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Prolonging youth

How Silicon Valley makes Death Optional (1)

The National Academy of Medicine will allocate at least $25 million for awards for breakthroughs in research on healthy longevity and the fight against aging.

18.04.2017

Other life sciences

How to become a cyborg in Russia

Both in Russia and abroad, it is very expensive to get a high-tech bionic prosthesis, and it is possible for a minimum number of potential users.

18.04.2017

Exhibitions and conferences

Biology is the science of the XXI century

The 21st International School Conference is being held in Pushchino from April 17 to 21 in the Large Conference Hall of the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

18.04.2017

Other life sciences

Gadget for official use

Verily Life Sciences– the biomedical branch of Alphabet, has introduced a smartwatch designed to collect data during clinical trials.

18.04.2017

Other life sciences

Castaneda Antidepressant

Hallucinogen, manufactured by shamans of Indian tribes, can positively affect the mood of people who are depressed, even a week after taking it.

18.04.2017

Healthy skepticism

Every sandpiper…

It is unlikely that the world scientific community was stirred up by the publication "once again to the question of ...", because the benefits of free radicals have been studied many, many times.

17.04.2017

Biomedicine

Hemophilia in Russia

President of the All–Russian Society of Hemophilia Yuri Zhulev - about the features of the disease, the problems associated with it, personal experience and progress in the treatment of hemophilia in Russia.

17.04.2017

Genetic engineering

DNA therapy stopped neurodegeneration in mice

The results of preclinical trials of therapy for two neurodegenerative diseases – spinocerebellar ataxia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have been published.

17.04.2017

Your health

Smartphones: safety precautions

American scientists have once again shown that smartphone owners begin to suffer from pain in the upper back and neck earlier than people who do not use gadgets.

17.04.2017

Biomedicine

When will the blind regain their sight?

Scientists around the world are puzzling over the solution to the problem of blindness – how to stop the loss of vision and how to return it to people who are already blind. And they are making significant progress.

17.04.2017

Genetics

Old age is not a joy

The search for genetic markers of Alzheimer's disease can be used in combination with cognitive tests to predict the possible risk of developing the disease early.

17.04.2017

Biomedicine

The Tangled Path of Alzheimer's Disease

In 2016, research teams managed to make some progress both in understanding the molecular foundations of Alzheimer's disease and in developing ways to combat it.

14.04.2017

Your health

Drugs in the kitchen

Food addiction has a lot in common with other addictions, including loss of control over consumption, inability to stop and the need to constantly increase the dose.

14.04.2017

Your health

Statistics confirmed the harm of trans fats

In areas that restricted the use of trans fats in cafes and restaurants, the number of heart attacks and strokes decreased compared to those where restrictions were not introduced.

14.04.2017

Other life sciences

A mechanical pump instead of a heart transplant

In almost 40% of cases, temporary implantation of a heart pump completely restores the cardiac function of patients with severe heart failure, eliminating the need for transplantation.

14.04.2017

Genetics

SHERLOCK won't miss a single mutation

Fast, inexpensive and highly accurate detection of nucleic acids will now be possible using the SHERLOCK method based on the operation of the CRISPR-Cas13a system.

14.04.2017

Prolonging youth

Once again about rejuvenation

Perhaps everyone who found the first wrinkle or the first gray hair, no, no, and thought about how great it would be if scientists came up with a cure for old age.

14.04.2017

Cellular technologies

Reprogrammed astrocytes against Parkinsonism

Reprogramming of astrocytes with the help of a gene therapy vector restored the ability of mice with Parkinson's disease to move independently.

13.04.2017

Other life sciences

Celiac disease can start with a virus

In people with a genetic predisposition, the virus works as a trigger, and everything begins, most likely, from early childhood, when the immune system is still being formed.

13.04.2017

Genetics

Paleogenomics News

Traces of the HERV-T retrovirus have been found in the DNA of primates, including humans. It was embedded in the DNA of our ancestors 30-40 million years ago and was neutralized about 10 million years ago.

13.04.2017