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Prolonging youth

How to rejuvenate an aged thymus gland

With the help of a single genetic switch, it was possible to restore the thymus - thymus gland in old mice, which normally degenerates with age.

10.04.2014
Cellular technologies

Stem cells helped to recover after stroke

The introduction of donor stem cells into damaged areas of the brain significantly improved the functional state of stroke patients.

10.04.2014
Various

The life line crept up

Over the past 20 years – from 1994 to 2013 - the average life expectancy in the country has increased by more than six years. But this is, firstly, statistics, and secondly, even if we believe it, in fact we have returned to the indicators of 1964.

09.04.2014
Biomedicine

Achievements of antitumor immunotherapy

Unlike chemo- and radiotherapy, immunotherapeutic agents stimulate the body's own immune mechanisms, enhancing its ability to fight tumors.

09.04.2014
Controversial

Obokata does not give up

Japanese female scientist Haruko Obokata, the creator of "acidic" stem cells, around which a scandal broke out due to suspicions of falsification of scientific data, does not agree with the conclusions about the falsification of experiments.

09.04.2014
New in Gerontology

Don't keep parrots in solitary confinement

Jacko's parrots have once again confirmed that social stress has a bad effect on the state of chromosomes. If these very sociable birds were kept singly, then the telomeric sections of their chromosomes shortened faster than expected.

08.04.2014
Your health

Do not confuse the pool with the toilet!

Diarrhea is not the only consequence of non–compliance with hygiene rules by bathers. When sweat and urine come into contact with reagents used to disinfect swimming pools, dangerous toxic substances are formed.

08.04.2014
Innovative Russia

Medicines under contract

After the adoption of the Pharma 2020 program, a number of foreign companies invested in the construction of their own factories in Russia, others began to look for local partners for production, and others began to conclude licensing agreements for the joint delivery of products to the market.

08.04.2014
Prolonging youth

Aging markers are needed for testing geroprotectors

Scientists do not want to conduct clinical trials that will take 30 years and wait for the participants of the experiment to die. Therefore, one of the main problems of geneticists today is the lack of good markers of aging to determine the effect of drugs.

08.04.2014
Nanotechnology

Grind cancer cells

To induce a cancer cell to kill itself, it is necessary to destroy its lysosomes with the help of nanoparticles spinning in a magnetic field.

07.04.2014
Other life sciences

How to restore smoky lungs?

To restore the structure and function of lung tissue disrupted by tobacco smoke, PPAR-gamma cellular receptors should be activated.

04.04.2014
Note to the businessman

"Smart pills" at a low start

According to the results of a new study by Frost & Sullivan "Innovations in Smart Pills" (Innovations in Smart Pills), a boom in this market is expected in the next 5-6 years.

04.04.2014
Grants and competitions

RUSNANOPRIZE 2014

In 2014, the RUSNANOPRIZE prize will be awarded for works in the field of optics and electronics. The monetary part of the award is 3 million rubles (about 85 thousand dollars).

04.04.2014
Various

For prolonging life!

The main objective of the III International Conference "Genetics of Aging and Longevity", its organizers – the charity foundation "Science for Life Extension" – consider an increase in human life expectancy.

03.04.2014