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Scientists have managed to stop the aging process of the liver

Removal of damaged proteins from liver cells stops the age-related deterioration of the functions of this organ. The authors believe that activation of the mechanisms of cell purification from waste proteins can improve the functioning of all body tissues and increase life expectancy.

Sources of biological hazard are closed for re-accounting

Deadly bacteria could have been incorrectly labeled by employees of top-secret laboratories. This led to their preventive closure.

Drinking red meat with red wine is recommended not only by chefs, but also by nutritionists

The authors received an answer to their question in experiments on rats fed with turkey red meat cutlets or the same cutlets in combination with red wine concentrate.

DNA sequencing in conditions close to combat

American companies Waltham and IntegenX have developed portable DNA scanners capable of performing analysis in 90 minutes. These devices weighing from 54 to 90 kilograms were created primarily for the needs of the special services and the Pentagon.

Outrage in pharmacies

Today, an outrage is happening in the pharmacy chain in the Russian Federation, says Leonid Roshal, a member of the Central Staff of the All-Russian Popular Front, head of the non-profit partnership "National Medical Chamber".

A new step towards creating a bioengineered kidney

During the experiment, scientists took somatic stem cells from a rat kidney, and then, adding five types of proteins, after 3-4 weeks they grew a cellular structure from them that coincided in structure with nephrons.

EuroQSAR-2014: results of the work

The twentieth European Symposium on computer-based drug design EuroQSAR is finishing its work in St. Petersburg today.

Ear as objet d'art

A "living copy" of the left ear of the artist Vincent Van Gogh is on display in one of the museums of the German city of Karlsruhe.

A conditionally pathogenic bacterium produces a cure for intestinal inflammation

A substance produced by one of the types of symbiotic bacteria in the human intestine can become a new medicine for inflammatory bowel diseases, such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

A team of gerontologists is rushing to the rescue

In the Stavropol region, in order to improve the quality of social and medical services for elderly and disabled citizens, a new form of medical care has been introduced - a mobile medical team created on the basis of the regional gerontological center.

Macrophages will regain the ability to attack tumors

When the scientists suppressed the activity of ICK-beta in macrophages, they attacked the tumor and began the production of chemicals that attract specific antitumor immune cells to destroy the neoplasm.

Miracle pill – sex and weight loss in one bottle?

If Viagra only affects the erection, then the miracle pill has a healing effect directly on the brain. And at the same time discourages appetite, contributing to weight loss.

Three-dimensional portrait of a water flea in metal

Laszlo Vincze and colleagues from Belgium, Hungary and Germany used X-ray radiation to non-destructively determine the location of metal ions in biological samples, including living systems.

Federal Target Program OF THE Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation will soon send the concept of the Federal Target Program (FTP) for the development of medical science to the government.

I will not give my Rusnano to anyone

There are no plans to privatize Rusnano in the foreseeable future, Putin said.

Spy Eye Drops for Brain Probing

Vyatka biopharmaceutics: the project is almost ready

Production complex in the village . Levintsy of the Kirov region will produce pharmaceutical substances and ready-made dosage forms of diagnostic and therapeutic proteins, including monoclonal antibodies and antibody-like proteins obtained using genetically engineered technologies.

Folic acid improves sperm quality

One of the essential problems of logic elements based on ribozymes, enzymes or optical materials is the different nature of the incoming and outgoing signal, unlike electronic systems that use a common input and output signal (electron). American researchers have tried to work around this problem by constructing logic gates based on DNA.

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You can ask your questions by phone (free of charge from all regions), by fax and by e-mail. They will be answered by members of the Skolkovo Foundation team.

Check the prostate, brother!

Doctors, exaggerating the role of heredity in the development of prostate cancer, recommend that the brothers of sick men check the condition of the prostate gland and more often detect the disease in the early stages.