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New in Gerontology

Telomere length, late delivery and longevity

Geneticists have found new evidence that a woman's life expectancy, as well as the time of birth of her last child, is reflected in the length of telomeres.

08.12.2016
Other life sciences

Lunch with an exoskeleton

For the first time, an international group of researchers used an exoskeleton with a neurointerface to restore the working capacity of the limbs of partially paralyzed patients.

08.12.2016
Your health

The coolest glutton

An enthusiastic absorption of food at a festive table or at a friendly party can say more about your ego than about the quality of the dishes – especially if you are a man.

08.12.2016
Nanotechnology

Electrical DNA

DNA consisting of guanine-cytosine pairs can interact with silver nanoparticles and "take" the atoms of this metal. Thus, its metallization occurs.

08.12.2016
Cellular technologies

The Golden Mean

Understanding how telomere length is regulated is an important step towards realizing the long-promised stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine

07.12.2016
Other life sciences

So far inaccurate medicine

A personalized approach to the prevention and treatment of diseases is a global trend in healthcare. The general methods of treatment are being replaced by individual therapy.

07.12.2016
Biomedicine

How to treat cardiovascular diseases?

Currently, there are three areas in which research or treatment in this area is being conducted: the use of recombinant proteins, cellular and gene therapy.

07.12.2016
Other life sciences

The Cellular Atlas project has been launched

At a meeting of the American Society of Cell Biology, scientists announced the launch of the "Cell Atlas" – an open database of high-resolution images taken with microscopes.

07.12.2016
Theories of aging

Is it possible to program aging (5)

Some of the ideas supposedly explaining programmed aging include concepts of kin selection, often taking into account the spatial dimension.

06.12.2016
Other life sciences

Microflora and parkinsonism

Bacteria were to blame for the incurable and massive death of brain cells in Parkinsonism: neurodegenerative disease was associated with the activity of the intestinal microflora.

06.12.2016
Your health

One cigarette is enough

Those who smoked less than one cigarette a day, as it turned out, were characterized by a 9 times greater risk of dying from lung cancer than those who had never smoked.

06.12.2016
Healthy skepticism

We breed suckers according to Hahnemann

The publication of the winner of the "Educator" Prize Asi Kazantseva, which appeared in "Around the World", led to the fact that the "National Council for Homeopathy" decided to sue the magazine.

05.12.2016
Prolonging youth

Biomarkers of anti-aging gene therapy

A more detailed study of the results of the effects of gene therapy on E. Parrish's body suggests a real decrease in her biological age.

05.12.2016
Nanotechnology

Nanoimplant for precise drug delivery

The implant ensures the uniform release of drugs for several days to two weeks, without creating significant concentrations of the drug throughout the body.

05.12.2016
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of pseudoarthrosis

KFU scientists for the first time in the world applied the method of gene therapy in a patient with a so-called false joint, which is formed at the site of a long-existing dislocation or fracture.

05.12.2016
Prolonging youth

Geroscope – automated search for geroprotectors

Russian scientists from MIPT, in collaboration with the company Insilico Medicine, developed an algorithm for searching for geroprotectors and tested ten substances found with its help.

02.12.2016
Cellular technologies

Russian scientists have grown the retina of the eye

The development will allow treating patients, for example, with macular degeneration – a disease that is one of the most common causes of blindness in people over 55 years old.

02.12.2016
Biomedicine

A patch for the prevention of thrombosis

The "smart patch" reacts to an increase in the concentration of thrombin in the patient's blood by releasing heparin, preventing the formation of blood clots and the development of vascular thrombosis.

02.12.2016
Your health

Once again about the dangers of soda

The probability of prediabetes in Americans who drank about a jar of sugar-containing beverages per day was 46% higher than in those who did not drink them at all or rarely drank.

02.12.2016