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Immunity in old age: the skin is to blame

Older people are more at risk of skin cancer and infections because their skin is not able to mobilize the immune system to protect the body.

RUSNANO delegation flies to Texas

RUSNANO will present its projects at the International Nanotechnology Forum Nanotech 2009 in Texas.

RUSNANO: the plans are huge

The state Corporation Rusnano is developing a concept for creating a network of nanotechnology centers in Russia and plans to increase production in the Russian nanoindustry from the current 6 billion rubles per year to 1.2 trillion in 2015.

Conference in Krasnoyarsk

Since September 26, the II International Scientific Conference "Biotechnology of new materials – environment – quality of life" has been held at SIBFU.

Scientists look for ways to 'see' the threat of stroke from the brain's electrical mapping

Kazan University scientists have learned to diagnose precursors of stroke and other pathological brain conditions

Scientists have found that the brains of overweight people share a common trait

To do this, they studied the hypothalamus in volunteers of different weights using an algorithm that analyzed MRI scans of the brain

Repurposed blood cancer drug may help suppress HIV

A study has shown that a drug used to treat blood cancer can destroy dormant HIV in the body

Researchers have claimed a 20-25 year shorter life span for smokers with a history of smoking compared to non-smokers

Physicians and scientists point to the need to strengthen tobacco control interventions to prevent a wide range of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs)

An artificial intelligence that "reads minds" has been developed

Engineers presented a non-invasive brain-based language decoding system

Researchers link speed of aging and hunger

Experiments on drosophila flies have shown that life expectancy is influenced not by food composition but by the feeling of hunger itself

Light with backlight

Drug development begins with the synthesis of the drug, then the drug undergoes preclinical trials (on animals), clinical trials (on humans, phases I - III), and only after that it goes on sale.

Do you want to lose weight? It's better not to ask how!

The new concept presented at the 37th Annual Congress of the American Dental Research Association - Salivaomics Knowledge Base (SKB) – fully meets these three conditions and is a virtual diagnostic atlas of saliva.

Telomerase begins to reveal its secrets

American scientists have compiled a protein map (proteome) of human saliva, identifying more than a thousand proteins contained in the secret of the salivary glands. The results of the study can be used in the development of new, rapid and non-invasive tests for many dangerous diseases.

How to increase the effectiveness of DNA vaccines

A family of genes predisposing to hepatic cell carcinoma

oley to traditional methods of treatment, such as chemo and radiotherapy.

The RNA World: the first step

A group of scientists from the University of Manchester (England) managed to synthesize a ribonucleotide (a compound necessary for the formation of RNA) in external conditions comparable to the conditions of the primitive Earth, and on the basis of molecules that were most likely in the primary broth.

What I fought for, that's what I ran into

An Italian politician who opposes mandatory vaccination has had chickenpox, but continues to stand his ground.

You can, but be careful

In Japan, a draft rule has been proposed that will allow editing the genes of human embryos in the early stages of development.

Four in one

Hepatitis A, measles, rubella and chickenpox can be cured with one drug based on immunoglobulin.

Patents for nucleic acid analogues

The developer plans to patent in each country a whole class of substances on the basis of which drugs can be created. This will open up wider opportunities for Novosibirsk scientists.