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Tomorrow came yesterday

Humanity 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.

Dancing from the kidney

Any donor kidney received from a deceased person has a passport. The kidney enters a medical institution where it will be used for transplantation, with a passport containing all the data about it.

Mouse Alzheimer's under the microscope: day by day

Of course, the neurophysiology of mice differs from that of humans, so it's too early to draw final conclusions. Nevertheless, the work of Professor Hyman and his collaborators strongly supported the hypothesis of the beta-amyloid nature of Alzheimer's disease.

The IntelliDrug tooth dispenses medications in the mouth

The undoubted advantage of the invention is that you do not need to take pills at all. Medications enter the body by themselves, and in most cases a person does not even notice it. According to the creators, the implant does not prevent a person from talking or eating.

The hidden threat of silicone charms

Today, silicone body parts will not surprise anyone, every year the number of people who want to add volume due to silicone is only increasing, and this is despite the fact that researchers continue to find new flaws in such implants.

It takes only half a billion rubles to breed a herd of transgenic goats

This is almost 2 times more than spent on the first stage of the program. This is due to the fact that the second stage provides for higher costs for the construction of farms for the maintenance of transgenic herds, the creation of industrial herds of animals themselves – producers of human medicinal proteins, the development of technologies for the isolation of human proteins from animal milk and the creation of medicinal, food and perfumes with the organization of their pilot production.

How venture investors evaluate startups

This article is intended more for venture investors, but it is also useful for startups to find out how venture investors evaluate startups when investing in them at an early stage.

To live to be a hundred years old is easier than you thought

The contribution of genes to life expectancy is only 25%, and the chances of changing the second hundred are not only in relatively healthy people, but also in patients with various chronic diseases.

Hopes and promises of stem cells

One of the most sensational scientific achievements of the outgoing year was the development of methods for genetic reprogramming of human somatic cells, converting them into full-fledged analogues of embryonic stem cells.

How to prolong youth?

Vladimir Shabalin, Director of the Gerontology Research Institute, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, knows all the secrets of aging and life extension and willingly shares them.

Not only normal, but also cancerous stem cells were found in the liver

The results of comparing the genetic profiles of cancer and normal stem cells indicate that some experimental drugs designed to treat other types of cancer and currently undergoing trials can help in the fight against liver cancer.

Innovations on the laboratory table

The laboratory is already ready to accept orders for biotesting. There is everything for conducting experiments on the stream – a wide arsenal of high-quality techniques, qualified specialists, an authoritative brand of biofac.

Stem cells come out by the hour

If mesenchymal stromal cells rarely go beyond the bones on their own, then the release of hematopoietic stem cells into the blood occurs regularly, we can say – strictly by the hour.

Three, six, code

Two nucleotides are connected by a strong covalent bond, and with the third and the amino acid – by weak physico-chemical bonds. To strengthen this connection, we need another three – complementary. It will turn out to be a six, which will be supported by hydrogen bonds between complementary nucleotides.

microRNA – the further into the forest, the more firewood

microRNAs are involved in the processes of individual development of the body, including temporary control, death, proliferation and differentiation of cells, embryonic laying of organs.

Stem cells: How to distinguish science from myth-making? (2)

I advise you to be wary of representatives of pseudoscience and mythologists who have flooded our scientific space. Stem cells have a huge potential for the treatment of many diseases, but we are still looking for optimal opportunities for their proper use.

Hereditary diseases: it is possible to identify now, to cure – not yet soon

Until recently, mainly monogenic diseases that occur when one gene is disrupted have been studied. But most hereditary diseases are associated with simultaneous disruption of several genes and certain environmental influences.

The Second Saint-Petersburg International Conference on NanoBiotechnologies

Stem cells: How to distinguish science from myth-making? (1)

The information circulating in the media that scientists have received the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for discoveries in the field of stem cells is rekindling interest in mysterious cells, both among specialists and among ordinary people. Since there are already a lot of myths on the Internet and scientists dealing with this problem, there are also a certain number of charlatans who use the moment to earn money and fame.

World Community Grid: Join the Distributed Computing network!

There are about 650 million personal computers in the world, and most of them use only a small part of their power when working. At the same time, these untapped resources can be used for the benefit of all mankind. To this end, in 2004, the World Community Grid system was created – the largest global computing system for solving the most important humanitarian problems.