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Cancel aging

Is aging inevitable? Do we need immortality? How long can technological progress continue? Aubrey de Grey will answer these questions in a lecture (October 30, Friday, 19:00, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Ostozhenka str., 16).

Russian HIV vaccine: no comments

V.Skvortsova: "The vaccine is at the stage of clinical trials, all without much change. This is not such a simple matter, I am not ready to tell you any nuances right now. We have four institutes making alternative vaccines."

Domestic insulin pump will replace imported ones

Novouralsky "Medsintez Plant" has started registration of a new insulin pump. It is expected that the device will be able to completely replace foreign expensive analogues.

The Ministry of Labor asks for your advice

The Ministry of Labor has submitted for public discussion a draft government decree on the establishment of a geriatric service in Russia.

Improved vaccine against type 1 diabetes

Currently, researchers are conducting the first phase of clinical trials of vaccination against type 1 diabetes using the first technique, with the isolation of dendritic cells using leukapheresis.

Frederick Sanger, 1918 – 2013

British biochemist Frederick Sanger, who was twice awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on the structure of insulin and for creating a method for reading DNA sequences, has died at the age of 95.

Novosibirsk-American Laboratory of Biomedical Chemistry

The Russian-American Laboratory of Biomedical Chemistry has started work at the Novosibirsk Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine. The new scientific division will develop antibacterial and antiviral drugs.

The US wants to ban genetic discrimination

"Giamatrix" hit Sklifosovsky

In the burn center at the Institute of Ambulance named after. Sklifosovsky will be tested on the survivors of the plane crash in Karelia artificial leather "Giamatrix".

Vaccination: a patch is better than an injection

The immune system of animals vaccinated with a patch neutralized viruses faster than in mice who received the vaccine by injection. The patch has other advantages compared to a syringe…

Hepatocytes from embryonic stem cells are ready to get on the conveyor belt

Mice with altered mitochondrial DNA looked normal at the beginning of life, but at one year of age they developed degenerative diseases of the heart and skeletal muscles, similar to similar human diseases. It is possible that mitochondrial DNA mutations are the cause of age-related diseases.

Ginkgo biloba and placebo: no difference!

This was shown by the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of the effectiveness of ginkgo biloba in slowing the decline of cognitive functions in the elderly.

Fast food is a drug

A high-calorie, fat-rich diet causes a progressive decrease in the sensitivity of pleasure centers in the brain of rats. Similar processes occur with the development of drug addiction.

Concretization of sequencing

With the help of the development of Russian scientists, practitioners will be able to communicate better with laboratory staff.

DNA for internal use

The new law, which comes into force on July 1, regulates the collection and use of genetic data of citizens.

The only contender

The RAS Prize in the field of genomics for 2019 was awarded to the director of the Bioengineering Center, Academician Konstantin Scriabin.

I begot you…

American specialists have managed to slow down the growth of skin cancer cells by exposing them to sunlight. To do this, artificial nucleosides had to be introduced into the DNA of the cells.

Mutations of Americans

Biologists analyzed the genomes of the indigenous peoples of America and Eurasia to identify features in the genetic changes of the populations under consideration.

Editing of embryonic genomes – only under license

The condition of the regulatory service when issuing this license is compliance with ethical standards of research and the inadmissibility of implantation of genetically modified embryos to women.

Once again about the old recipe for prolonging life

Reducing the caloric content of the human diet by 300-500 kilocalories per day reduces the synthesis of triiodothyronine, which leads to a slowdown in metabolism and, accordingly, tissue aging.