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Cellular technologies

Myelinating cells of the highest quality

Having developed a technology for producing functional brain cells that produce myelin, which forms the insulating shell of neurons, scientists have brought the use of stem cells in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other myelopathies, as well as spinal cord injuries, closer.

04.09.2013
Biomedicine

Doping for lazy people

Under the influence of the drug SR9009, mice exhibit effects that are usually the result of intensive and systematic sports: rodents lose weight, their muscle volume and strength increase, they become able to run longer distances...

04.09.2013
Biomedicine

Flu shot: do no harm!

An experiment on piglets showed that vaccination against one strain of influenza can worsen the course of the disease caused by another strain of the virus.

04.09.2013
Grants and competitions

Milner Awards – 2014

Applications for scientific prizes established by Russian businessman Yuri Milner have begun to be accepted: for Fundamental Physics (Fundamental Physics Prize) and for breakthroughs in life sciences (Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences).

03.09.2013
Theories of aging

Aging and epigenetics: new data

An important role in the physiological aging of the cell belongs to epigenetic factors affecting chromatin – the structure that ensures the ordering of genetic material in the nucleus.

03.09.2013
Other life sciences

Alpha-synuclein rehabilitation?

It is generally accepted that Parkinson's disease is complicated by phosphorylation of the alpha-synuclein protein. Swiss neurophysiologists have managed to show that in fact this process protects the body from the progression of the disease.

03.09.2013
Grants and competitions

Postgraduate studies in Tübingen

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology and the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the University of Tübingen announce a competitive recruitment of German and foreign specialists for postgraduate studies (participation in the PhD program) in biology.

02.09.2013
Genetics

Has the culprit of Parkinson's disease been found?

In patients with Parkinson's disease, mutations in the Fbxo7 gene disrupt the mitophagy process, leading to the accumulation of dysfunctional mitochondria. This can explain, at least in part, the death of brain cells.

02.09.2013
Bioethics

Kidneys are expensive now

In India, kidney buyers will pay about $20,000. In China – $40,000 and even more. And a good healthy kidney from Israel costs 150,000. However, most sellers get from 1 to 10 thousand for their kidney.

02.09.2013
Prolonging youth

Polyamines against senile dementia

The addition of two polyamines to the diet of drosophila – spermidine and putrescine – prevents age-related memory deterioration. The researchers believe that their results can be transferred to humans with some caution.

02.09.2013
Prolonging youth

Do statins slow down aging?

Researchers from the University of Naples have shown that statins – drugs widely used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood – are able to slow down the aging process by reducing the rate of telomere shortening.

02.09.2013
Other life sciences

Diabetes and memory: new data

In patients with diabetes mellitus, the enzyme metalloproteinase-9 is activated, which reduces the production of neuroprotective substances and degeneration of the blood vessels of the brain develops.

30.08.2013
New in Gerontology

Another protein claims to be the head of memory

He has every reason to do so: firstly, the strength of memory depends on its presence in neurons, and secondly, its level decreases with age, which may explain the senile weakening of memory.

30.08.2013
Prolonging youth

No, life is not over at 31…

Maybe it's really time to get used to the fact that, as Katerina Tikhomirova said in the film "Moscow does not believe in tears", "life is just beginning at 40"?

30.08.2013
Other life sciences

Obesity is not dangerous for everyone

Obesity is closely associated with disorders such as metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, but with a "healthy" profile of inflammatory markers, even in overweight people, the risk of developing these pathologies is minimal.

30.08.2013