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Biomedicine

Against everyone!

An antibody active against all types of influenza virus has been found. It attacks an element common to all strains, forbidding the key protein of the virus to change shape and thus blocking the penetration of infection into cells.

13.08.2012
Cellular technologies

Cell therapy: Japan rushes into the lead

The pioneer of stem cell research Shinya Yamanaka intends to create a bank with dozens of lines of induced pluripotent stem cells. As a result, Japan will be able to become the foremost biomedical research leader for the first time.

13.08.2012
Your health

Preventing overdiagnosis

Overdiagnosis is not only a serious threat to human health. The resources spent on unnecessary medications and medical procedures can be much more usefully used for the treatment and prevention of real diseases.

13.07.2012
New in Gerontology

Alzheimer's disease: two good news

Replacing one nucleotide in the ARP gene reduces the likelihood of Alzheimer's disease by 7.5 times. And the first signs of beta-amyloid accumulation are found in the cerebrospinal fluid 25 years before the onset of the disease. Perhaps the failures with the development of anti-Alzheimer's drugs are explained by the belated start of their trials.

13.07.2012
Various

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