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Your health

Dangerous cholinolytics

Widely used cholinolytic agents increase the likelihood of Alzheimer's disease in elderly people with risk factors.

08.09.2020
Genetic engineering

They take such people as astronauts

The loss of bone and muscle mass in mice who lived on the ISS for a month was prevented by the myostatin protein inhibitor.

08.09.2020
Nanotechnology

Origami from twisted DNA

Chinese and American scientists have created a number of self-assembling DNA structures ranging in size from a micron to a millimeter.

08.09.2020
New in Gerontology

Deafness and dementia

A practical conclusion from the proposed hypotheses: timely hearing correction can prevent cognitive impairment.

08.09.2020
Nanotechnology

Anti-wrinkle patch

The developers of patches with soluble hyaluronic microneedles with active substances for the treatment of the eye area have proven their safety.

08.09.2020
Biomedicine

Exactly into a new heart

The hydrogel "courier" delivers a drug against graft rejection directly to the transplanted heart.

07.09.2020
Genetics

Deaf diggers

There is no sound amplification in the ears of naked diggers due to mutations in proteins that bind the hairs of the auditory receptors.

07.09.2020
Nanotechnology

Sponge for wounds

Chemists from RCTU synthesized hemostatic material based on chitosan and alginate biopolymers, as well as silver nanoparticles.

07.09.2020
Cloning

Unfrozen foal

On August 6, a clone of Przewalski's horse was born at the San Diego Zoo in California, "resurrected" from cells stored in liquid nitrogen for 40 years.

07.09.2020
Genetic engineering

Um-children will inevitably appear

We are not talking about designer babies with specified characteristics yet – there is no sufficiently reliable scientific base for this.

07.09.2020
Controversial

What are you rich in…

The Russian scientists who developed the Sputnik-V vaccine presented a report on its trials on 76 volunteers.

07.09.2020
Cellular technologies

Transparent again

The patient's own stem cells from a healthy eye restored the cornea damaged by chemical burns.

04.09.2020
Other life sciences

Search for pests by DNA

Test strips allow you to determine the presence and number of coral-eating starfish by the content of their DNA in seawater.

04.09.2020
Other life sciences

Swallow the electrical stimulator

A prototype capsule for electrical stimulation of the stomach wall is packed in a soluble shell and enters the stomach when swallowed.

04.09.2020
Genetics

Evolution of the "milk" gene

About 100 generations ago, most Europeans could not digest lactose. After 3000 years, the picture changed to the opposite.

04.09.2020
Biomedicine

Effective and safe

It has been proven that the BCG vaccine effectively protects the elderly from respiratory infections.

03.09.2020
Biomedicine

Fecal therapy of alcoholism

A pilot clinical study has shown that transplantation of bacteria isolated from another person's feces helps to overcome cravings for alcohol.

03.09.2020