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Every third newborn will celebrate the centennial anniversary

According to the Office for National Statistics of Great Britain, of the children born this year, a third will live to the 100th anniversary.

Allow scientists to change defective mitochondria in eggs!

This will not be "in vitro fertilization from three parents." Replacing mitochondria with defective genes can be compared to replacing a laptop battery that does not affect the information on the hard disk.

Meeting of the working group "Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals"

On February 8, 2011, a meeting of the working group on medical equipment and pharmaceuticals of the Commission for Modernization and Technological Development of the Russian Economy was held.

Insulin against Alzheimer's?

It is possible to improve the memory of Alzheimer's sufferers in the early stages if you inject insulin into their nose. Patients treated in this way for four months showed improved results in memory tests.

You can fight HIV from the inside

Salmonella bacteria can be turned into micro-terminators that penetrate deep into malignant tumors, where traditional chemotherapy drugs cannot penetrate. Once at the destination, the bacteria begin to synthesize compounds that destroy tumor cells.

We are starting clinical studies of induced pluripotent stem cells

The Board of Experts of the Ministry of Health of Japan has approved clinical trials of induced pluripotent stem cells.

Put a nanovaccine in your nose!

Dr. Watson 's personal bests

The world's oldest practitioner recently celebrated his centenary, took 18 thousand births in 60 years of work and does not think to end his career.

The corn genome has been decoded

The cosmetics industry, free from prejudices related to the correctness of the use of scientific terms, has long been juggling words such as "DNA", "genes", "signaling molecules", "genetic code" and others.

Nanomedicine under supervision

Roszdravnadzor has formed a Scientific and Technical Council for the development of scientific approaches and methodological documents on regulatory aspects of the use of medical products created using nanomaterials and/or using nanotechnology.

Culture of research

The Health Agency called on scientists to work only with cell cultures whose origin is known. Only on such cultures should new drugs be tested before launching clinical trials on patients.

Why women are more prone to depression than men

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Lasker Prize – for Anti-cancer Drug and Stem Cell Research

For the development of the drug Gleevec for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia, the award was awarded to B.Drucker, N.Lydon and Ch.Sawyers. The prize for stem cell research was shared by J. Gurdon and S. Yamanaka.

Induced pluripotent stem cells: one more step

Scientists have managed to restore the characteristics of embryonic cells to differentiated human stem cells using a single transcription factor.

An exciting video from the life of synapses

Researchers from the University of California at Davis demonstrated the critical role of the neuroligin protein in the formation of synapses and filmed this process on video.

FAS warns: cosmetics should not be sold under the guise of medicines

In accordance with the current legislation, pharmacies are intended for the sale of medicines. Perfumery and cosmetic products do not belong to medicines. Whether their sale in pharmacies is misleading customers is a separate question.

Diabetes medicine in the fight against multiple sclerosis

The drug, which is commonly used in the treatment of diabetes, protects neurons in multiple sclerosis.

Alfa-Capital will be engaged in venture and direct investments

The priority sectors for investing funds are those that will develop most dynamically after the end of the economic crisis and bring the highest possible return on invested capital. Among such industries, the experts of the Alfa-Capital Management Company identified information technologies, biotechnologies, energy and nanotechnology.

Cancer diagnosis and treatment: "4-in-1" nanoparticles

The researchers connected fluorescent dye, RNA fragments and peptide fragments to iron oxide nanoparticles. The task of peptides is to identify tumor cells, RNA fragments suppress the work of a number of genes characteristic of cancer cells, killing them. Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles play the role of contrast for MRI, and fluorescent dye allows you to observe cancer cells using microscopy.

Cardiomyocytes from stem cells

Mesodermal cells capable of forming bone, blood, skeletal muscle and other tissues, when added to the culture medium of Baf60c, Tbx5 and Gata4 factors, turned only into cardiomyocytes, which rhythmically contracted like normal heart muscle cells.