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New in Gerontology

Cellular aging: from physiology to pathology

Physiological aging of cells does not cause aging of the body. First of all, it is a mechanism for removing unnecessary cells, but it can also act as a "double-edged sword" for the body.

16.07.2014
Your health

Another mechanism linking stress and obesity

Stresses that occur during the day before eating high-calorie and fat-rich foods can slow down metabolism and possibly contribute to the appearance of fat deposits.

15.07.2014
Biomedicine

Microchip for differential diagnosis of diabetes

A portable device based on a biochip will make it possible to reduce the cost and speed up the differential diagnosis of the type of diabetes mellitus, as well as to study the processes underlying its development.

15.07.2014
Other life sciences

About love, gluttony and other drugs

The neurochemical processes that occur with drug addiction are similar to those that occur with romantic love, Internet addiction or a tendency to overeating.

15.07.2014
Other life sciences

What is huntingtin for?

Mutation in the huntingtin gene leads to the development of severe neurodegenerative disease. But the normal form of this protein is necessary for the proper adjustment of interneuronal connections in the developing brain.

15.07.2014
Biomedicine

With a kind word and a gun...

Plasters and medications in the fight against smoking can achieve more than just medications.

14.07.2014
Biomedicine

Targeted drugs in oncology

Biophysicist Nikolay Borisov – about personalized medicine, targeted medicines, classes of medicines and breast cancer.

14.07.2014
Your health

A horror story about palm oil

One of the typical horror stories, which are used for selfish purposes, was again voiced by the media a few weeks ago. They began to scare us with palm oil, which is supposedly very harmful and dangerous.

14.07.2014
Healthy skepticism

Redheads, don't worry, you won't die out

The plot about the "disappearance of the red gene" as a result of global warming is a hyped sensation advertising genetic testing. Red hair isn't going anywhere.

11.07.2014
Genetics

What mutations lead to lung cancer in non-smokers?

A Russian participant in the project to create a genetic atlas of cancer spoke about the study of the molecular picture of a type of lung cancer that is not associated with smoking – lung adenocarcinoma.

11.07.2014
Biomedicine

Antitumor drugs in your first aid kit

An increasing amount of data suggests that widely used inexpensive drugs exhibit antitumor effects and can be used as part of complex cancer therapy.

11.07.2014
Healthy skepticism

From vegetarian cuisine to vegetarian water

According to the advertisement, the device with advanced multi-stage filtration technology based on "non-electric gravity" (!) removes 99.9% of bacteria and viruses, and the buyer receives "clean, safe and vegetarian water".

11.07.2014
Genetic engineering

Pharmaceutical factories on a Brazilian farm

Chinyu and Camila became the founders of two lines of transgenic goats. They have already had offspring who have successfully inherited the ability to produce human protein important for hematopoiesis.

10.07.2014
Controversial

My telomeres are getting longer... longer... even longer…

"If you had told me ten years ago that meditation would become one of the areas of my work, I would have decided that one of us is definitely crazy," Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn told the New York Times in 2007.

10.07.2014
Other life sciences

Multiple Sclerosis Treatment: SOX10 – another hope

Identification of the SOX10 transcription factor in human brain cells, which initiates the process of myelination of nerve fibers, brings scientists closer to the possibility of treating multiple sclerosis by transplanting brain cells synthesizing myelin to patients.

09.07.2014
Your health

How many years does obesity shorten life?

The number of lost years of life in people with pathological obesity, depending on BMI, ranges from 6.5 to 13.7 years. The increased mortality in this group is mainly due to heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

09.07.2014