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Genetics

Our unknown cousin

A refined DNA analysis of the Denisovans showed that they interbred not only with Neanderthals and our direct ancestors, but also with a hitherto unknown extinct population of ancient people who lived in Asia more than 30 thousand years ago.

22.11.2013
Various

Eternal life for the eternal president

According to his former personal doctor, the aging Great Leader of North Korea, Kim Il Sung, was obsessed with the idea of immortality.

22.11.2013
Biomedicine

A heart surgeon to himself

A specialist in boilers and pipes suffering from Marfan syndrome gave a curious idea to cardiac surgeons. As a result, he survived himself and helped others.

21.11.2013
Biomedicine

When will a healthy person have a heart attack or stroke?

The risk scale, developed by American cardiologists, quite accurately determines from a conventional clinical blood test how long a person will live before fatal problems with the heart and blood vessels.

21.11.2013
Healthy skepticism

Narcotic active additives

The FDA warns: "natural" dietary supplements for appetite reduction contain a substance similar in structure and action to the drug amphetamine.

21.11.2013
Cellular technologies

The race for the heart from the printer

Most researchers do not expect the appearance of real whole hearts printed on a 3D printer in the next 10-15 years, but the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute hopes to implement its project within a decade.

21.11.2013
New in Gerontology

Unemployment ages men

The status of unemployed for a long (more than two years) period accelerates the aging of men at the DNA level.

21.11.2013
Grants and competitions

EuroTransBio Grants – 2014

The Eurotransbio project is designed to finance projects in the field of biotechnology in all areas accepted by EU standards to support small enterprises and stimulate them for trans-European cooperation.

20.11.2013
Other life sciences

Keep the tumor warm

A cancerous tumor grows faster and meets less resistance from the immune system if the body has to live at a low, uncomfortable temperature for it.

20.11.2013
Nanotechnology

How to create a molecular machine without the help of a living cell?

Lecture by V.A.Avetisov, Doctor of Physico-Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of the Theory of Complex Systems of the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Molecular Machines: what is it and how to make them"?

20.11.2013
Genetic engineering

Hemophilia gene therapy was tested on dogs

This is the first time that hemophilia has been cured in large laboratory animals by delivering a gene to blood cells. The authors of the study expect that their method will be the first step towards the clinical practice of treating hemophilia in patients.

20.11.2013
Your health

Predisposition to hypertension: simple (and pleasant :) test

The risk of hypertension increases significantly if people blushing from alcohol consume more than four doses of alcohol per week. Among those who are not covered with spots, the risk increases when taking more than eight doses per week.

20.11.2013
Note to the businessman

How successful are billionaires' investments in startups

Many entrepreneurs from the Forbes list have made a lot of money on venture projects. However, much more often venture investments of Forbes list members are loud PR and a graveyard of innovative projects.

20.11.2013
Your health

Do not rush to wash your face with bleach!

Despite the optimistic research results, scientists categorically forbade the use of bleach at home, since the incorrect concentration of the solution can lead to severe burns.

19.11.2013
Prolonging youth

Gastric bypass surgery – a method of rejuvenation?

In the most "severe" patients after gastric bypass surgery, not only weight loss and improvement of these tests were revealed, but also a significant increase in telomere length.

19.11.2013
Genetics

Heavy lungs

Half a century ago, the life expectancy of patients with cystic fibrosis – a rare hereditary disease – was about 30 years, but modern treatment can significantly prolong and make a full-fledged life of a person with a "breakdown" of the 7th chromosome.

19.11.2013