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Genetics

A tooth for a mouse

Pinpoint suppression of the gene that prevents the growth of teeth restored their complete set in mice and ferrets.

30.03.2021
Biomedicine

Cancer prevention: bariatrics

The risks of all types of cancer decreased after bariatric surgery. This was especially noticeable for tumors associated with obesity.

30.03.2021
Genetic engineering

Synthia v.3A

Scientists have identified seven genes that need to be added to the genome of a synthetic cell to make it grow normally and divide neatly.

30.03.2021
Biomedicine

Platelets against cancer

A new platelet-based drug enhances the effectiveness of photothermal cancer therapy in mice.

29.03.2021
Your health

Aspirin, cancer and age

In elderly people, taking aspirin increases the risk of cancer progression and death.

29.03.2021
Genetics

Acrobats involuntarily

The inability of mutant rabbits to jump was associated with disruption of the interneurons, through which motor activity is coordinated.

29.03.2021
Biomedicine

Clinical success

A vaccine against a malignant brain tumor has been successfully tested on humans for the first time.

26.03.2021
Your health

Anabolics age the brain

Long-term use of large doses of anabolic steroids is associated with premature aging of the brain.

26.03.2021
Genetics

The gender problem

The same genes in men can contribute to the development of mental illness, and in women prevent it. And others – on the contrary.

26.03.2021
Nanotechnology

Neutrobots

Neutrophils with a magnetic nanogel and a treatment agent easily penetrate the blood-brain barrier along with the payload.

26.03.2021
Your health

To be vaccinated or not?

The most important questions about Russian and foreign COVID-19 vaccines are answered by virologist Nikolai Nikitin.

26.03.2021
Genetics

Zombie genes?

Some genes are activated in the brain after death, as a result of which glial cells increase their activity and grow to gigantic sizes.

25.03.2021
Biomedicine

Group testing

This method allows you to get results up to 13 times faster compared to individual testing of each sample on COVID-19.

25.03.2021
Biomedicine

Tumour Thermometer

According to the authors, the unique development will increase the accuracy and effectiveness of therapy for various tumors.

25.03.2021
Genetics

Why do we have big heads?

Differences in the expression of the ZEB2 gene allow human brain cells to develop longer than in our relatives – chimpanzees and gorillas.

25.03.2021
New in Gerontology

Zero point: the search continues

Biologists from Harvard measured the epigenetic age in human and mouse embryos and found that it changes non-linearly during development.

25.03.2021
Other life sciences

The Troika of Trojans

Skoltech researchers have studied new antimicrobial compounds acting on the "Trojan horse" principle.

25.03.2021
Cellular technologies

A chance to regain what was lost

The new technology of cell reprogramming contributed to the restoration of mouse brain tissue after an ischemic stroke.

24.03.2021