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Microbes age, microbes get fat…

Bacteria that were considered immortal are also aging. This happens due to asymmetric division, in which one of the daughter cells gets almost all the non-genetic damage accumulated during the life of the mother cell.

28.10.2011
Prolonging youth

Seven secrets of a long and healthy life

Following seven simple rules can increase a person's healthy life expectancy by 40-50 years. How to do it has finally ceased to be a secret!

26.10.2011
Genetics

First of all, check BDNF, and planes and girls – then…

With age, the number of points received by pilots during the aptitude test on the flight simulator gradually decreases. One of the common polymorphisms of the gene encoding brain neurotrophic factor (BDNF) accelerates this process by 3 times.

26.10.2011
Genetics

Epigenetic imprints of childhood

The various conditions in which children from affluent and poor families grow up are "remembered" in their organisms at the epigenetic level for the rest of their lives – in the form of differences in DNA methylation.

25.10.2011
New in Gerontology

The immune profile predicts the state of health in old age

Differences in the state of the immune system will make it possible to identify people who have every chance of maintaining good health and a clear mind until old age, as well as those who need timely prevention of age-related diseases.

25.10.2011
Nanotechnology

RUSNANOTECH 2011 will open tomorrow

This year, the main topic of the Forum will be the demand for innovation. Its participants will discuss the prospects of using nanotechnology in a wide range of industries – from construction and mechanical engineering to electronics and pharmaceuticals.

25.10.2011
Biomedicine

Get tested for the papilloma virus? Easy!

Two existing tests detect human papillomavirus with a sufficiently high sensitivity – 84 and 91%. In addition, all the women who tried the test for self-conducting called this method simple and easy.

25.10.2011
Biomedicine

Testosterone and life expectancy: no link found

Testosterone levels do not affect life expectancy. Moreover, we do not know anything about whether it does not lead to premature death itself if you start taking it in the hope of improving the heart.

24.10.2011
Cellular technologies

Stem cell research is a God–pleasing matter

The American company NeoStem has signed an unprecedented contract in the field of research of stem cells obtained from adults. The Catholic Church became its partner.

20.10.2011
Genetics

Epigenetic inheritance of longevity

The lifespan of roundworms, at least in part, is under epigenetic control: chemical modifications of DNA packaging proteins allow extending the life of three generations of nematodes.

20.10.2011
Prolonging youth

How to check "pills for old age": in search of a panacea

Drugs that potentially slow down aging should be tested as a means to treat a specific disease, but the ultimate goal is to approve their use for the prevention of most age–related diseases in healthy people - "pills for old age".

11.10.2011