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New in Gerontology

White and brown fat operation switches

Researchers from England and the USA have described the mechanism of brown adipose tissue cleavage mediated by the activity of orexigenic neurons.

25.05.2017
New in Gerontology

Antibodies against the effects of menopause

An international team of scientists has discovered an antibody that suppresses both the main negative effects of menopause – obesity and osteoporosis.

25.05.2017
Other life sciences

Pheromones

Pheromones are invisible chemical signals between members of the same species. This is probably the most common way of communication in the animal kingdom.

25.05.2017
Other life sciences

Pour soda over the garden

The artificial sweetener erythritol, used in the production of carbonated beverages, turned out to be a powerful pesticide and a "contraceptive" for insects.

25.05.2017
Biomedicine

Will Zika cure cancer?

Researchers from the University of Cambridge hope that it will not be necessary to "remake" the virus in order for it to attack the tumor, it will do it itself.

24.05.2017
Biomedicine

Collaboration

Scientists at the State University of New York at Buffalo have proved that the triple action of a combination of antibiotics can become a new weapon in the war against superbugs.

24.05.2017
Other life sciences

"Noah's Ark" at Moscow State University

In the Center of Excellence in the Field of Biotechnology, Lomonosov Moscow State University opened a cryopreservation of plant cell and tissue cultures within the framework of the Noah's Ark project.

24.05.2017
Other life sciences

Pneumotachometer in a T-shirt

Researchers from the Canadian University of Laval have developed and tested a miniature flexible antenna that can measure the respiratory rate without contact with the body.

23.05.2017
Genetic engineering

Color Bacterial photo

Genetic engineers from MIT received color "photos" created by genetically modified bacteria on cups with a nutrient medium.

23.05.2017
Genetic engineering

"Zinc fingers" will correct diseased genes

A set of volunteers has been announced for a study in which patients with three hereditary diseases will receive genes of enzymes that they lack.

23.05.2017
Genetics

Forty new "intelligence genes"

The method of genome-wide association search revealed 52 genes (including 40 new ones) that play an important role in the development of intellectual abilities.

23.05.2017
Cellular technologies

Space mice

The radiation level on the ISS is 100 times higher than on Earth, but although radiation damages sperm DNA, it does not affect the viability of offspring.

23.05.2017
Genetic engineering

Thermogenetics instead of optogenetics

Russian scientists have developed a method of stimulating nerve cells with infrared radiation. To do this, they built snake thermoreceptors into the neurons of mice.

23.05.2017
Other life sciences

A pacemaker the size of a vitamin

The unprecedented small wireless Micra TPS heart rate driver has successfully passed an international multicenter clinical trial.

23.05.2017
Your health

An easy death

A filter with holes enriches the smoke with carcinogens, and smokers smoke longer and more often, which allows the smoke to penetrate into the deep parts of the lungs, where adenocarcinoma usually forms.

22.05.2017
Other life sciences

Optical diagnosis of skin cancer

A team of scientists and doctors from Samara tested a new method of early diagnosis of skin cancer using an original set of three new devices.

22.05.2017
Biotechnologies - into life

Voluntarily-forcibly

In many countries, mass genetic screening projects are already improving the situation with hereditary diseases. What are the prospects for such scenarios for Russia?

22.05.2017
Other life sciences

Patient, breathe!

The disadvantage of gas analyzers for use in medical practice can be considered their high cost and large size. Therefore, portable analysis systems are being developed.

22.05.2017
Other life sciences

Bad neighbors spoil the blood

In experiments on mice, American scientists have shown that leukemia (blood cancer) can occur due to mutations not only in hematopoietic cells, but also in their microenvironment.

22.05.2017