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Other life sciences

How chromosomes are protected from dangerous fusion

The TRF2 protein, which is part of the telomeres, prevents the fusion of chromosomes with each other using two independent mechanisms that suppress the activity of the intracellular DNA damage repair system.

07.02.2013
Various

The best young scientists in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree awarding five young scientists the Presidential Prize in Science and Innovation for 2012.

07.02.2013
Cellular technologies

You can fight fat with fat

Researchers have learned how to turn skeletal muscle stem cells into brown fat cells, which improves metabolism and prevents the development of obesity.

07.02.2013
Other life sciences

Cancer Treatment: not to destroy, but to age the tumor cells

The inclusion of a cellular aging program can unexpectedly suppress tumor development for a long time. Suppression of cell growth with the help of immunotherapy allows you to control the tumor without destroying its cells.

06.02.2013
Genetic engineering

Epidermis Growth Factor promotes bone marrow recovery

Hematopoietic cells of genetically modified mice, whose bone marrow is characterized by excessive synthesis of epidermal growth factor, protect donor mice from the harmful effects of radiation.

06.02.2013
Genetics

Life expectancy is affected by the number of copies of genes

By comparing a large number of DNA samples from children and elderly people, researchers identified genes whose copy number variation affects life expectancy by increasing or decreasing the risk of developing diseases.

06.02.2013
Your health

Cancer tests: necessary and useless

Many of the screening examinations for oncological diseases are not only useless for most people, but may have undesirable consequences.

05.02.2013
Biomedicine

New tuberculosis vaccine: the first pancake lump

Currently, about 12 new TB vaccines are being tested on humans, the first of which was MVA85A, which turned out to be ineffective. Almost 50 more candidate vaccines are currently being tested in the laboratory.

05.02.2013
Innovative Russia

MSU: a device that will replace ultrasound and X-rays, and much more

How to make university science profitable? How much does a publication in a rating magazine cost and does the university have to pay a premium for it? The correspondent of "RG" talks about this with the Rector of Moscow State University, Academician Viktor Sadovnichy.

05.02.2013
Biomedicine

Two-stage immunotherapy for ovarian cancer

The results of the first phase of two-stage personalized ovarian cancer immunotherapy have demonstrated not only the safety and good tolerability of therapy, but also positive clinical results.

04.02.2013
Your health

Deceptive body Mass index

The body mass index can give a person a general idea of how much he should weigh, but this formula is very far from reality. It can be used in the study of large populations, but not in relation to individuals.

04.02.2013
Various

How many years do we really live?

Minus sleep, work, sitting on the Internet and the toilet, etc., the average American has only 9 years out of 78 left for life itself.

04.02.2013
Your health

Myths about obesity

Seven common beliefs about being overweight and obese, including that sex helps burn calories, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and snacking contributes to obesity, are just myths.

04.02.2013