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Your health

How to treat the liver

Bella Lurie, member of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, head of the hepatological center " <url>" – on how to remove fat from the liver, how to prevent the formation of cirrhosis and whether to be afraid of viral hepatitis.

04.04.2016
Other life sciences

Tau protein and memory: new data

The results of a new study suggest that the KIBRA protein may be the missing link between tau protein and memory loss in Alzheimer's disease.

04.04.2016
Other life sciences

Life - saving slush

In a cave near Krasnoyarsk, scientists have discovered bacteria that can become a source of new antibiotics.

04.04.2016
Cellular technologies

Real artificial leather

Japanese biologists for the first time created a full-fledged artificial skin using reprogrammed stem cells and so-called embryoid bodies that they grew from these cells.

04.04.2016
Other life sciences

Gel for male contraception

The gel injected into the vas deferens provides long-term and potentially reversible contraception, but so far only in rabbits.

01.04.2016
Genetic engineering

Programming language for DNA

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a DNA programming language that will allow a person without advanced knowledge of biology to create bacteria with the desired properties.

01.04.2016
Various

Washing is no longer required

The nanocoating developed by Australian researchers allows the fabric to self-clean whenever light rays hit its surface.

01.04.2016
Your health

Embryos-smokers

Smoking during pregnancy leads to changes in the work of more than six thousand DNA sites as a result of the appearance of special chemical "tags" on the surface of proteins in which our genetic code is packed.

01.04.2016
New in Gerontology

Biomarkers of aging

Biologist Alexey Moskalev – about the signs of aging, biological age and the study of centenarians.

31.03.2016
Bioethics

To die comfortably

American scientists conducted a review of the literature on death and dying, and as a result identified 11 main signs of a good (as comfortable as possible for a person) death.

31.03.2016
Various

Almost like a living thing

Sophia differs from the previous androids of Hanson Robotics by significantly improved facial expressions and speech communication skills. However, there was an annoying embarrassment with speech communication at the presentation…

31.03.2016
Your health

The same from the face

Quite often you can hear that now there are only "generics" everywhere instead of medicines. What is it? What is the difference between a generic and a biosimilar?

31.03.2016
Genetics

How Diet affected Genes

Researchers have discovered a gene whose different variants (alleles) favor a vegetarian diet in the population of India or are adapted to a fish diet in the indigenous population of Greenland.

30.03.2016
Prolonging youth

How to stop aging

Aging can be treated – this formulation is not as absurd as it may seem. The scientific director of Gero, Peter Fedichev, talks about the fight against aging.

30.03.2016
Innovative Russia

Pharma’s cool – 2016

Pharma's cool – 2016 program is dedicated to the research and development of new medicines, the basics of their commercialization and trends in the biotechnology market.

30.03.2016
Various

Cyborg Olympiad

The first ever Cyborg Olympiad (Zurich, October 2016) is designed for people with disabilities who are forced to use various types of prostheses.

30.03.2016