Life Sciences

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New in Gerontology

Let's postpone aging for later

Man has managed to postpone his biological aging for a decade. In the future, humanity is waiting for further progress in increasing the limits of healthy life expectancy.

31.05.2010
Other life sciences

The future belongs to synthetic antibodies

The ability to synthesize antibodies to the entire proteome of the human body will allow not only to study in detail the functioning of these proteins, but also to develop a huge number of new diagnostic tests.

31.05.2010
Nanotechnology

Nanotube Tattoo for Blood glucose monitoring

"Ink" from nanotubes suspended in solution will be injected under the skin of the patient's hand in the form of a kind of tattoo. The concentration of glucose in the blood will be shown by a sensor similar to a wristwatch.

31.05.2010
Biomedicine

Measles virus against brain cancer

The introduction of a modified measles virus into the bed of a brain tumor after its surgical removal will destroy residual cancer cells, which will soften the regimes of postoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

31.05.2010
Biomedicine

Blindness and liver: a link at the gene level

Defects in the gene encoding the protein synthesized in the liver significantly increase the risk of macular degeneration, a disease that is the most common cause of blindness in the elderly.

28.05.2010
Genetics

DNA itself regulates the frequency of mutations

The frequency of mutations is determined not by the localization of a DNA fragment on a chromosome, but by the features of the DNA sequence itself, in particular, the content of CpG duplets in it.

28.05.2010
Nanotechnology

The world of nanotechnology

A series of popular science lectures "The World of Nanotechnology" will be freely available on the websites of RUSNANO, BINOM publishing house. Laboratory of Knowledge" and on a number of other nanotechnology sites.

27.05.2010
Genetics

Disassemble the mouse into genes

The project participants intend to grow generations of mice with "switched off" or missing genes in order to establish how these genome changes affect the physiological and behavioral characteristics of animals.

27.05.2010
Cellular technologies

Teeth from stem cells in a different manner

The new technique will allow new teeth to be grown in place of lost teeth, not only looking good and performing their functions, but also, possibly, not wearing out throughout life.

27.05.2010
Prolonging youth

The best treatment for old age is prevention

The classic principle applies to biologically active additives, the intake of which can slow down the aging process: the disease (in this case, old age) is easier to prevent than to cure.

26.05.2010
Other life sciences

Cardioshock Therapy: now in America

Shock wave therapy, carried out with the help of a new Cardiospec device, effectively stimulates the growth of new blood vessels, restoring the normal level of blood supply to the heart and relieving pain.

25.05.2010
New in Gerontology

Vessels are to blame for senile muscle weakness

In old age, insulin ceases to have a vasodilating effect on the smallest muscle capillaries, which leads to a violation of protein synthesis and muscle tissue renewal processes.

24.05.2010
Genetic engineering

The synthetic genome works!

The culmination of the project, on which the specialists of the Craig Venter Institute have been working for 15 years, was the creation of the first cells whose vital activity is controlled by a fully synthetic genome.

24.05.2010
Cellular technologies

Neurons can be restored without stem cells

Full-fledged neurons can be obtained from astrocytes (structural nerve cells) directly in the brain of a person who has suffered a traumatic brain injury or stroke. Perhaps the same technology can be used to treat Parkinsonism.

20.05.2010
Other life sciences

Molecular Biology + Computers = Bioinformatics

M. Gelfand's lecture on bioinformatics – molecular biology, which people have learned to do not only in living beings, not only in test tubes, but also in a computer.

20.05.2010
Other life sciences

Implantable autonomous battery

The new biological element of the power supply works due to the enzymatic catalysis of glucose oxidation. The developers assure that the eternal biobataries can be put into production in the near future.

20.05.2010
Biomedicine

Viruses for cancer treatment: the first result

For the first time in clinical studies, the ability of genetically modified viruses to stabilize the growth of a cancerous tumor, cause its reduction and even completely destroy it has been demonstrated.

19.05.2010