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Genetics

Marital happiness depends on genes

The emotional satisfaction of each spouse with the relationship in marriage depends on the variant of the gene present in them that regulates the transfer of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

09.10.2013
Healthy skepticism

The "Grubber" on a global scale

Do you remember the famous scandal with the article "The Grubber"? A similar experiment on a much larger scale was conducted in international journals. Horror-horror-horror...

08.10.2013
Other life sciences

Obesity is "good" and "bad"

Overweight, which is fraught with diabetes and heart problems, is accompanied by the accumulation of fat in the liver and sluggish inflammation, which is triggered by abdominal fat cells. But what in this case is the cause and what is the consequence, scientists have yet to find out.

08.10.2013
Other life sciences

Nobel Bubbles

The secretary of the Nobel Committee, who by tradition has to announce the laureates in all languages that Nobel spoke, speaking in Russian, mentioned "bubble transport". In fact, in Russian scientific terminology, the concept of "vesicular transport" has long existed.

08.10.2013
Genetics

Don't be afraid of genetics!

Academician Scriabin – about genetic tests, implanted microchips, genetically modified products and what to really be afraid of.

07.10.2013
Other life sciences

Fat- burning fats

Scientists from Texas Tech University have shown that one of the polyunsaturated fatty acids – linoleic acid – stimulates metabolism and helps reduce fat accumulation.

04.10.2013
Bioethics

Gene ethics

In modern science, some genetic studies are taboo, because, firstly, society has not yet recovered from recent historical traumas, and secondly, people cannot (or do not want to) distinguish between scientific data and their public interpretation.

04.10.2013
Your health

Cancer protection: prevention and early diagnosis

Cancer can be defeated only under one indispensable condition: identify at the preclinical stage. What prevents this in Russia? What should be done to overcome these obstacles?

04.10.2013
Cellular technologies

Magnetized neural stem cells

Scientists have developed a technique for safely obtaining neural stem cells from the ventricles of the brain using magnetic nanoparticles coated with antibodies that bind to the membrane proteins of such cells.

04.10.2013
Grants and competitions

Winter School at the biostation of the University of Helsinki

The Finnish Center for International Mobility invites young researchers from Russia and Ukraine to participate in the 18th Winter School at the Biological Station of the University of Helsinki (March 3-8, 2014).

03.10.2013
Your health

Those who go to bed…

If you are over 45 and you sleep less than six or more than ten hours a day, then along with a nervous breakdown you can get problems with the heart, blood vessels and metabolism.

03.10.2013
Other life sciences

Mouse tears

The tears of mice contain the peptide ESP22, which plays the role of an anti-pheromone and signals to adult males that the animal is not yet ready for reproductive activity.

03.10.2013
Healthy skepticism

Kazakh lawmakers banned cloning of people

Legislators who have decided to ban human cloning in the Republic of Kazakhstan are also offered to introduce articles in the Criminal Code on the prohibition of communication with aliens, exceeding the speed of light, intimate relations with yetis and growing grain on the Moon.

03.10.2013
Biomedicine

Pharmacological protection against HIV infection

A vaginal ring with an antiretroviral drug has shown 100% effectiveness in protecting macaques from the monkey immunodeficiency virus. The first human trials will begin soon.

03.10.2013