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Prolonging youth

Work prolongs life

Early retirement can be a risk factor for premature death, and working at retirement age, on the contrary, increases the survival rate of older people.

29.04.2016
Genetics

Twins, triplets and mom's genes

Scientists have identified two single-nucleotide polymorphisms, the presence of each of which increases a woman's chances of a multiple pregnancy by almost a third.

29.04.2016
Other life sciences

DNA for Microsoft

Microsoft is purchasing 10 million strands of synthetic DNA to test whether it is suitable for long-term storage of information.

29.04.2016
Other life sciences

Chronic inflammation tricks stem cells

Through the effects of interleukin-1, chronic inflammation causes hematopoietic stem cells to produce aggressive immune cells, to the detriment of the functioning of the blood system as a whole.

28.04.2016
Your health

Caution: holinolytics!

Elderly people taking drugs of the class of cholinolytics (anticholinergetics) leads to metabolic and structural changes in the brain, which entails the development of cognitive function disorders.

28.04.2016
Genetic engineering

CRISPR awaiting approval in Europe

The US Department of Agriculture has not included the varieties obtained using this technology in the category of GMOs. European regulatory structures intend to make a decision on this issue within a year.

28.04.2016
Cloning

Cloned tumors

Two students from the University of North Dakota have come up with a system for cloning tumors that will help select drugs for the individual treatment of cancer patients.

28.04.2016
Other life sciences

Fireflies – prototype of LCD diplays

Researchers from the Korean Institute of Science and Technology, following the principles of bionics, designed organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) based on the cuticle of fireflies.

27.04.2016
Biomedicine

AACR – 2016 Conference

The topic of individual cancer vaccines was in the spotlight at the annual conference of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

27.04.2016
Healthy skepticism

Happiness for everyone and for nothing

To make the vague prospects quite dizzying, sensational forecasts are regularly made about the imminent immortality, space tourism for several thousand dollars and the "death of hydrocarbons in 15 years."

27.04.2016
Biomedicine

microRNA against myeloid leukemia

A severe malignant blood disease known as acute myeloid leukemia can be cured by increasing the activity of a certain type of microRNA

27.04.2016
Nanotechnology

DNA Nanothermometers

Miniature (5 nm long and 20,000 times thinner than a hair) high-precision thermometers will be useful not only for studying the work of cells, but also for the development of microcircuits.

27.04.2016
Genetic engineering

Contactless control of gene expression

Biochemists from MIT have developed a system that allows you to track or control the expression of certain genes without affecting the genome itself.

27.04.2016
Genetics

New application of the CRISPR-Cas9 system

Molecular biologists from the Netherlands Institute of Cancer Research have tested the effectiveness of a new method for identifying vital genes based on the CRISPR-Cas9 system.

26.04.2016
Other life sciences

Cell membranes in silico

Computer modeling of the reactions of cell membranes to drug and toxin molecules will allow calculating the effect of drugs on cells in advance, without experiments.

26.04.2016
Biomedicine

Mechanisms of action of antibiotics

Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Andrey Konevega - on the mechanism of action of ribosomes, the apparatus of protein biosynthesis and resistance of bacterial strains to antibiotics.

26.04.2016
Controversial

Is brain death not the end yet?

Bioquark has launched the ReAnima project to explore the potential of biomedical technologies for "resuscitation" of the brain of people in a state of brain death.

26.04.2016