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New in Gerontology

Age-related infectious disease: loneliness

Lonely elderly people can "infect" others with their mood: their acquaintances and neighbors subsequently gradually move away from people, eventually being eliminated from society as a whole.

02.12.2009
Biomedicine

Glue atherosclerotic plaques

Blockage of blood vessels by detached atherosclerotic plaques can be deadly. But it seems that scientists have already found the key to reducing the risk.

02.12.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

XVII Russian National Congress "Man and Medicine"

XVII Russian National Congress "Man and Medicine", exhibition of modern medicines, new information technologies, medical devices and specialized publications (Moscow, April 12-16, 2010).

02.12.2009
Cloning

Clone a person before they forbid it!

The five-year ban on human cloning in Russia ceased to apply in June 2007. The bill on the extension of the moratorium has not yet been considered by the State Duma. And what is not prohibited by law is, as you know, allowed.

01.12.2009
Theories of aging

Telomerase is an eternally young topic

Currently, several drugs are being studied, the mechanism of action of which is somehow directed at the activity of the telomerase enzyme. To treat cancer, they try to inhibit telomerase, to prolong life – to activate it.

30.11.2009
Biomedicine

Genetic testing – to the masses!

Genetic tests appearing on the medical services market cause confusion among doctors and doubts among patients. American medical companies decided to identify among the many genetic tests really effective and appropriate.

30.11.2009
Biomedicine

Against melanoma – vaccine-implant

An implant made of biodegradable plastic impregnated with a mixture of two substances – cytokines and tumor antigens – triggers an attack of the immune system on melanoma. In fact, it is a cancer vaccine, only with an unusual method of administration.

27.11.2009
Cellular technologies

Amniotic stem cells – Rising stars of cell therapy

Stem cells of amniotic fluid (amniotic fluid) can give rise to almost any type of cell and, unlike embryonic stem cells, do not form tumors when injected into the body of animals.

25.11.2009
Bioethics

Transplantology in law

The order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation "On approval of the Procedure for providing medical care by organ transplantation" is commented by the director of the Center for Transplantology and Artificial Organs, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Sergey Gauthier.

24.11.2009
Genetics

GATA-1 – Gene traffic controller

The GATA-1 gene plays the role of a universal regulator of the work of other genes. Scientists have found 2616 genes that, in response to the addition of the encoded GATA-1 protein, begin to work either at least twice as actively, or, on the contrary, reduce activity.

24.11.2009
Bioethics

Transplantology is illegal

Among the "non–working" articles in our criminal legislation is Article 120 - "Coercion to the removal of human organs or tissues for transplantation."

24.11.2009
Biomedicine

"Velcro" for tumor cells

A new method for detecting tumor cells in the bloodstream will improve the early diagnosis of metastasis and monitoring the results of cancer treatment.

24.11.2009
Grants and competitions

Russian-French innovations

The Fund for the Promotion of the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises and the French innovation agency OSEO-Innovation have started collecting proposals for joint Franco-Russian innovation projects.

24.11.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

RNA interference for biopharmaceuticals

As information accumulates about the possibility of silencing genes using RNA interference, more and more biopharmaceutical developments based on this mechanism appear.

23.11.2009
Other life sciences

For the first time on the screen: neutrophils are on the trail

By moving microparticles containing chemicals characteristic of bacteria with the help of "optical tweezers", the researchers directed the movement of immune cells – neutrophils – in the right direction and filmed unique videos.

23.11.2009