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Other life sciences

Alcohol spoils the reward system

Under the influence of alcohol, dopaminergic neurons transmit stimuli associated with it as "useful", regardless of whether they coincide with the expected result or not.

10.03.2017
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy for "normal" embryos

Correction of genetic mutations in viable human embryos works more effectively than in "abnormal" embryos that geneticists have worked with before.

10.03.2017
Biomedicine

Managing Leukemia

The pill, which must be taken once a day, changed the meaning of the diagnosis of "chronic myeloid leukemia". Now this is not a sentence, but a disease that can be controlled.

10.03.2017
Genetic engineering

The Sc2.0 project continues to work

The international project to study the synthetic genome of yeast fungi has completed the primary processing and synthesis of five more chromosomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

10.03.2017
Nanotechnology

Inlaid with gold by DNA

The researchers demonstrated the process of creating an exact clathrate structure of unprecedented complexity based on gold nanoparticles and "glue" from DNA strands.

10.03.2017
Genetics

Bowel cancer, genes and lifestyle

Spanish scientists have concluded that lifestyle increases the risk of developing a malignant neoplasm of the large intestine to a greater extent than genetic mutations.

10.03.2017
Healthy skepticism

Perfume with pheromones? Doubtful…

A new study has confirmed that substances that, according to the statements of their defenders, increase sexual attractiveness, do not affect it at all.

10.03.2017
Other life sciences

Pills in the bracelet

Students of Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing a "smart" PillBand bracelet, with which the patient will not forget to take the necessary medications.

09.03.2017
Other life sciences

Martian potatoes

The results of an experiment on growing potatoes in conditions simulating Martian conditions turned out to be positive, according to the International Potato Center.

09.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells and neurodegenerative diseases (6)

Huntington's disease is a fatal disease, currently incurable. Stem cell therapy together with gene therapy can help in the fight against this disease.

09.03.2017
Your health

For the beautiful ladies?

A number of studies have shown that women who abuse alcohol for 4-5 years can cause the same damage to their body as men who drink for 20-25 years.

09.03.2017
Your health

Diseases of the cardiovascular system

This group of diseases remains not only the leading cause of death, but also the main reason why older people cannot tolerate physical activity.

07.03.2017
New in Gerontology

Progeria on a chip

An international group of scientists has developed an artificial organ that allows us to find out how vascular cells react to their contractions normally and in diseases.

07.03.2017
New in Gerontology

Sociality, neoteny and longevity

Naked diggers and humans have an important common feature: neoteny, i.e. developmental delay, leading to the preservation of a number of childhood and even embryonic traits in adults.

07.03.2017