News

News

Five minutes of laughter is replaced... moderate physical activity

After watching comedies, the level of ghrelin ("hunger hormone") increased, and leptin ("satiety hormone") decreased significantly, as if the subjects had received a certain physical load before.

05.05.2010

News

Age-related brain shrinkage and personality traits: what is primary?

The decrease in the volume of gray matter of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain with age is more pronounced in individuals prone to neurotic disorders. What is the cause and what is the effect?

04.05.2010

News

Is amyloid oligomers the cause of Alzheimer's disease?

Another confirmation that Alzheimer's disease is caused by beta-amyloid oligomers, and not the infamous amyloid plaques.

04.05.2010

News

Fewer calories – better immunity

A low-calorie diet improves the protective functions of the human immune system after six months and reduces the tendency to allergic reactions.

04.05.2010

News

Fast food – early aging?

The high level of phosphates in finished products, especially those offered in fast food eateries, accelerates the aging process.

04.05.2010

News

Amino acid replacement protects against senile dementia

A point mutation in the COMT gene slows down the age-related decline of thinking abilities. Elderly people with a variant of the gene, in which one of the amino acids in the corresponding enzyme is replaced with methionine by valine, performed tests 33-45% better than the owners of the "methionine" variant.

04.05.2010

News

Can fibroblasts be rejuvenated?

It was possible to rejuvenate fibroblasts by activating the nrf2 protein, the main transcription factor regulating the cellular antioxidant response, as well as some proteasome subunits.

29.04.2010

News

IV Olympiad in Nanotechnology: distribution of prizes

The closing ceremony and awarding of the winners of the IV All-Russian Internet Olympiad in Nanotechnology took place in the Assembly Hall of the Fundamental Library of Moscow State University.

28.04.2010

News

Development of a new method for the diagnosis of blood clotting disorders

The project provides for the creation of unique diagnostic devices that can detect disorders of the blood coagulation system.

28.04.2010

News

Did humans still interbreed with Neanderthals?

The data obtained indicate the hybridization of humans with some extinct species, for example, Neanderthals or Heidelberg man.

21.04.2010

News

Scientists have found out why Americans are so fat and feeble-minded

A third of Americans are carriers of the "bad" variant of the FTO gene, the owners of which are more at risk of getting both obesity and senile dementia than the owners of the "normal" variant of this gene.

21.04.2010

News

Prostheses made of nanoporous polyethylene lack only funding

The most promising use of nanoporous polyethylene in the manufacture of hip prostheses. In the next two years, with the availability of funding, it is possible to organize the production and start of the use of endoprostheses in maxillofacial surgery.

20.04.2010

News

Average duration of sexual life

According to a study published in the BMJ, 67% of men and 40% of women aged 65-74 have had sex in the last 12 months, and in 75-85 years – more than a third of men and only 17% of women.

19.04.2010

News

Venture capital investments are growing, especially in biotechnology

In the first quarter of 2010, the volume of venture financing of start-up American companies increased. As before, the largest part of the invested funds fell on start-up biotech companies.

19.04.2010

News

Fake medicines and dietary supplements: fraud squared

The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation receives appeals from citizens who receive calls on behalf of fictional employees of the department with a proposal to pay compensation for ineffective treatment with medicines and dietary supplements.

19.04.2010

News

Another "baldness gene"

Despite the fact that hereditary hypotrichosis and ordinary baldness are not the same thing at all, the authors of the study hope that the results obtained will allow the development of non–hormonal drugs that prevent hair loss.

16.04.2010

News

Life expectancy forecast by social status

Bo Eriksson from Gutenberg University investigated the influence of the social status of older people on their life expectancy and proposed four mechanisms that determine this dependence.

15.04.2010

News

To age cancer cells

Pharmacological suppression of Pten gene activity causes aging of cancer cells and stops the development of tumors, which was shown on the xenograft model of human prostate cancer.

12.04.2010

News

Treat Crohn's disease with stem cells!

Celgene Pharmaceutical Corporation called promising the results of the first stage of trials of an experimental method of stem cell treatment of patients with Crohn's disease.

09.04.2010

News

We will destroy all beta cells to the ground, and then...

After the destruction of all beta cells of the pancreas, its alpha cells turn into their antagonists by themselves. Studying the mechanism of such reprogramming will allow us to develop fundamentally new ways of treating type 1 diabetes.

07.04.2010