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Controversial

George Church's sensational statement

At a conference dedicated to ethical and technological issues of genome editing, he expressed confidence that in five years modern advances in genetics will help reverse the process of human aging.

09.12.2015
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy restores immunity in severe congenital pathology

The new method of gene therapy makes it possible to update the immune system of children and young adults with an X-linked form of severe combined immunodeficiency – a hereditary disease that mainly affects male infants.

08.12.2015
Biotechnologies - into life

How to wake up silent genes?

About the key epigenetic mechanisms, the most interesting from the point of view of the prospects of drug intervention in their regulation.

08.12.2015
Other life sciences

Unreliable telomeres

Studies conducted by scientists at St. Petersburg State University have shown that telomeres are one of the most unstable sequences in the genome.

08.12.2015
Biomedicine

To victory over troubles

"Scientific foundations of the effectiveness and safety of medicines" – this is the topic of the regular session of the General Meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Our materials tell about the problems that are planned to be discussed at this forum.

08.12.2015
Genetic engineering

Editing human genes: take your time!

The participants of the summit of leading scientists from the UK, USA and China considered it premature to introduce technologies for editing the genes of a child before his birth.

08.12.2015
Prolonging youth

Epigenomics of longevity

A detailed study of the epigenome gives biologists the opportunity to get out of the fog of numerous theories of aging and more accurately understand the root causes of this phenomenon, as well as age-related diseases.

07.12.2015
Nanotechnology

Bomb the tumor

Liposomal nanobombs, which explode under the action of infrared radiation, make it possible to deliver RNA-based anticancer drugs to cancer cells.

07.12.2015
Genetics

Obesity caused epigenetic changes in sperm

Healthy men and obese patients have a large number of epigenetic differences in all body tissues, including sperm. The latter can directly lead to the transmission of the tendency to obesity to children.

07.12.2015
Theories of aging

Aging of cells and aging of the body

More and more data indicate that aging is not the result of a harmful program, but a consequence of excesses in the work of mechanisms that, with moderate activity, are beneficial.

04.12.2015
Prolonging youth

Another potential geroprotector

The antidepressant mianserin increases the total lifespan of C.elegans nematodes by a third, mainly due to the "young adult" phase.

04.12.2015
Nanotechnology

Stroke diagnosis: fast, simple and convenient

A new technique based on the detection of biomarkers contained in the blood makes it possible to diagnose a stroke at the patient's bedside in less than 10 minutes.

03.12.2015
Genetics

Have the tardigrades been slandered?

Biologists from the University of Edinburgh have discovered that the massive borrowing of foreign genes, traces of which were recently allegedly found in the genome of slow walkers, may actually be the result of pollution.

03.12.2015
Note to the businessman

Immunotherapeutic drugs: growth forecast

According to the forecast of the research company "MarketsandMarkets", the average annual growth rate of the global market of drugs for immunotherapy in the near future will be 12.8% and by 2020 will reach $73.5 billion.

03.12.2015
Other life sciences

Mikhail Gelfand: "Science benefits by its very existence"

A well-known Russian bioinformatician told how to understand biology using a computer, answered the question whether it is possible to clone a mammoth, and explained how the interaction of science and society is similar to the relationship of aphids and ants.

03.12.2015
New in Gerontology

Thirty Aging Genes

Worms, fish and mice have only 30 common genes that significantly affect the aging process. Disabling one of them increased the average life expectancy of nematodes to 25%.

03.12.2015