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.
19.04.2010According 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.
19.04.2010In 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.
19.04.2010The 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.
19.04.2010Despite 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.
16.04.2010Bo 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.
15.04.2010Pharmacological 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.
12.04.2010Celgene 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.
09.04.2010After 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.
07.04.2010Usually, the cell dies within three to four hours after the electrodes are inserted into it. The probe, developed by nanotechnologists from Stanford, increased the life time of the studied cells to a week.
06.04.2010Viewing a slideshow of photos of sneezing people, people with skin lesions, rashes and other signs of infectious diseases increased the number of interleukin 6 molecules in the viewers' blood, triggering an immune response, by 23%.
06.04.2010The POLQ gene, which does not work in healthy cells, is involved in the restoration of irradiated DNA in tumor cells. Cancer cells with blocked POLQ become much more sensitive to radiotherapy.
05.04.2010Neovasculgen is based on a gene that produces a substance in the patient's cells that stimulates the growth of new blood vessels. For many patients with lower limb ischemia, the drug can become a real alternative to amputation.
02.04.2010When the patient swallows the capsule, a signal is received on the doctor's phone or laptop. The development will avoid many situations when patients forget or intentionally refuse to take medications.
02.04.2010Descendants of genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells-precursors of lymphocytes synthesize miRNAs that bind to the corresponding HIV genes, which prevents the synthesis of new viral particles.
01.04.2010Researchers at Hiroshima University have grown mesenchymal stem cells derived from the bone marrow of patients, gum tissue, periodontal and dental cement, the destruction of which occurs during periodontitis.
01.04.2010Currently, China ranks fifth among the world's "biotech powers".
01.04.2010Perhaps a line of genetically modified rats suffering from senile dementia will help to find biochemical markers of the latent phase of Alzheimer's disease, allowing to diagnose it at an early stage.
31.03.2010Many interested organizations can follow the example of the American Civil Liberties Union and challenge patents for other genes related to hereditary diseases in court.
30.03.2010The 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%.
19.03.2010Fellow scientists! Tell me, how many laboratories (for example, in one of life sciences) can be equipped from scratch for three million US dollars and provide consumables and pay employees for three years?
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