Articles

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Prolongation of life and reactive oxygen species: is every poison a medicine?

It has long been known that the suppression of the mTOR signaling pathway prolongs the life of various types of living organisms, from unicellular to mice. It turned out that this enzyme can be inhibited by targeted exposure to reactive oxygen species.

09.06.2011

Note to the businessman

You can not pay income tax if…

Educational and medical institutions have been granted the right not to pay income tax if their expenditures on scientific research account for 90% of all income received.

09.06.2011

Nanotechnology

Dendrimers will highlight brain cancer

Modified by two functional groups, the dendrimer structure is able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and show the position of cancer cells in brain tissues with fluorescent signals.

09.06.2011

Grants and competitions

Alexander von Humboldt – for great scientists

The A. von Humboldt Foundation offers grants and scholarships to foreign scientists for the implementation of their research projects together with German colleagues. The only selection criterion is the scientific qualification of the applicants.

09.06.2011

Exhibitions and conferences

High technologies in physiology and medicine

II International Scientific and Practical Conference "High Technologies, fundamental and Applied research in Physiology and Medicine" (October 26-28, 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia).

08.06.2011

Nanotechnology

A fresh solution for gene therapy: nanostructures of polyvalent nucleic acids

Nanostructures made of polyvalent nucleic acids open up huge prospects in the development of new methods of gene therapy for the treatment of a huge number of diseases.

08.06.2011

Grants and competitions

Students, postgraduates and young scientists – small knowledge-intensive business

All–Russian competition of reports on the program "Students, postgraduates and young scientists – small knowledge-intensive business - Polzunov grants". Biotechnology is number one among the areas of the competition.

08.06.2011

Genetic engineering

Genetically modified plants, agriculture and society

The Parliamentary Assembly of a huge region is discussing the prospects for the use of genetically modified organisms at the same time as in the minds of the population, one mention of it causes utter confusion.

08.06.2011

Biomedicine

Spermatozoon-comet: a quick and reliable test for male infertility

The SpermComet test got its name due to the fact that when analyzing the results, a sperm with DNA damage looks like a falling comet.

08.06.2011

Your health

How to fight off E. coli

Rospotrebnadzor and WHO – on the prevention of infection with enterohemorrhagic E. coli. Those who are warned are armed.

08.06.2011

Grants and competitions

Postdoctoral Fellowships for life sciences Research

The French Human Frontier Science Program offers postdoctoral fellowship programs in the framework of fundamental transnational and interdisciplinary research in the field of life sciences.

08.06.2011

Other life sciences

The super-microscope allowed us to examine the "switch" of T-lymphocytes

The use of super-high-resolution fluorescence microscopy has led to the refutation of the generally accepted idea of the mechanisms of activation of T-lymphocytes. New discoveries are ahead.

07.06.2011

Biomedicine

Treatment of Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases: another hope

An experimental drug that eliminates the symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases in animal models is being prepared for clinical trials.

07.06.2011

Biomedicine

Will vaccination help against obesity?

The vaccine causes the production of antibodies to the "hunger hormone" – ghrelin, and by reducing its concentration in the blood, it halves appetite and stimulates the burning of fat accumulations.

07.06.2011

Cellular technologies

Fracture treatment: stem cells + gene therapy

Bone stem cells synthesizing one of the protein growth factors heal fractures faster and better even in severe bone diseases.

06.06.2011

Other life sciences

Non-coding RNA contributes to the development of Alzheimer's disease

Small RNA 38A triggers a special variant of splicing of an important protein in neurons, which contributes to the disruption of beta-amyloid formation and the development of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

06.06.2011

Other life sciences

Everything is good in moderation

Both religious ecstasy and atheism cause atrophy of the hippocampus with age.

06.06.2011

Biomedicine

Bacterial RNA will increase the effectiveness of vaccines

The addition of bacterial RNA to vaccines containing killed bacteria will ensure the formation of full-fledged immunity.

03.06.2011

Genetics

Is genetic testing a waste of money?

Predicting the risks of developing diseases, carried out with the help of genetic analysis, is no more effective than tossing a coin.

03.06.2011

Other life sciences

Biological supercomputer: don't laugh, he'll grow up

The "supercomputer" consists of 130 strands of DNA, and its largest contour, of 74 strands, is able to extract the square root of a number no larger than 15 in 10 hours. But someday…

03.06.2011