Every third newborn will celebrate the centennial anniversary
According to the Office for National Statistics of Great Britain, of the children born this year, a third will live to the 100th anniversary.
27.03.2012According to the Office for National Statistics of Great Britain, of the children born this year, a third will live to the 100th anniversary.
27.03.2012The appearance of cholesterol in atherosclerotic plaques is a secondary process. The cholesterol theory of atherosclerosis is not shared by many biochemists, physiologists and gerontologists. Atherosclerosis under a variety of conditions can occur with a low cholesterol content in the blood and, conversely, may be absent in people with high cholesterol.
26.03.2008Celgene 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.
09.04.2010For the first time in almost 10 years, US scientists will receive 13 new lines of human embryonic stem cells for government-funded research. Another 96 lines are under consideration.
03.12.2009"Beads" of silicon oxide stick to the surface of normal and cancer cells in different ways. Although it is too early to talk about clinical application, this phenomenon can form the basis of more accurate methods of early diagnosis of cancer.
11.11.2009Humanity has come to a turning point in its history. It will either find a way to survive in a world that will be changed by global warming and the robotoom, or it will plunge into the era of obscurantism, says English futurist James Martin.
14.02.2008Scientists from the University of Berkeley (California) suggest using mobile phones as microscopes or "mobiscopes" (CellScope).
23.07.2009Many of the genes activated by unsaturated fatty acids are involved in the breakdown of these compounds for energy. Most likely, this mechanism protects the liver from the accumulation of unsaturated fatty acids.
06.03.2008Researchers from the Sydney biotech company EnGeneIC cured cancer with drugs in a "wrapper" from the membrane of bacteria. Scientists plan to start testing on cancer-stricken volunteers within a month.
30.06.2009By the middle of the century, every sixth inhabitant of the Earth will be over 65 years old. In Western countries, a demographic crisis may occur in the coming decades.
24.06.2009Leonid Melamed, CEO of Rusnano, said that Israel's advantage is a significant advance in nanotechnology, an orientation towards international cooperation and a significant number of Russian–speaking scientists – representatives of the Soviet scientific school. The Russian side offers "uniquely favorable conditions" to foreign innovators.
09.06.2009The grown hearts were transplanted into the abdominal cavity of stem cell donor rats. The organs took root, and, as expected, did not cause a rejection reaction. Now it is necessary to check whether the resulting heart muscle is capable of providing sufficient blood circulation throughout the body.
08.06.2009The first paper describes the results of work on reading the complete genome of a cow of the famous Hereford breed selected for sequencing. In the second – the results of a side project that cost a hundred times less – comparison of the genome of almost 500 cows of 19 different breeds for 37740 single-nucleotide polymorphisms ("snips").
24.04.2009Scientists significantly reduced the level of the VHL-1 signaling protein and found that this not only increased the resistance of worms to hypoxia (which they tried to achieve), but also significantly slowed the aging of nematodes.
20.04.2009The world's first female camel clone, named Injez ("Achievement"), was born at the Camel Reproduction Center in Dubai (UAE) last Wednesday.
14.04.2009The fund was named Google Ventures and will search for startups working in the field of software, e-commerce, clean technologies, biotechnology and healthcare.
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