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Education protects against memory loss
Intellectual load creates a certain mental reserve in the brain, partially compensating for organic brain damage.
22.10.2008- English version
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The Individual Genome Project invites volunteers
The organizers of the Personal Genome Project offer everyone to post information about their genomes and medical data in the public domain.
22.10.2008
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Once again about diet and heart health
With regular consumption of fried and high-calorie foods without vegetables and fruits, the risk of heart disease increased by 35%.
22.10.2008
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Good intentions of HIMRAR and the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology
The parties expressed mutual interest in joint research in the search for new active chemical compounds for the treatment of diseases of the human central nervous system, as well as in the study of pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism.
20.10.2008
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A biocomputer inside a living cell
Scientists used live yeast cells as the "working body" of the biocomputer. Functional elements were assembled inside them from fragments of various RNA molecules.
17.10.2008
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Are you afraid of obesity? Check your dopamine receptors!
Obese people may have fewer dopamine receptors, and they overeat to compensate for the lack of pleasure from food.
17.10.2008
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Risk factors: crafty numbers
Professor Lisa Schwartz, one of the authors of the study, believes that the public is often presented with special, "frightening" statistics on certain diseases that do not take into account certain indicators.
17.10.2008
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Piglets are donors of human immune cells
The researchers injected progenitor cells of T-lymphocytes from the bone marrow of donors to pig embryos. The immature immune system of embryos did not perceive human cells as foreign, so they could multiply freely in their body.
17.10.2008
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Vyatka Biotech
A Council on biotechnology has been established under the Government of the Kirov Region.
15.10.2008
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Men have more synapses
A study of the brain tissue of epilepsy patients operated on at the Spanish Cajal Institute showed that neurons in men contact each other more often than in women.
13.10.2008
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Another gene for baldness
Carriers of unfavorable gene variants located on chromosome 20, as well as on the X chromosome, have a seven-fold risk of developing baldness before the age of 50.
13.10.2008
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The crisis is the time to invest in innovation
Experts say that investments in the development of new technologies will pay off just by the time the crisis ends.
13.10.2008
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Another pluripotent stem cells from skin cells
Instead of a viral vector, scientists used plasmids to inject "embryonic" genes into fibroblasts, with the help of which they managed to successfully transform ordinary skin cells into pluripotent stem cells.
13.10.2008
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Erythropoietin against infarction
A single intravenous injection of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) immediately after inarct can minimize the process of apoptosis and thereby limit damage to cardiac tissues.
10.10.2008
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Age-related macular degeneration: culprit #1 found
At least six variants of the Serping 1 gene mutation have been found; most of them are associated with age-related macular degeneration.
10.10.2008
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry – for green fluorescent protein
The 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists working in the USA for the discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and the development of methods for its application in science.
08.10.2008
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A safe method for early diagnosis of Down syndrome and other trisomies
The new diagnostic method is based on determining the number of fragments of fetal chromosomes in the mother's blood. In addition to Down syndrome, researchers were able to accurately identify cases of trisomy of the 18th chromosome (Edwards syndrome) and trisomy of the 13th chromosome (Patau syndrome).
08.10.2008
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Excess calories disrupts the brain
Excessive intake of calories into the body, even if it does not lead to an increase in body weight, disrupts the work of the hypothalamus, which plays a major role in maintaining energy balance.
07.10.2008
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Decoding the human genome: getting closer to the $1000 milestone
An American company promises to decode the human genome for five thousand dollars next year.
07.10.2008
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Progenitor cells forming adipose tissue have been identified
One of the tested populations, whose cells express the CD24 cell surface marker, formed fat deposits in experimental animals. This population usually makes up no more than 0.08% of all non-fat cells contained in normal adipose tissue.
07.10.2008