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New in Gerontology

Difficulties of finding the pill of immortality (4)

The FDA recently approved a study Targeting Aging With Metformin to evaluate metformin as a geroprotector. About 3,000 people will take part in the project.

08.09.2016

Biomedicine

Melanoma medicine is being tested on volunteers

Pevonedistat (pevonedistat) is a selective inhibitor of the Nedd8–activating enzyme, was developed in 2015 and is currently undergoing clinical trials.

08.09.2016

Genetics

Eh, the relief of the musculature…

A group of French geneticists found out that some of the viral genes embedded in human DNA many years ago may be responsible for gaining muscle mass in males.

08.09.2016

Biomedicine

"Smoke detector" for early cancer diagnosis

The new test detects cancer by reacting to "smoke" – mutant proteins on the surface of red blood cells, the number of which increases by an order of magnitude in the presence of cancer pathology.

08.09.2016

Other life sciences

Proteomics for criminology

Biologists from the United States have learned to almost accurately determine a person's identity by the proteins contained in his hair, even several centuries after his death.

08.09.2016

Biomedicine

A way to fight a deadly form of cancer has been found

The new drug slightly increases the survival rate of patients with severe pancreatic cancer, but can prolong the life of individuals for several years.

08.09.2016

Your health

A new threat posed by antibiotics has been identified

Scientists have found that the use of antibiotics at an early age dramatically increases the chances of getting allergic diseases in the future.

08.09.2016

New in Gerontology

Difficulties of finding the pill of immortality (3)

The mechanisms of prolonging life under the action of rapamycin are hotly discussed in the biology of aging. It is extremely important that its effect is observed in mice with different genotypes.

07.09.2016

Genetic engineering

On-line lectures about GMOs and not only about them

An entry has been opened for free online courses on GMOs - one of the first available to a wide audience in the world and the first in Russian. And more – about biosensors, gemology…

07.09.2016

Genetic engineering

Historical moment

The matter is rather in the historical component: the cabbage tasted had a genome edited using CRISPR-Cas9 technology.

07.09.2016

Biomedicine

Healthy microflora helps antiretroviral therapy

Scientists from the University of Valencia have shown that HIV-infected patients with healthy intestinal microflora respond better to antiretroviral therapy.

07.09.2016

Genetics

Archived transposons

So that mobile genetic elements – transposons – do not spoil the necessary genes, the cell constantly keeps the "jumping DNA" in a tightly packed state.

07.09.2016

Various

Air conditioning suit

Clothing made of self-cooling fabric allows you to lower the body surface temperature by 2.2 degrees compared to clothing made of cotton fabric.

07.09.2016

Other life sciences

Barrier contraception without a condom

The first such contraceptive may appear on the market in the near future. About what methods were used before and what methods are being developed now – in this material.

07.09.2016

New in Gerontology

Difficulties of finding the pill of immortality (2)

For the primary screening of small molecules as potential geroprotectors, it is customary to use short-lived invertebrate models, such as nematodes and fruit flies.

06.09.2016

Other life sciences

Biologists have assembled an inhibitor molecule for leukemic cells

A group of scientists from Finland and China has designed an inhibitor molecule for a protein that accelerates the development of acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.

06.09.2016

Note to the businessman

Genetic tests in Russia

Not only end-users, but also corporations and states are interested in genetic technologies. What is the structure and prospects of the market for services related to genetic analysis?

06.09.2016

Genetics

Glioma was replaced

The cell line, often used in the study of brain cancer, has nothing in common with the original one. However, cells from the American collection of typical cultures are probably also derived from human glioma.

06.09.2016

Biomedicine

Live laser for cancer diagnosis

To visualize the tumor, after injecting harmless indocyanine green, highlight the skin area with a conventional laser and look at it in the infrared range.

06.09.2016

Innovative Russia

Biotech in Russia

Some finalists of the Formula Biotech-2016 program have already made their first sales. Others are still undergoing the certification procedure and are finalizing their product.

06.09.2016