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DLC1 is another anti–oncogene

Tumor suppressor genes, or anti-oncogenes, perform important functions in the work of intercellular interaction systems that prevent uncontrolled cell growth and proliferation.

Unexpected result of a joke on Kickstarter

At first, Zach Brown was going to get only ten dollars for his comic project. Users of the crowdfunding site appreciated the irony and sent him almost $35,000 in less than a week. The amount continues to grow.

The first female genome has been read

Geneticists at Leiden University have completed a DNA scan of the first woman and the first inhabitant of Europe, whose genome will be fully decoded by the end of the year.

An Alzheimer's vaccine?

The first version of the new vaccine was recently tested on a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

Elderly Happiness Index: Russia is at the end of the list

HelpAge International assessed the lives of elderly people in 91 countries. The Russian Federation (in 78th place) was overtaken by its closest neighbors: Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan.

Google Anti-aging

Google has announced the launch of a new project. Calico will be engaged in research aimed at protecting health, treating age-related diseases and potentially increasing life expectancy.

GM potatoes will be grown on the outskirts of the capital

The first domestic genetically modified potatoes are planned to be planted in the capital in mid-May.

Pensioners are ruining Japan

The aging of society is becoming not only a social, but also an economic problem for Japan: the existing pension system was designed for a ratio of "11 employees – one pensioner". Now this ratio is 3:1.

The next end of the world is canceled

The panic raised by the media due to the fact that British scientists (TM) discovered an unknown to science "Armageddon virus", which will destroy humanity in five years, turned out to be (quite a bit :) exaggerated.

Nanoparticles with two-photon fluorophores for imaging and treatment of tumors

IMF warns: prolonging life is a risky business

Currently, it makes sense to pay more attention to the risk of longevity due to the scale of its financial consequences and the fact that effective measures to minimize them will give results only in a few years.

For the safety of cellular technologies

Legal regulation in the field of biomedical cell technologies in Russia is not systemic and has significant gaps.

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation is also against the violation of the human dignity of embryos

The Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation approves the decision of the EU Court to ban patents for manipulations with embryonic stem cells.

The first day of the IV International Innovation Forum

Innovative strategies for the development of cities and regions, training for the new economy of the country, as well as cluster policy will be the main topics of the IV International Innovation Forum, which opened today in St. Petersburg.

The Tooth Fairy's Castle

A British artist asks children to give her fallen baby teeth to create a monument to stem cells.

Skolkovo Innovation Award: Semi-final

23 out of 2318 ideas that made it to the second round reached the semi-finals of the Skolkovo Innovation Award competition.

Spray will save from hacking: robbers will be marked with DNA markers

The City Hall of Rotterdam promotes the use of spray and sometimes takes the costs on itself. She also advises using "DNA markers" to mark valuables to make it easier to identify them when stolen.

If prostate cancer does not give up, it is destroyed by blocking the Stat5 gene

Homozygous mutants of the second generation lived ten times longer than ordinary C.elegans, but they were sterile. Maybe it is possible to somehow compensate for the infertility associated with the age-1 gene and leave only a long life? A number of data points to the fact that it is impossible – at least in one action.

Will mice teach cows to milk cream?

Experiments with transgenic mice that have begun in the USA should help to find out what affects the fat content of milk.

Breast cancer risk: Is genetic testing useless?

The assessment of the probability of developing breast cancer based on long-known factors turned out to be correct in 58% of cases. The addition of the ten most common genetic risk factors to the model increased the accuracy of the forecast by less than 4%.