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Controversial

Resveratrol case: investigation continues

Despite the initial optimism, it was not possible to get unambiguous results with resveratrol, and his adventures in modern biology can pull on a small, but extremely confusing detective series.

14.05.2014
Nanotechnology

Radiation, chemical and biological protection beetles

Researchers from South Korea have created tiny flexible electronic devices that can be attached to living creatures, including insects and plants. Live sensors will be able to detect various chemicals and monitor the state of the environment.

14.05.2014
Prolonging youth

MitoQ rejuvenates the circulatory system

The arteries of mice whose age corresponded to human 70-80 years, after a month's course of the antioxidant MitoQ functioned as well as the arteries of mice whose age corresponded to 25-35 years of human age.

14.05.2014
Nanotechnology

Drinkable Book – a book for water purification

One sheet of the "drinking book" is designed to purify up to one hundred liters of water, which covers a person's monthly need, and the whole book can supply a person with drinking water for a year and a half.

14.05.2014
Biomedicine

Pork bladder helps muscle regeneration

Surgical implantation of the extracellular matrix of the porcine bladder in another clinical study provided strengthening and partial regeneration of injured leg muscles in three out of five patients.

14.05.2014
Grants and competitions

Subsidies for young St. Petersburg scientists

The Committee on Science and Higher Education announces a competitive selection for the provision of subsidies in 2014 to young scientists, young candidates of sciences of universities, industry and academic institutions located in St. Petersburg.

13.05.2014
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