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New in Gerontology

Aging of the brain can be compensated

Old age impairs memory and slows down cognitive skills, however, a new study has shown that the brain has significant potential to reduce these effects.

16.09.2016
Bioethics

Is it possible to plan a healthy person?

A new medical service is being actively promoted in Russia – DNA testing for parents, which allows predicting diseases in an unborn child.

15.09.2016
Various

Robbery in Italian

In Italy, 14 thousand DNA samples collected to study the secrets of longevity were stolen from a laboratory. The Italian prosecutor's office is investigating.

15.09.2016
Prolonging youth

Naked diggers settled in Moscow State University

On the basis of the first colony of Cape naked diggers in Russia, biologists will study the secrets of their longevity and try to transfer them to the human population.

15.09.2016
Cellular technologies

Partial parthenogenesis

It was not eggs that were fertilized, but parthenogenetic embryos that began to develop. Mice that were born in such a strange way successfully multiplied.

15.09.2016
Various

Do you want to become a bone marrow donor?

Then this Friday do not drink alcohol and do not eat fat, because on Saturday at the Hematology Research Center in Moscow and in forty other cities of Russia – donor Day.

15.09.2016
Nanotechnology

Caution: nanofibers!

FEFU scientists have come to the conclusion that carbon nanofibers, unlike nanotubes, reduce the behavioral functions and cognitive activity of experimental animals.

15.09.2016
Various

Whoever pays, orders the results

In addition to other compromising documents, correspondence between the Sugar Association and one of the leaders of a study on coronary heart disease fell into the hands of scientists.

14.09.2016
Other life sciences

Monkeys print Shakespeare

The monkeys were shown excerpts of texts from the New York Times and Hamlet on the screen, and they had to reprint them by selecting letters with the cursor on the on-screen keyboard.

14.09.2016
Other life sciences

Watson-Oncologist is available in China

"Hangzhou Cognitive Care is ready to offer the IBM Watson for oncology service to every oncologist in China," says the executive director of this company, Zhen Tu.

14.09.2016
Theories of aging

Are transposons another cause of aging?

The two most popular theories of aging are the accumulation of reactive oxygen species in cells and the shortening of telomeres. It seems that another theory has been added to the list – the transposon theory.

14.09.2016
New in Gerontology

Difficulties of finding the pill of immortality (7)

The destruction of cells that have entered the phase of physiological aging with the help of senolytics reduces the manifestations of decrepitude and increases the duration of a healthy life.

13.09.2016
Other life sciences

He is his own physiotherapist

A new self-applied method of electrical stimulation of the muscles of a paralyzed arm improves the mobility of the hands in stroke patients.

13.09.2016
Healthy skepticism

Why you shouldn't believe new medical research

Out of 101 of the published promising treatments and medical technologies, only 5 have entered the market. And only 1 of them has been actively used for at least 20 years.

13.09.2016
Other life sciences

Wound healing plasma

Irradiation of cells with cold plasma leads to their regeneration and "rejuvenation". This phenomenon can be used in the development of a course of plasma therapy for non-healing wounds.

13.09.2016
Innovative Russia

The best venture investor will be named in October

According to the Regulations, applicants are selected on the basis of statistical data from the Survey of the Russian Direct and Venture Investment Market conducted annually by the RAVI.

13.09.2016