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Genetics

Not like everyone else

Of the 207 genes associated with aging and longevity, 23 in bats do not work in the same way as in other long-lived mammals.

11.06.2019
Your health

Is there or is there not?

The authors of the meta-analysis found no evidence that eating breakfast leads to weight loss, and skipping it leads to gaining kilograms.

10.06.2019
Biomedicine

Diabetes and vitamin D

Taking large amounts of fish oil or other forms of vitamin D does not protect a person from developing type 2 diabetes.

10.06.2019
Healthy skepticism

Fortune-telling on gene grounds

This is how medical geneticist Evgeny Ginter responded about the plans of the Ministry of Defense to determine the suitability for service in certain branches of the armed forces by analyzing genes.

10.06.2019
Genetics

"Varicose veins genes"

Scientists have identified nine genes and two proteins that varicose veins are associated with and that can become targets for drugs.

10.06.2019
Other life sciences

Learning is light!

A high level of education has a positive effect on the functioning of the cardiovascular system.

07.06.2019
New in Gerontology

Turning age

In cultures of myocytes of people over 50, candidates for geroprotectors normalized the activity of 46% of "aged" genes.

07.06.2019
Genetics

Such different mutations

Cells of normal tissues contain a mosaic of mutations that continue to develop throughout life.

07.06.2019
Bioethics

Three -parent rights

Examples of the birth of "three-parent" children in nature will help solve the ethical problems of "test tube children".

07.06.2019
Other life sciences

Age mosaicism

Not only neurons, but also many cells in various organs are not updated from the very beginning of life.

07.06.2019
Various

Pharmacoeconomics won

Pfizer management found it unprofitable to conduct clinical trials of a potential drug for Alzheimer's disease.

07.06.2019
Other life sciences

Pharmacokinetics and microflora

Scientists from Yale University have proved the important role of intestinal microorganisms in the biotransformation of certain drugs.

06.06.2019
Cellular technologies

He is small though…

In six months, the cellular diversity of the human cerebral cortex was formed in the organoids.

06.06.2019
Genetic engineering

A breakthrough in genetics

A group of scientists from Harvard has successfully made changes to the genes of stem cells without removing them from the body.

06.06.2019
Biomedicine

Made in Shanghai

Clinical trials of a vaccine against norovirus have begun in China. According to experts, its effectiveness can be 80-90%

05.06.2019
Genetics

How to cut the R-loop

R-loops (DNA and RNA hybrids) often cause breaks in DNA and thereby provoke genomic instability.

05.06.2019