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Memory disorders, Alzheimer's disease and microRNA

Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases have identified microRNAs that play an important role in the development of memory disorders and Alzheimer's disease.

Everything is calm in the pharmaceutical market

The volume of sales of medicines in the global pharmaceutical market for the year from July 2010 to June 2011 exceeded $530 billion. The pharmaceutical markets of China, Brazil and Argentina demonstrated the highest rates of development.

BIO Formula

Formula BIO is a school for those who want to participate in the creation of business projects in the field of biotechnology, pharmacy and medicine. Each participant gets the opportunity to complete a free educational program and participate in the development of an innovative company.

Acne Vaccine

Sanofi Pasteur has signed a contract with the University of California, San Diego to develop a vaccine for the prevention and treatment of acne, also known as acne or acne rash.

Circadian rhythms and aging; cancer and aging

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: part 11.

Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression and aging

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: part 10.

Autophagy and aging

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: part 9.

Genetics of aging

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: part 8.

Cell reprogramming and physiological aging

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: Part 7.

Stem cells and aging

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: part 6.

Pharmacological interventions in the aging process

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: part 5.

Low-calorie diet and aging

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: part 4.

Mitochondria, oxidative stress and aging

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: Part 3.

Reaction to DNA damage and aging

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: part 2.

Telomeres and aging

The most interesting articles about aging in 2009: Part 1.

References to the article “Impact papers on aging in 2009”

Once again about fictional diseases

What are "fictional diseases"? A few years ago, the British Medical Journal counted more than 200 of them. As a result, people spend a lot of money on the treatment of actively promoted imaginary ailments, but there is not enough money for real diseases.

Highly secret bacteria

Scientists from Tufts University called the method of encoding text with strains of luminous bacteria "steganography using printed microbial matrices." Unlike cryptography, which hides the meaning of a message, steganography hides the very fact of its existence (the simplest example is a letter with "invisible ink").

Retirement shortens life

Retirement is a factor of shortening life, – Professor P. Vorobyov is sure. So the later you retire, the higher the life expectancy, and not vice versa. We, gerontologists, have been calling for 15 years to raise the retirement age for everyone to 65.

The GMO Saga

GMOs are precisely under such vigilant and close control of scientists, which cannot be compared with any other product of human activity.