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Other life sciences

Coronary artery tomography predicts near death

The severity of calcification assessed by computed tomography – the deposition of insoluble calcium compounds – in the walls of the coronary arteries makes it possible to predict mortality from any cause with high accuracy over the next 15 years.

10.07.2015
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of congenital hearing loss

American scientists have developed and successfully tested on mice a gene therapy for deafness caused by mutations in the TMC1 gene encoding structural elements of auditory receptors.

10.07.2015
Biomedicine

Light therapy

The staff of the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich suggested activating chemotherapy drugs with the help of light. This will not only actively destroy tumor cells, but also reduce the degree of side effects.

10.07.2015
Genetics

DNA analysis will show the place of birth of the criminal

To select new, more reliable, informative and gender-independent markers, it will be necessary to collect extensive data on their distribution among different peoples, residents of regions and districts of Russia and Belarus, and, if possible, neighboring states.

09.07.2015
Biomedicine

Monocytes facilitate the manifestations of Alzheimer's disease

The introduction of a suspension of donor monocytes and a drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis ensures the normalization of immune responses in the brain of a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease and the weakening of the symptoms of the disease.

09.07.2015
Prolonging youth

Healing with young blood

Experiments on rodents using the blood of young animals for rejuvenation have shown excellent results – unfortunately, not always confirmed by other groups of scientists. But the study of the tempting method continues.

08.07.2015
Other life sciences

Limber Bionic Arm Prosthesis

The greatest advantage of this bionic hand is in the price. Incredibly, unlike other expensive myoelectric hands that use expensive computer systems, handiii uses a smartphone.

08.07.2015
Your health

Does the intestinal microflora make the gluttons weak and stupid?

Both high-fat and high-carbohydrate diets cause changes in the bacterial composition of the intestines of mice. It is possible that the noticeable decrease in mental and physical abilities occurring at the same time is caused by substances secreted by microbes.

08.07.2015
New in Gerontology

How do people age in their prime

Differences in the rate of aging of people manifest themselves already in young adulthood, and not only externally. The biological age of each of the nearly a thousand 38-year-old participants in the study of an international group of scientists ranged from 30 to almost 60 years.

08.07.2015
Note to the businessman

Bioengineering: sales growth forecast

The volume of sales of medicines of biological origin containing an analogue of the active substance of the original drug on the world market will increase from $20 billion, projected by the end of 2015, to $55 billion by 2020.

08.07.2015
Other life sciences

Genomics – astronomically big big data

Youtube, Twitter and other rapidly growing segments of the Internet have turned out to be dwarfs compared to genomic data banks, whose astronomical growth rates can cause a lot of problems with data storage

08.07.2015
New in Gerontology

Another reason for senile dementia

A protein that helps the immune system distinguish "its own" from "strangers", suppresses the appearance of new cells in the brain with age, impairing cognitive abilities.

08.07.2015
Your health

Why are men dying out

The gap between the life expectancy of men and women has not always existed: it was formed only in the twentieth century.

07.07.2015
Innovative Russia

The health of red blood cells will be checked by a laser

A graduate of the Lyceum at Bauman Moscow State Technical University has created an innovative device for conducting a rapid blood test for the elasticity of red blood cells – the main indicator of their health.

07.07.2015
Biomedicine

HIV vaccine: another hope

The experimental vaccine protected half of the experimental monkeys from SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus) – the "monkey" version of HIV. The authors of the study hope that a similar two-stage vaccination will be able to protect a person.

07.07.2015
Genetic engineering

Mosquitoes-"pests" have confirmed their effectiveness

The population of carriers of pathogens of various fevers in the area where male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with an embedded gene causing early death of offspring were released into the wild decreased by 95%.

07.07.2015
New in Gerontology

Latent viruses reduce life expectancy

The new theory of "micro-competition" describes the role of latent viral infections in shortening telomeres and, accordingly, in reducing life expectancy.

07.07.2015
Grants and competitions

Postgraduate studies in Norway

The University of Oslo accepts applications for participation in the grant competition for postgraduate studies on the topic "Molecular genetics of plants".

06.07.2015