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Old people now have their honor

The era of early retirement in Germany is coming to an end, aging and population decline are forcing companies to pay increased attention to lifelong staff training and career guidance for those over 45.

12.07.2012
New in Gerontology

Telomeroreductophobia

Women with phobias are noticeably older than their peers who are not afraid of spiders, mice, etc., according to such an indicator as telomere length. We hope that this publication will not lead to the appearance of another phobia – the fear of shortening telomeres :)

12.07.2012
Other life sciences

Genome in mp3 format

Mathematicians from MTI have proposed a new way of storing and processing data about DNA sequences. It should help to cope with the influx of data from an increasing number of read genomes.

12.07.2012
Other life sciences

Disputes over ovarian stem cells

A new study refutes the existence of recently identified oogonial stem cells, or ovarian stem cells, capable of giving rise to new oocytes. Disputes over this have flared up with renewed vigor.

11.07.2012
New in Gerontology

Feel like a 75-year-old

German scientists have created a costume that allows young people to feel like old people for a while.

11.07.2012
Various

An aging economy

The aging of the population is inevitably waiting for all developed countries, and a little later – and developing ones. This problem requires a comprehensive approach – social, economic and technological. Moreover, it is necessary to act now.

11.07.2012
Cellular technologies

Returnees: Grigory Enikolopov, neuroscientist

Professor of the famous Cold Spring Harbor laboratory – about how he works in Russia, what brain stem cells are, what importance they have for astronauts, what antidepressants are useful for, and why running strengthens not only muscles.

11.07.2012
Your health

How to prevent osteoporosis

What is the danger of osteoporosis, how to treat it and, most importantly, prevent it? The head of the Department of Osteoporosis Prevention of the State Research Center for Preventive Medicine I.Skripnikova is responsible.

10.07.2012
Prolonging youth

Sedentary lifestyle

Reducing the time a person spends sitting to less than three hours a day can extend their life by two years. And by reducing the time of watching TV to two hours a day, you can "throw" yourself almost another year and a half of life.

10.07.2012
Biomedicine

Obesity vaccines show promise

Do you want to lose weight? Hurry up to enroll in clinical trials: two obesity vaccines have demonstrated good results in experiments on mice.

10.07.2012
Biomedicine

Anti-cancer nanocreme

Therapeutic nanoparticles mixed with ordinary moisturizer not only penetrated the skin, but also attacked cancer cells without causing any side effects.

10.07.2012
Controversial

Cancer and aging – is everything not as we thought?

According to the author of the new hypothesis, the reason for the age-related increase in cancer risk is not the accumulation of mutations, but changes that occur with tissues during aging.

09.07.2012
Nanotechnology

Into a blood clot with nanometer accuracy

Nanoparticles made of biodegradable material release a medicinal substance – a tissue plasminogen activator – only at the site of a vessel blockage, destroying a blood clot in a matter of minutes and causing no side effects.

09.07.2012
Innovative Russia

Victories and defeats of modern Russian innovators

In response to accusations of insufficient innovation, domestic business blames the fact that science is divorced from reality and works most often for itself. Scientists themselves partly agree with this. But there are changes in this area.

09.07.2012
Genetics

Genetic race with Pursuit

Academician Konstantin Scriabin: "If we lag behind in the genetic race, the consequences will be heavier than if we lag behind in the nuclear or space field."

09.07.2012