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Biomedicine

Progeria Pill

In patients who took lonafarnib for more than 11 years, the average life expectancy increased by 2.5 years compared to the placebo group.

24.11.2020
New in Gerontology

Epigenetics of aging

As we age, epigenetic labels in several parts of the genome of cells of the immune system change greatly in one direction or the other.

24.11.2020
Your health

Don't give up meat!

Vegetarians, pescetarians and especially vegans had a significantly higher risk of fractures than people who consumed meat.

24.11.2020
Nanotechnology

Brachytherapy for liver cancer

The BEBIG company became the first in Russia and the third in the world to launch the production and sale of microspheres based on yttrium-90.

23.11.2020
Biomedicine

Amyloid in the retina

Amyloid plaques appear in the retina long before the clinical manifestation of symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

23.11.2020
Genetics

A miracle from the point of view of science

The phenomenon of "miraculous cures" from cancer has been known for a long time, but it has not been possible to study the mechanisms underlying them for a long time.

23.11.2020
Other life sciences

There and back

At the beginning of this month, the Danish authorities began to destroy minks – and there are about 17 million of them in Denmark, more than three times more than the Danes themselves.

23.11.2020
Your health

Coronavirus testing

Excerpt from Irina Yakutenko's book "The virus that broke the planet. Why is SARS-CoV-2 so special and what should we do with it."

23.11.2020
Cellular technologies

The answer is in the mitochondria

The results of the creation of neurons from glial cells are significantly improved by correcting the profile of mitochondrial proteins.

20.11.2020
Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering against HIV

The new vaccination method quickly generates antibodies against different HIV strains and helps prevent infection.

20.11.2020
Prolonging youth

Rejuvenation with oxygen

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can stop the aging of blood cells in healthy elderly people and reverse this process.

20.11.2020
Nanotechnology

CRISPR against Cancer

Cas9 molecular scissors cut the DNA of cancer cells, thereby neutralizing them and permanently preventing replication.

20.11.2020
Other life sciences

How Melatonin Works

The mechanism of melatonin was studied using the example of C.elegans worms. The authors believe that melatonin acts in a similar way in humans.

20.11.2020
Nanotechnology

Bait for metastases

The work is based on the ability to attach drugs to red blood cells, which become almost ideal carriers.

20.11.2020
Nanotechnology

Nanocolloid Patch

The gelatin and cellulose material is able to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria and accelerate the healing process of wounds.

20.11.2020
Biomedicine

Cancer and vitamin D

Taking vitamin D reduces the risk of developing metastatic cancer by 17%, and among people with a normal body mass index – by 38%.

19.11.2020
Genetics

How viruses search for new hosts

Scientists have discovered a so-called overlapping gene in the coronavirus genome, which may be responsible for its interspecific spread.

19.11.2020
Biomedicine

Kill in the bud

Antibody therapy before beta-amyloid begins to form aggregations can significantly reduce the number of plaques at a later age.

19.11.2020