Life Sciences

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Prolonging youth

The Source of eternal youth from Johnny Depp

The film "Pirates of the Caribbean: on Strange Shores" is packed with legends: Jack Sparrow and the mysterious Angelica embark on a search for the Source of eternal youth...

16.05.2011
Biomedicine

Genetically modified virus for early cancer diagnosis

Biotechnologists have taught the herpes virus to recognize cancer cells. The mutant virus infects atypical cells, which causes them to turn green and glow. According to herpetic "fireflies", scientists find tumors and metastases.

12.05.2011
Prolonging youth

Is higher education a cure for old age?

DNA studies conducted by British scientists have demonstrated that in poorly educated people, cell aging occurs faster than in those who have received higher education.

12.05.2011
Biomedicine

Breast cancer: we know how to stop metastases

The discovery of the signaling pathway by which T-regulatory lymphocytes activate the process of metastasis of breast cancer has allowed us to find a way to suppress and slow down this process.

12.05.2011
Other life sciences

Physical education will not help with obesity?

Researchers from Pennsylvania claim that if an obese person begins to exercise intensively, he is more likely to get heart problems than to gain muscle mass and "burn" excess fat.

11.05.2011
New in Gerontology

Another reason for aging: a mutation in the BAF-1 protein gene

A sharp disruption of the BAF-1 protein in all cells of the body leads to progeria, but during a person's life, many mutational changes in the BAF-1 gene can accumulate, which leads to the same aging. Only delayed and stretched in time.

11.05.2011
Biomedicine

A breakthrough in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease?

The test for the formation of dehydroepiandrosterone by blood oxidation can be used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease at its earliest stage and to monitor the effectiveness of therapy and the progression of the disease.

06.05.2011
Other life sciences

We change white fat to brown

A mechanism has been found to suppress the synthesis of cellular protein, which is associated with hunger and is involved in the transformation of so-called brown fat into white fat.

04.05.2011
Cellular technologies

Europe may be left without stem cells

The highest court in Europe is about to declare patents for stem cell treatment immoral and, therefore, illegal.

29.04.2011
Genetics

Diseases inherited from Mom

Do women inherit health from their mothers? How important is the role of genes in a variety of ailments, from obesity to breast cancer, and how much do they depend on lifestyle?

28.04.2011
Genetics

A fictional gene

Most likely, the "rage gene" can be put with a clear conscience in the same glorious line in which the "homosexuality gene", the "faith gene", the "high IQ gene", the "alcoholism gene", the "gambling gene" and the "liberalism gene" are already located.

28.04.2011
Nanotechnology

A new word in drug delivery and gene therapy: DNXomes

Nanoparticles capable of delivering drugs and small interfering RNAs to cells to suppress gene expression were called DNXOMES, because their building blocks are short chains of synthetic DNA.

25.04.2011
Biomedicine

Delivery of drugs in microcapsules from the customer's cells

Packaging of medicines in containers with a diameter of 1-2 microns, obtained from the membranes of the patient's own cells, will allow for targeted delivery of drugs and "deceive" the immune and excretory systems.

25.04.2011