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Nobel 2009: more than for "aging and cancer"

The discoveries of today's Nobelists are presented through the winning theme of cancer and aging. Today it is clear that telomeres and telomerase are not directly related to aging. But these discoveries turned a new page in the history of science.

06.10.2009
Genetic engineering

DNA synthesis was put on the conveyor

Potential buyers of serial synthetic DNA are industrial chemical and pharmaceutical companies, as well as academic institutions. This promises a gradual transfer to the industrial rails of not just biotechnologies, but their youngest part – synthetic biology.

06.10.2009
Biomedicine

Male contraception: just one shot

Most hormonal contraceptives are designed for women. The new contraceptive will be taken by men, and not in the form of pills, but in the form of injections twice a month.

06.10.2009
Cellular technologies

Stem cell banking: current issues

An international symposium "Topical issues of donor and personal storage of stem cells" was held in Moscow.

06.10.2009
Nanotechnology

Nanoparticles in medicine and pharmaceuticals

There are 5 main areas of application of nanotechnology in medicine and pharmaceuticals: drug delivery, new methods and treatments based on nanoparticles, in vivo and in vitro diagnostics, medical implants.

05.10.2009
New in Gerontology

Why do muscles age and how to deal with it

Researchers from the USA and Denmark have identified the main causes of muscle weakness in the elderly and have shown that the natural aging process of muscle tissue can be slowed down.

01.10.2009
Nanotechnology

Prospects of nanotechnology

Nanomedicine and, more broadly, nanobiotechnology are the leading directions in the nanotechnology complex. Nanomedics and nanobiologists are expected to get rid of all diseases almost soon and invent a recipe for eternal youth.

29.09.2009
Nanotechnology

Nanoproducts: beware of fakes!

Manufacturers assign the brand "nanoproduct" even to those products that have nothing to do with nanotechnology or, conversely, hide that the composition of the product or its packaging includes nanoparticles with unconfirmed safety for humans and the environment.

29.09.2009
Genetics

Semen or Semenya: problems of choosing a sex

The activity with which the media were sucking up the issue of the gender of the South African runner Caster Semenya prompted The Scientist magazine to publish an article about the difficulties of sexual development.

29.09.2009
Biomedicine

Self-repair of the brain

The damaged part of the brain is not able to grow back. But the brain is sometimes able to transform existing tissue, forming unique structures and paving new neural pathways.

28.09.2009
Biomedicine

The near future of medicine: an optimistic scenario

In the next 20-30 years, telemedicine and robotics in healthcare, technologies for replacing human organs with artificial ones, effective methods of treating cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, personalized medicine and gene therapy will become the most widespread. Life expectancy will reach 100-120 years. But this is not the limit.

28.09.2009
Genetics

Genes of Chelyabinsk champions

Employees of UralGUFC are working on the creation of a complex of genetic tests, with the help of which a person can identify the makings for the manifestation of certain physical qualities, such as speed, strength, endurance.

25.09.2009
Bioethics

Transplantologists continue to smear tar

Alexander Komolov, head of the Kryvyi Rih Forensic Examination Bureau: "At first they offered me "kickbacks", then they broke my legs, and now they have opened a criminal case against me for violating the procedure of transplantation."

25.09.2009
Prolonging youth

The Cure for Old Age live

The Trendonomics program (Finam FM) will talk about the cure for aging today. Ilya Polessky and three scientists are in the live broadcast studio.

23.09.2009
Biomedicine

Protein clumping, dementia and death

One of the causes of motor neuron disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and a number of other neurodegenerative diseases is the adhesion of protein molecules into globules that destroy neurons.

18.09.2009
Biomedicine

Cannabinoid Controversy

Receptors binding tetrahydrocannabinol – the active ingredient of marijuana – are a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, but conflicting data on their presence on neurons hinder the development of new drugs.

18.09.2009