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Prolonging youth

Prolonging life: slow down mitochondria?

If we transfer the data obtained from worms to humans, then slowing down the mitochondria in a 30-year-old would add 15 years to his life.

13.01.2011
Various

What we can expect from medical research: Part 2

Development of new methods of immunotherapy, antibiotics, vaccines (including against malaria, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis), study of brain mechanisms and methods of treatment of parkinsonism...

07.01.2011
Various

What we can expect from medical research: Part 1

In the next ten years, the main efforts of researchers will be focused on solving the mystery of aging, proteomics and the development of more effective treatments for cancer and obesity.

06.01.2011
Your health

Prostate hyperplasia: scalpel or pills?

Various pharmacological characteristics and mechanism of action of α1-adrenoblockers and 5α-reductase inhibitors serve as the basis for the use of combination therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia.

28.12.2010
Genetic engineering

A genetically modified future

Genetically modified plants are delicious, healthy, nutritious, safe... and inevitably.

28.12.2010
Genetic engineering

Bioplastics from waste

A project has been developed for the commercial production of bioplastics from waste wood, paper, etc. with the help of microorganisms.

28.12.2010
Other life sciences

Breast cancer: another target?

The P-Rex1 protein is overexpressed in many cancer cell lines and may be the next target after ErbB receptors for the development of new drugs for the treatment of breast cancer.

27.12.2010
New in Gerontology

Rapamycin target and aging: new data

Scientists have linked the hyperactivity of the mechanistic target of rapamycin – the mTORC1 cellular pathway – with a decrease in ketone production, which is a physiological marker of aging in mice.

24.12.2010
Your health

Placebo without cheating

Even if you mark the medications given to patients as "placebo" (with a detailed explanation of what it is), the pills will still have a significant effect.

24.12.2010
Genetics

We are not only a little Neanderthals, but also a little Denisovans

Melanesians inhabiting the islands to the northeast of Australia received 4-6% of their genes from Denisovans. If we consider that the Neanderthals also left a trace in the genomes of modern humans, the total contribution of the "cousins" will be about 8%.

23.12.2010
Genetic engineering

How to make a boy out of a girl and teach mice to sing?

Christmas gifts from genetic engineers: they turned a female mouse into a male by activating the SOX3 gene in the genitals of a developing embryo with two X chromosomes, and (quite by accident!) they bred a breed of singing mice.

23.12.2010