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Other life sciences

Deception of feelings

Setting up biofeedback in the prosthetic leg makes it subjectively lighter in weight, which also improves the wearing experience.

14.01.2021
Biomedicine

Cancellation of resistance

In the presence of bacteriophages, microbes acquire mutations that deprive them of capsules, and again become vulnerable to antibiotics.

14.01.2021
Biomedicine

Better than nothing

The experimental drug donanemab slowed the development of dementia in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

14.01.2021
Genetic engineering

Bacterial "flash drive"

American scientists have developed a way to turn bacterial colonies into a storage device connected to a computer.

14.01.2021
Biomedicine

Experiments on humans

An international group of scientists has proposed specifically infecting COVID-19 volunteers to speed up the development of a coronavirus vaccine.

14.01.2021
Biomedicine

Preparation for the vaccine

American scientists have clarified how the NicA2 enzyme decomposes nicotine. This opens up prospects for creating a real "smoking vaccine".

13.01.2021
Biomedicine

One of the causes of glioma?

The occurrence of glioma, a type of brain tumor, may be associated with a parasitic disease caused by toxoplasma.

13.01.2021
Other life sciences

Not only psychology

Scientists have found out that the probability of developing anorexia depends not only on psychological factors, but also on the composition of the intestinal microflora.

13.01.2021
Grants and competitions

Learn bioinformatics!

The Institute of Bioinformatics invites students of middle and senior courses to study at the Institute's programs in the 2021/22 academic year.

13.01.2021
Biomedicine

Long-lasting immunity

T- and B-lymphocytes retain the memory of COVID-19 at an unchanged level for the maximum observed period after recovery – at least 8 months.

13.01.2021
Genetic engineering

Mice cured of progeria

The method of editing single nitrogenous DNA bases made it possible to slow down pathological aging.

12.01.2021
Biomedicine

Risk factor

Scientists have confirmed that oral sex with many partners is associated with an increased risk of oropharyngeal cancer.

12.01.2021
Biomedicine

Cancer in the den

After several years of remission, metastases from tumor cells that have passed into a state of "hibernation" may reappear in the body.

12.01.2021
Genetics

Not exactly the same

Comparing the DNA of hundreds of pairs of monozygotic twins showed that their genetic identity is greatly exaggerated.

12.01.2021
Biomedicine

Protection from zoonoses

Two small biotech companies have started developing a vaccine for cats that can prevent people from re-infecting with coronavirus.

12.01.2021
Prolonging youth

Gene therapy of stem cell aging

A new gene has been discovered, disabling which slows down the aging of progenitor stem cells.

11.01.2021
Other life sciences

Mitochondrial transfer

An improved device for transferring mitochondrial DNA will help to study mitochondrial diseases more deeply.

11.01.2021
Genetic engineering

Britain froze in anticipation

Gene editing of crops and livestock may soon be allowed for the first time in England.

11.01.2021