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New in Gerontology

Dementia gives up on education

Among the elderly participants of the Framingham Heart Study program from 1977 to 2008, the incidence of dementia decreased by 20% over 10 years, but only in people with completed secondary education.

20.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells and neurodegenerative diseases (7)

Three-dimensional cultures and organoids have made it possible to achieve great achievements in reproducing the process of brain development, including complex intercellular interactions.

17.03.2017
Other life sciences

Physical education on the couch

During the procedure, the patient stands, sits or lies on a device with a vibrating platform. The mechanism passes energy through the body, and the muscles contract and relax.

17.03.2017
Biomedicine

The test strip will determine the blood type

Chinese scientists have developed a one-time rapid paper-based test that allows determining a person's blood type and Rh factor with an accuracy of more than 99.9 percent.

17.03.2017
Note to the businessman

Indicators of innovation activity

Business innovation activity in Russia continued to decline in 2015: innovation costs in all industries, except telecom and IT, decreased by 10.5% in 1995 prices.

16.03.2017
Other life sciences

A new method of storing donor lungs

The cross-circulation platform allows not only to preserve the viability of donor lungs, but also to restore their functional disorders.

16.03.2017
Biomedicine

Ammonia and cardiovascular diseases

A study conducted at the University of Missouri at Columbia has shown that ammonia can play an important role in maintaining the health of the cardiovascular system.

16.03.2017
Innovative Russia

Unavailable marker

Novosibirsk researchers have found a way to diagnose malignant tumors at an early stage at the molecular genetic level. But there is no money for its implementation.

16.03.2017
Genetics

Paanah here…

In the genome of the average resident of Russia, the genes of "indigenous" Russians occupy only the third place after representatives of Western Europe, Belarus and Ukraine.

16.03.2017
Other life sciences

Glowing bacteria will help measure radioactivity

Siberian biophysicists conducted an experimental study of the biological effect of low-dose gamma radiation. The test organism was the luminous bacteria Photobacterium phosphoreum

15.03.2017
Genetics

Cell model helped to find anorexia gene

An international team of scientists has created the first "cellular" model of anorexia nervosa and concluded that the disease is associated with increased expression of the TACR1 gene.

15.03.2017
Genetic engineering

Instead of complete blindness – "chicken"

The removal of the Nrl gene in mice doomed to complete blindness led to the transformation of rods into cone analogues. As a result, the mice lost their night vision, but retained their daytime vision.

15.03.2017
New in Gerontology

All geroprotectors in one database

The largest database of promising chemical compounds and drugs with geroprotective properties will help in improving existing and discovering new drugs in this category.

14.03.2017
Genetic engineering

Distance learning for biohackers

The French Center for Interdisciplinary Research, with the participation of other institutions, has launched free online courses in English on synthetic biology for everyone.

14.03.2017