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Other life sciences

Autoimmune Parkinson's disease

An autoimmune reaction to alpha–synuclein contributes to the development of Parkinson's disease, one of the most common age–related neurodegenerative diseases.

26.06.2017
Prolonging youth

Cephalosporin against senile dementia

NSU scientists have studied the effect of ceftriaxone on rats with genetically determined accelerated aging for the correction of cognitive impairment.

26.06.2017
Healthy skepticism

NASA vs. Gwyneth Paltrow

In the XXI century, the problem of wide-ranging hoeing of a sucker is associated with the inability to keep it a secret from those whose good name you are trying to hide behind.

26.06.2017
Cloning

Human cloning: difficulties and prospects

Cloning people has become a popular science fiction plot, and we have already despaired of waiting for it to step off the pages and screens into real life.

26.06.2017
Cloning

Test tube calves

New technologies, such as embryo transplantation or cloning, can make it possible to update the herd in a short time, increase the productivity of farm animals.

26.06.2017
Genetics

Sequencing in Siberia

Researchers of the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS will take part in an international project on sequencing the genomes of all eukaryotic species.

26.06.2017
Various

Noble robbers do not give up

The founder of the Sci-Hub service: "In a sense, the decision of the American court even pleased me, as it highlights the insanity that is happening in the West."

26.06.2017
Other life sciences

In one quadrillionth of a second

Researchers from ITMO have created a femtosecond camera that allows you to shoot everything that happens inside living cells with great speed.

26.06.2017
Theories of aging

Longevity and fertility

According to one of the ancient hypotheses of the nature of aging, due to some fundamental limitation of their resources, organisms can either live a long time or multiply a lot.

26.06.2017
Various

The grapes are green :(

Valery Spiridonov: I don't consider working with Kanavero to be the main project of my life. Anyone who considers my activities worthy of support can help me financially.

23.06.2017
New in Gerontology

The Killer Chromosome

Do you think it's only men who live less than women? Tell this to the mantis, he will laugh. Although no, he has nothing to laugh at, his head was eaten by a female after intercourse.

23.06.2017
New in Gerontology

Push back the border?

According to the authors of the new study, despite the aging of the world's population, the boundary of old age is moving away, which radically changes demographic forecasts.

23.06.2017
Genetics

Heart disease and sexual selection

Geneticists have uncovered a link between coronary heart disease and the success of procreation, which explains why heart and vascular problems are the main cause of death today.

23.06.2017
Your health

"BLOW" for stroke diagnosis

Is it possible without medical education to quickly recognize the signs of the onset of a stroke in an outsider? Can. For this, there is a mnemonic rule BLOW.

23.06.2017
Genetic engineering

How GM Viruses Fight Bacteria

At the CRISPR Congress 2017 conference, specialists of biotech companies presented new developments in the field of bacteriophage treatment.

23.06.2017
Genetic engineering

Accordion made of DNA

American biochemists have learned how to weave DNA strands into a kind of "accordion", which one day can be used in biological computers.

23.06.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cell therapy can be harmful

Therapy with mesenchymal stem cells may not only not help, but also aggravate the situation in the treatment of patients with heart diseases.

22.06.2017
Grants and competitions

Magistracy in Dolgoprudny

Applications for admission to the 1st year of the Master's degree of the interfaculty Department "Innovative Pharmacy, Medical Technology and Biotechnology" are accepted until July 26.

22.06.2017
Genetics

From polygenomics to omnigenomics

Instead of spending resources on analyzing increasingly large samples of patients, scientists suggest focusing on deciphering intracellular regulatory networks.

22.06.2017