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Prolonging youth

Alternatives to death

How does modern molecular biology look at the phenomenon of aging? How are they trying to study aging, are there any hopes for slowing down or even stopping this process?

14.06.2016
Other life sciences

Accounting with calculation

The main goal of the Human Proteome project is to inventory the proteins of the human body and find out the interactions between them.

14.06.2016
Genetic engineering

Flash drives in a test tube

Scientists from Harvard University using CRISPR technology encoded 100 bytes of information in the genome of E.coli bacteria. But this is just the beginning...

14.06.2016
Cellular technologies

Resetting the immune system

A radical approach to the treatment of multiple sclerosis involves the complete destruction of the existing immune system and its reinstallation with the help of stem cells.

14.06.2016
Genetics

Double-bottom DNA

Physicists have confirmed the long-standing hypothesis that there is a "second layer of information" in the genetic code: the mechanical properties of DNA determine how the sequence of nucleotides will be read.

14.06.2016
Your health

Dental care – cancer prevention

Daily brushing of teeth and a visit to the dentist once a year can reduce the risk of developing certain types of head and neck cancer.

10.06.2016
Biomedicine

The success of cancer immunotherapy

New immunopreparations in combination with traditional chemotherapy increase the survival rate of patients with late stages of poorly treatable tumors of various localization.

10.06.2016
Cellular technologies

IPSC according to the "gold standard"

Russian scientists have proved that stem cells obtained from ordinary cells of the body by reprogramming almost do not differ from the reference ones.

10.06.2016
Genetic engineering

A new method of gene therapy

A group of scientists has proposed a new method for solving one of the problems of gene therapy – how to ensure that the main part of the work of the organ is performed by genetically modified cells.

10.06.2016
Other life sciences

Anal sphincter made of magnetic beads

Magnetic anal sphincters were implanted in American patients for the first time. Four people with chronic fecal incontinence received the devices.

09.06.2016
Cellular technologies

Mitochondrial donation recognized as safe

Scientists have managed to dramatically reduce the number of "sick" mitochondria transferred together with the egg nucleus, as well as to increase the survival rate of embryos by more than 2 times.

09.06.2016
Cellular technologies

Cellular medicine will defeat incurable diseases

The law "On Biomedical Cell Products" will create a new kind of medical industry aimed at restoring the structures and functions of human tissues and organs.

09.06.2016
Genetic engineering

DNA instead of a hard drive

With the help of DNA, you can pack billions of gigabytes in the volume of a sugar cube. Magnetic tapes, the densest of modern data storage environments, hold 10 gigabytes in the same volume.

09.06.2016
Various

GMO ban in Russia is approaching

In addition to scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences, one (!) State Duma deputy, Andrei Tumanov, opposed the ban on GMOs. He believes that Russian society has become a victim of black PR and is little familiar with the essence of genetic engineering.

09.06.2016
Other life sciences

Scientists have described the microbiome of blood

Microbes are present in the blood of healthy people and patients with various diseases. In schizophrenia, the microbial composition of the blood is highly diverse.

09.06.2016
Genetics

"Genes of winners"

Genetic differences can partially predict a person's life success, although, of course, many other factors have an impact on the life path of an individual.

09.06.2016
New in Gerontology

Eggs age from hypoxia

American scientists have found out the molecular mechanism of aging of human eggs. It turned out to be associated with hypoxia of the surrounding tissues.

08.06.2016