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Micronutrients for the mind

Gerbils on a "smart" diet found their way through the maze faster than their less happy counterparts. After that, the brains of gerbils were examined: the analysis showed that the representatives of the first group had a higher level of brain activity.

"Magic mushrooms": take once a year as prescribed by a doctor

American researchers have found that the positive psychological effects of a single dose of psilocybin contained in "magic mushrooms" last more than a year. Taking this hallucinogen under the supervision of a specialist increased the volunteers' sense of well-being and satisfaction with life.

Nobel laureate from Germany became an honorary doctor of TSU

German oncologist Harald zur Hausen, who received the Nobel Prize for human papillomavirus research, became an honorary doctor of Tomsk State University on Thursday.

Lymphocytes made invulnerable to HIV infection

American scientists have managed to make mice insensitive to HIV by turning off the gene by which the virus infects lymphocytes.

Erythrocytes from stem cells will be tested in 2017.

As part of the experiment, approximately 20 healthy volunteers will be injected with 5 to 10 ml of artificial blood.

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Director with artificial intelligence

His name is VITAL – Validating Investment Tool for Advancing Life Sciences. The technology that underlies it has already been used to make decisions on investments in two startups and licensed to Aging Analytics UK.

Life Extension Grant

Companies from the United States and Hong Kong, whose activities are based on the development of Russian scientists to prolong human life, received $ 18 million from the international fund Deep Knowledge Ventures to continue research.

Do you want to translate the biological clock? Skip breakfast and dinner!

The cycle of fasting and subsequent feeding triggers a spare biological clock, which allows you to regulate circadian rhythms depending on the time of food availability, bypassing the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

Plastic Surgery to aid gene therapy

It is believed that gene therapy is a promising therapeutic approach that will significantly increase the effectiveness of treating tumors and preventing their recurrence.

Take care of your weight from a young age!

The change in body weight of adults occurs due to changes in the size of adipocytes, while children gain kilograms due to an increase in the number of these cells in the body. This means that it is much more difficult for adults who have been overweight since childhood to lose weight than for those who gained it at later stages of life.

The Prime Minister visited the bio-business incubator

During his visit to the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Prime Minister got acquainted with the activities of the BioBusiness Incubator, a structural research unit of MIPT.

Remote Lie Detector

Methods of remote monitoring of the physiological state can be used in the field of biomedical engineering, counterterrorism and security systems.

Exoskeleton for the elderly and disabled

Smoke and don't be scared!

A federal court in Washington has blocked an FDA ruling ordering tobacco companies to place intimidating images on cigarette packs.

Biotechnology of Russia, on the rise!

The volume of production of biotechnological products in Russia from the current 24 billion rubles in 2015 will grow to 200, and by 2020 – to 800 billion rubles.

Your diet changes the activity of your genes

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The first customers of individual genomes

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Cancer drugs: citius, altius, fortius!

At various stages of clinical trials and under consideration by the FDA is a record number of antitumor drugs and vaccines of American pharmaceutical companies – 887.

Cold-resistant mice with "bird" muscles