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Cellular technologies

A billion liver cells can be made from 1 liter of fat

The human liver contains about 200 billion cells. But in the body, cells will multiply, and eventually their number will reach 100 billion, and this is enough for regeneration. This procedure can replace the transplantation of a donor liver.

22.10.2013
Prolonging youth

To keep your mind clear, you need to study in old age

Not all classes help elderly people to keep their wits sharp, but only those that force them to do something fundamentally new, changing their lifestyle - for example, taking a photography course.

22.10.2013
Other life sciences

Antiretroviral milk

American scientists have discovered a protein in breast milk that "does not let" the human immunodeficiency virus into the body of infants. Tenascin-C may become one of the drugs for the prevention of AIDS.

22.10.2013
Cellular technologies

Test Tube hair

American scientists have created a method of treating baldness without hair transplantation – by growing new hair follicles.

22.10.2013
Nanotechnology

Super nano-anti-oxidant

Perhaps cerium oxide superantioxidants will help in the treatment of traumatic brain injuries, cardiac arrest and Alzheimer's disease, protect against the side effects of radiotherapy, cosmic radiation and even slow down the aging process.

21.10.2013
Various

Two extra years of life for 143 million

If new medicines received faster access to the market and were more accessible to the population, then the average life expectancy in Russia could increase by 2.1 years.

21.10.2013
Prolonging youth

Hematopoietic Cell Aging Switch

Scientists from the University of Ulm (Germany) have discovered a molecular switch in blood stem cells that may be the key to slowing down the aging process.

21.10.2013
Bioethics

"Three-parent" children: the discussion continues

On October 22, FDA experts will discuss whether to allow clinical trials of a new assisted reproductive technology that should help women with genetic defects in mitochondrial DNA.

21.10.2013
Genetics

Let's check the biological clock

A new method for determining the biological age of human tissues is based on measuring the level of DNA methylation. According to this method, cancer cells are older than healthy ones, and breast tissue ages faster than the rest of the body.

21.10.2013
Biomedicine

Antihypertensive drugs protect against dementia

The results of an analysis of data on almost 3,000 elderly Americans indicate that taking certain medications to control blood pressure may reduce the risk of developing dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease.

21.10.2013
Cellular technologies

The pancreas is small, but almost real

A group of scientists from the University of Copenhagen has developed an innovative 3D method for growing the pancreas from progenitor cells.

21.10.2013
Nanotechnology

The Magic Nanolab

"Magic Laboratory" is a series of 12 five–minute cartoons devoted to various aspects of the application of nanotechnology.

18.10.2013
Grants and competitions

Postgraduate study in Mainz

The Institute of Molecular Biology (Mainz, Germany) accepts applications for participation in the international PhD program. The fellows will work as part of research groups conducting research on a wide range of biological and related disciplines.

18.10.2013
Biomedicine

Vaccines against the immunodeficiency virus: from monkeys to humans

At the AIDS Vaccine 2013 conference, three groups of researchers reported on the results of testing vaccines against the monkey immunodeficiency virus based on genetically modified harmless viruses with "monkey AIDS" proteins embedded in the shell.

18.10.2013
Genetics

Geneticists-criminologists

Three DNA laboratories of the Investigative Committee in 2013 established the involvement of 626 persons in crimes, and also identified the identity of 257 unidentified corpses. Soon there will be 3 more such laboratories in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

18.10.2013
New in Gerontology

Depression literally breaks the hearts of old people

According to the results of a recent study, depression in elderly men is a significant risk factor for death from coronary heart disease. This pattern does not apply to women.

18.10.2013
Genetic engineering

A new word in the treatment of hypertension?

A bioengineered device capable of automatically lowering blood pressure when dopamine, the "pleasure hormone," is released, opens the way to the creation of fundamentally new strategies for the treatment of hypertension.

17.10.2013
Biomedicine

Bacteriophages against Clostridium

Viruses infecting the bacterium Clostridium difficile, resistant to most antibiotics, are effective against 90% of clinically significant strains of this dangerous intestinal infection.

17.10.2013