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Genetics

Not exactly identical twins

With the help of careful genetic analysis, it is possible to accurately distinguish the DNA of identical twins.

12.12.2013
Cellular technologies

The victory over HIV is postponed

The experiment ended in failure, during which it was supposed to completely cure two HIV-infected people, repeating (albeit with significant changes in the protocol) the "Berlin patient method".

11.12.2013
Nanotechnology

Antifungal nanofibers from plastic waste

Self-assembling nanofibers based on polyethylene terephthalate are safe for humans and effectively destroy pathogenic fungi without causing drug resistance in them.

11.12.2013
Healthy skepticism

Down with the tyrants!

Nobel laureate Randy Shekman said that his laboratory will no longer send articles to Nature, Cell and Science, because they distort science. These are the "tyrants" who need to be thrown off the throne!

11.12.2013
Cellular technologies

Intestinal stem cells? As many as you want!

Currently, the authors of a technique that allows growing an unlimited number of intestinal stem cells are working on creating intestinal tissues for transplantation and developing new methods for quickly checking the effect of drugs on its cells.

11.12.2013
Various

The Nobel Prize Ceremony

On December 10, the day of memory of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish and Norwegian capitals hosted the next ceremony of awarding the most prestigious prize in the scientific world, bearing his name.

11.12.2013
Grants and competitions

Summer School in Lausanne

University students studying biology, physics, chemistry, bioengineering, computer disciplines and planning to specialize further in the "Life sciences" are invited to participate in the competition.

10.12.2013
Genetic engineering

Genetically modified plants – now in Russia

The Russian government has decided to allow genetically modified grain seeds to be used in agriculture. The first GM crop to be harvested in Russia in 2016-2017 will be soybeans.

10.12.2013
Cellular technologies

A bioprinter? No, "bioruchka"!

A new technique that stimulates the regeneration of damaged tissues will simplify recovery after severe injuries.

09.12.2013
Your health

A healthy lifestyle is not for us

Someone will say that it has been fashionable for ten years to be "healthy and rich, not poor and sick," but this is not so.

09.12.2013
New in Gerontology

Aging options: a slice of the evolutionary tree

Getting old is not necessarily becoming decrepit and waiting for the last breath. Scientists have found animals that only get stronger with age and can be considered immortal.

09.12.2013
Your health

Should genetic testing be banned at home?

Scott Diehl, a long-time opponent of the use of genetic tests, director of the Center for Pharmacogenomics and the Study of Complex Diseases at Rutgers University, is confident that the FDA's decision to ban the 23andMe genetic test is justified.

09.12.2013
Innovative Russia

Zvorykin Prize – 2013: results

The main event of the All-Russian Innovation Convention was the summing up of the competition of youth innovative projects "Zvorykin Prize". Experts identified five laureates who received 1 million rubles each for the implementation of their developments.

09.12.2013
Your health

Masturbation Rehabilitation

Masturbation protects the genitourinary system from cancer and infectious diseases, and also, perhaps, normalizes the work of the immune system – unless, of course, you engage in it with manic obsession.

06.12.2013
Other life sciences

Human evolution: the more we know…

The new success of geneticists – deciphering the mitochondrial DNA of a hominin that lived on the territory of present–day Spain 300-400 thousand years ago - further confused the human pedigree.

06.12.2013
Other life sciences

Man and his microbes: we are together!

In the body of an adult, on average, there are ten times more bacteria than our own cells. In fact, bacteria form a full-fledged organ in our body.

06.12.2013