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Other life sciences

Death in installments

A method to stop the self-destruction program in human cells will help in the creation of cancer drugs.

06.03.2018
Other life sciences

Neurons have changed their profession

Experiments on rodents demonstrated the plasticity of the brain, allowing sensory neurons to "teach" the activity of motor neurons.

06.03.2018
Cellular technologies

ADHD in vitro

On the cell culture obtained from a woman with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, it will be possible to study this pathology.

05.03.2018
Various

Employers, do not be stingy!

An increase in wages by only $ 1 per hour led to a reduction in absences due to illness by a third.

05.03.2018
Other life sciences

Five types of diabetes

It is customary to talk about two types of diabetes mellitus. But experts believe that in reality there may be much more.

05.03.2018
Genetic engineering

RNA therapy for lung cancer

Reducing the activity of RNA molecules made it possible to cure lung cancer in mice. And this is only part of the results obtained in the course of a large study.

05.03.2018
Genetic engineering

DNA is like a flash drive

The growing volume of digital information encourages scientists to look for more compact ways to record and store it. And what could be more compact than DNA?

02.03.2018
Genetics

Genomics in the Cloud

On February 28, Microsoft announced the opening of access to the Microsoft Genomics service, which was the result of Microsoft's work in this important area.

02.03.2018
Various

Elderly and beautiful

Our older women are constantly compared with European women. They say that those in the West grow old beautiful and fit, but ours are all horror and darkness.

02.03.2018
Genetics

Relatives in the 65th generation

Geneticists have "grown" a record-breaking large family tree, uniting approximately 13 million inhabitants of different continents.

02.03.2018
New in Gerontology

Dementia prognosis

People with advanced retinopathy are more prone to memory loss and dementia than those whose eyes were completely healthy.

02.03.2018
Other life sciences

Is humanity degenerating?

Selection has not stopped – it has become weaker, but it has not disappeared and will not disappear as long as we live in our biological bodies, and have not turned into robots.

01.03.2018
Other life sciences

Cats of March

The first period of the rut of cats living in temperate latitudes falls on March, when the sun begins to shine longer and stronger

01.03.2018
Genetics

Passport for a newborn

It is possible that soon every person at birth will receive a genetic map with a prognosis of the risk of developing diseases.

01.03.2018
Genetic engineering

We cripple one, treat the other

Damage to a gene that suppresses the work of enzymes that break down "bad" cholesterol and fats cured mice of atherosclerosis.

01.03.2018
Healthy skepticism

Pacifiers on pharmacy shelves

A list of ten dummy medications that should be discarded. Surely you've heard of them, and maybe you've used them.

01.03.2018
Other life sciences

What is psilocybin for?

With the help of psilocin (a precursor of psilocybin), mushrooms discourage the appetite of those who feed on them or compete with them for resources.

01.03.2018
Other life sciences

Cells on video

Scientists have developed a method of ultra-high-resolution optical microscopy, which allows to obtain video images of moving cells.

01.03.2018