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Your health

Is it possible to dissolve a blood clot?

Every year, more people die from venous thromboembolism than from AIDS, breast and prostate cancer and car accidents combined. But recently, doctors have learned to prevent this life-threatening situation.

13.05.2014
New in Gerontology

Growth, the FOXO3 gene and longevity

Scientists led by Professor Bradley Wilcox of the University of Hawaii managed to trace the relationship between human growth, the "long-lived" allele of the FOXO3 gene and life expectancy.

13.05.2014
Exhibitions and conferences

All-Russian Congress of Transplantologists

From May 28 to May 30, the VII All-Russian Congress of Transplantologists will be held in Moscow at the Federal State Budgetary Institution of the Federal Scientific Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs named after Academician V.I. Shumakov of the Ministry of Health of Russia.

13.05.2014
Other life sciences

Luke Skywalker's Prosthetic

With the help of a prosthesis named after the hero of "Star Wars", 90% of the test participants were able to perform complex manipulations, for example, use keys and a lighter, eat on their own and comb their hair.

13.05.2014
Innovative Russia

Patient Robots

The Kazan company "Eidos-Medicine" produces a number of simulators and simulators designed to train doctors. Among them is a robot simulator of the patient ENSIM-RP.01, which allows you to teach assistance in emergency situations.

12.05.2014
Other life sciences

"Junk" DNA is dangerous for the heart

A group of scientists from the Medical school of the University of Washington found out that long stretches of DNA, also called "junk", have an impact on the development of cardiovascular diseases.

12.05.2014
Biotechnologies - into life

Each one has a genome

Perm entrepreneurs invest in ensuring that everyone has their own decoded genome at an affordable price.

12.05.2014
Theories of aging

The free radical debate continues

According to new data, free radicals not only do not accelerate the aging process, but also increase life expectancy.

12.05.2014
Genetic engineering

Baboons have lived with pig hearts for almost two years

Thanks to a combination of three genetic modifications and an improved immunosuppression protocol, researchers were able to achieve an unprecedented survival of pig hearts in baboons for almost 600 days.

12.05.2014
Cellular technologies

Bone marrow on a chip

The new bioengineering development reproduces the structure, functions and cellular composition of the bone marrow, which will allow studying the effect of drugs, toxic compounds and radioactive radiation on the bone marrow without the use of animals.

08.05.2014
Biomedicine

Depression? Chew the mushrooms!

Specialists from the psychiatric clinic at the University of Zurich have once again confirmed that psilocybin in small doses improves the mood of healthy volunteers. The authors plan to test the results on patients with depression.

08.05.2014
Your health

Men's Health Week

The main theme of this year's Men's Health Week will be... male bravery. After all, it is often the avoidance of problems and the fear of discussing them even with a doctor that becomes the main reason for the destruction of family relationships.

08.05.2014
Genetic engineering

The first living organism with three pairs of DNA bases

For the first time, scientists were able to obtain a culture of living cells with six "letters" of DNA instead of four. Cells with a six-letter genetic code function in the same way as normal ones.

08.05.2014
Exhibitions and conferences

International Conference FiztehBio – 2014

The IV annual International Scientific and Practical conference of FIZTECHBIO will be held on May 29-30, 2014 at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Moscow Region, Dolgoprudny, Institutsky Lane, 9).

08.05.2014
Exhibitions and conferences

Therapy of the future

The Hypercube of the Skolkovo Innovation Center will host the international conference "Therapy of the Future" on May 26-28, 2014.

07.05.2014
Prolonging youth

Experimental drug increases the lifespan of mice

Researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in the process of physiological aging, and have developed an experimental drug that suppresses the activity of this protein.

07.05.2014
Various

STAP cells remain in question

A special committee of the RIKEN Institute investigating the scandal around stem STAP cells sees no reason to re-examine "acid cells".

07.05.2014