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Bioethics

Driving to suicide

The deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Affairs said that the surge in suicides among cancer patients is associated with an exacerbation of mental disorders, and not with the difficulties of obtaining analgesics. One of these "crazy people" left a note: "I ask you not to blame anyone, except the Ministry of Health and the government."

26.03.2014
Exhibitions and conferences

Sochi 2014: Genetics of aging and longevity

On April 6-10, 2014, Sochi will host an event that can change the life of every person – the international conference "Genetics of Aging and Longevity".

26.03.2014
Genetics

Transcriptomics will help in the treatment of periodontitis

A new approach to the classification of periodontitis, based not on clinical manifestations and symptoms, but on the analysis of gene activity in the affected tissues, will allow for earlier diagnosis and more individualized therapy.

25.03.2014
Other life sciences

Atherosclerosis: another target for preventive drugs

As shown by researchers from the USA and Sweden, the key substance in the prevention of atherosclerosis of the arteries is an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 2B. This fact will allow us to develop fundamentally new pharmacological agents for the prevention of cardiovascular pathology.

24.03.2014
Genetics

Preventive genetics is not a luxury

Genetic diseases must be prevented. Did the participants of the round table "Preventive genetics – luxury or the key to the health of Russians" talk about this?

24.03.2014
Cellular technologies

DIY: Stem cells from a drop of blood

A new method of creating induced pluripotent stem cells from a drop of capillary blood obtained with a finger prick allows donors to independently prepare blood samples and send them to the laboratory for processing.

24.03.2014
New in Gerontology

Aging brain needs REST

Active in the period of intrauterine development, the REST gene protects neurons from stressful influences in the later stages of life, and a decrease in its expression in old age is associated with Alzheimer's disease.

24.03.2014
Genetics

Genetics knocks on the doors of operating rooms

Contrary to the popular opinion that genetics is a "guest from the future", the RNC is confident and successfully proves that this science has already become a powerful help for surgeons today.

24.03.2014
Other life sciences

A peptide in an hour

MIT scientists have adapted the synthesis reactions of short (from 30-40 amino acids) proteins in such a way that the entire peptide can be assembled not in a few weeks, but in a little more than an hour.

21.03.2014
Other life sciences

Three-dimensional printing in medicine

Many people say that three-dimensional printing will radically change our lives, allowing people to create the things they need in everyday life. Perhaps this is still a long way off, but in one area 3D technologies have definitely made a revolution - in medicine.

21.03.2014
Your health

Khaki gum

The US Military Institute of Surgical Research has begun testing a product called "combat gum", created specifically to prevent oral diseases in the US military.

21.03.2014
Other life sciences

Chocolate without bacteria is a waste of money

Intestinal bacteria break down the polyphenols contained in chocolate to smaller and easily absorbed molecules with anti-inflammatory properties, which have a beneficial effect on the heart and blood vessels.

21.03.2014
Other life sciences

Watson continues to investigate

Twenty patients suffering from an aggressive form of brain cancer will soon have another member of the medical team serving them. In this role, the artificial intelligence of the famous Watson supercomputer will act.

21.03.2014
Cellular technologies

New hydrogel for myocardial repair

Tropoelastin-based hydrogel meets all the requirements for use in myocardial regeneration in terms of elasticity and resistance to loads. The "patches" grown on it are able to shrink not only in laboratory conditions, but also in the heart of the experimental animal.

20.03.2014