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Genetics

DNA genealogy: Slavs and "Indo-Europeans" (Part 2)

We have sorted out the ancestral homeland of the "Indo-Europeans", who turned out to be Arias, they are also Proto-Slavs. And where is the ancestral home of the "Proto-Indo-Europeans"? What is the picture of the flows, migrations of "Proto-Indo-Europeans" that led to the appearance of the Aryans, the Proto-Slavs in their historical homeland? This is the second part of our investigation.

27.10.2008
Biomedicine

On the way to diabetes treatment

New candidates for clinical research as a means of treating diabetes: epigallocatechin-3-gallate, an antioxidant that is part of green tea, and alpha-1 antitrypsin, a protein that is produced by liver tissue.

27.10.2008
Other life sciences

Eraser for memories

If the "erasure" of memories ever becomes possible, it will require a careful prediction of the consequences and the development of a solid ethical framework that defines the scope of the technique, since there are plenty of obvious opportunities for abuse of it.

27.10.2008
Cellular technologies

Hybrid or chimera?

Has the British Parliament allowed the creation of beastmen?

24.10.2008
Biomedicine

Hydrogen sulfide does not press

Smelly hydrogen sulfide has an unexpected and very useful function – this gas helps the body to expand blood vessels. A previously unknown regulatory mechanism promises the emergence of a whole class of new drugs to combat high blood pressure.

24.10.2008
Your health

What affects the quality of sperm

There are two pieces of news for men: bad and good. The bad news is that almost everything affects the quality of sperm, the good news is that everything is fixable.

24.10.2008
Your health

How to survive in a crisis

What is happening in the country now, of course, cannot but worry us. We think, analyze, worry about the future of our contributions, about the present of our work and are nervous, nervous, nervous... There can be many crises, but life is one. Is it worth spending it on a crisis?

24.10.2008
Other life sciences

Prick and forget

If the script of the movie "Men in Black" were being written today, the characters of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones would be armed not with a flash, but with a genetic vector and a small pill. American and Chinese neurophysiologists have learned to delete unnecessary memories in this way – but so far only in mice.

23.10.2008
Cellular technologies

Male organ from one cell

The cherished dream of apologists of tissue engineering has come true: an entire organ of an adult organism has been grown from a single cell by planting it in a kidney. This organ has become the prostate, which cannot fail to interest men. And these developments, although indirectly, concern the weaker sex.

23.10.2008
New in Gerontology

To live for a long time, you need to study well, son!

According to the degree of influence on mortality (regardless of whether this influence is direct or indirect), IQ and "reliability" turned out to be almost as significant factors as a combination of smoking, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

23.10.2008
Bioethics

Preimplantation diagnostics: sorting embryos

Modern medicine is able to perform preimplantation genetic screening, that is, to determine the presence of a number of genes that will lead to the development of serious hereditary diseases.

22.10.2008
Exhibitions and conferences

Biotechnology 2008

The Ministry of Industry and Science of the Ministry of Defense and the International Center for Technological Cooperation (ICTC) invite you to take part in the conference "Biotechnology 2008", which will be held on October 30, 2008 in the science city of Pushchino. The conference is devoted to the discussion of topical issues of the introduction of scientific achievements in the field of biotechnology into the production practice of the Moscow region.

21.10.2008
Biomedicine

Do our illnesses depend on nationality?

Resistance or susceptibility to certain diseases can be encoded in our genes. And in many ways it depends on the place of permanent residence of the people to which a person belongs. The direction in science that studies this problem is called "ethnogenomics".

20.10.2008
Biomedicine

Autoantibodies: find and prevent future illness

Scientists want to create a complete picture of autoantibodies and give doctors a tool that will allow predicting the development of diseases long before the first clinical signs appear.

20.10.2008
Grants and competitions

Competition of innovative developments "Polyclinic of the XXI century"

The Innovation Development Awards are awarded for the most relevant scientific research and developments that have received public recognition and make a significant contribution to the development of medicine in the specialties accepted for participation in the competition.

20.10.2008
Exhibitions and conferences

Nanobiotechnology 2008

The first Interdisciplinary Symposium "NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2008" will be held on October 29 at the I.M. Sechenov MMA.

20.10.2008