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Prolonging youth

Low-calorie diet, life extension and AMP-dependent kinase

In addition to the previously known mechanisms, the effect of prolonging life with a low-calorie diet is also due to the activation of AMP–dependent kinase, an enzyme that promotes the normal completion of cell division.

14.12.2011
Biomedicine

High-capacity cancer vaccine

American scientists have managed to create a vaccine that, thanks to the activation of all three components of the immune system, provokes a very powerful immune response and is able to reduce the tumor size by 80% in mice with cancer.

13.12.2011
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of Duchenne myodystrophy is safe

During phase I clinical trials of a chimeric virus to deliver a gene for one of the key muscle proteins to the cells of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, scientists found no side effects. To be continued...

13.12.2011
Various

The biggest scandal in pharmaceuticals

Over 33 years, more than 5 million patients have received an appointment for therapy with Mediator. As a result of taking the drug, up to 2 thousand patients died, and thousands more were hospitalized.

13.12.2011
Cloning

Don't wait for cloned mammoths

"If someone does this, I'll eat my hat. And I wonder why they did it," says Webb Miller, one of the participants in sequencing the genome of the woolly mammoth.

12.12.2011
Cellular technologies

Especially pure stem cells – every day!

Following the report on embryonic stem cells grown without animal products, another group of researchers reported on neurons derived from human fibroblasts reprogrammed into a pluripotent state.

09.12.2011
Other life sciences

A tablet for rejuvenation of neurons

Drugs that activate the synthesis of the neurotrophic factor of the brain or the receptors that bind to it restore the age–related decrease in synaptic plasticity - one of the important components of learning and memorization mechanisms.

09.12.2011
Cellular technologies

Embryonic cells of the highest grade

High-quality human embryonic cells, potentially suitable for clinical use, were obtained for the first time without the use of animal products.

09.12.2011
Grants and competitions

Nanolympics 2011/2012

V All-Russian Internet Olympiad of schoolchildren, students, postgraduates and young scientists in the field of nanosystems, nanomaterials and nanotechnology "Nanotechnology – a breakthrough into the Future"!

08.12.2011
Genetics

Ethnic genomics and personalized medicine

Report of the deputy . Director of the Research Institute of Medical Genetics SB RAMS, Head of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor V.A. Stepanov.

08.12.2011
New in Gerontology

Why do eggs age so quickly?

All the efforts of eggs are spent on protecting DNA, and due to the fact that they do not particularly monitor their own condition, oocytes age much faster than somatic cells.

08.12.2011
Other life sciences

The lowest–quality sperm is from the diggers

Only one sexually active male is responsible for breeding a colony of naked diggers. The lack of competition has made the diggers' sperm exceptionally sluggish and of low quality.

08.12.2011
Biomedicine

Brain tumor will be cured by viruses

The world's first clinical trials of a new method of treating a brain tumor – glioblastoma – using parvoviruses have begun at the German Cancer Center in Heidelberg.

07.12.2011
Controversial

There is no male menopause?

Bradley Enewalt from the University of Washington, spoke at a conference sponsored by the Endocrinological Society, with an unexpected statement that the male menopause is only a myth.

07.12.2011
Exhibitions and conferences

Prenatal diagnosis and genetic passport

On May 16-18, 2012, the V All-Russian Conference with international participation "Prenatal diagnostics and genetic passport – the basis of preventive medicine in the age of nanotechnology" will be held at the D. O. Ott NIIAG (St. Petersburg).

06.12.2011
Innovative Russia

Investors are changing their benchmarks

Private equity and venture capital funds in Russia are most willing to invest in IT and ICT. But experts believe that in the coming decade, the situation may radically change: recently, government agencies have most often provided assistance to companies in the field of healthcare and biotechnology.

06.12.2011