29.05.2012
Cellular technologies

Contact lenses instead of a blood glucose test

The good news for diabetics is that instead of piercing your finger once a day, you can evaluate the glucose concentration by changing the color of your contact lenses at least every hour.

28.05.2012
Nanotechnology

Epigenetics down to the molecule

The nanofluidic device sorts one molecule of methylated DNA in one cycle of operation – more than 500 molecules per minute.

28.05.2012
Theories of aging

Telomeres and diseases (5)

Given that telomeres limit the limit of proliferative capabilities of cells, the mechanisms of their elongation are a very promising tool for regenerative medicine.

25.05.2012
Theories of aging

Telomeres and diseases (4)

Simple but attractive arguments concerning the relationship between telomere length and aging should today be viewed with a certain degree of skepticism as contradictory, simplistic and potentially dangerous.

25.05.2012
Theories of aging

Telomeres and diseases (3)

There is a lot of evidence that telomere shortening is associated with the development of cancer and may be a causal factor in the development of a number of oncological diseases.

25.05.2012
Theories of aging

Telomeres and diseases (2)

The classic "telomere disease" is congenital dyskeratosis, a rare hereditary disease characterized by defective bone marrow function. Most adult telomeropathies are the result of mutations that are more likely to be risk factors.

25.05.2012
Theories of aging

Telomeres and diseases (1)

The review examines the mechanisms of the development of diseases associated with telomere defects, the potential role of telomere elongation in the treatment of diseases, as well as in preventing the start of the aging process or its reversal.

25.05.2012