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Other life sciences

Do you have enough vitamin C?

The device glued to the skin of the hand is able to measure the level of vitamin C in sweat, which correlates with its level in the blood.

26.05.2020
Cellular technologies

The brain of an embryo in a test tube

Scandinavian scientists have created organoids from stem cells that mimic the early stages of human brain development.

26.05.2020
Genetics

29 "genes of alcoholism"

19 of them were discovered for the first time, and many are also associated with mental disorders, risky behavior and cognitive abilities.

26.05.2020
Genetics

Sequencing of the metavirome

The metaviralSPAdes algorithm is able not only to find fragments of viral genomes, but also to assemble a ready–made "puzzle" from them - the genome of the pathogen.

26.05.2020
Your health

Don't relax

Regular physical exercises are necessary to maintain the health of muscle stem cells – myosatellites.

25.05.2020
Other life sciences

Noninvasive diagnosis of anemia

An application has been created that allows you to accurately assess the level of hemoglobin in the blood from a picture of the lower eyelid on a smartphone.

25.05.2020
Genetics

"The slimness gene"

Scientists have managed to identify a gene that does not allow you to gain extra weight even with improper nutrition.

22.05.2020
Cellular technologies

To survive until transplantation

Injection of hepatocytes helped the newborn to live up to the age and weight that allow for liver transplant surgery.

22.05.2020
Nanotechnology

Upstream

Controlled microspheres can float through the vessels in any direction, and when they come into contact with cancer cells, they release an anti-cancer drug.

22.05.2020
Nanotechnology

Better than alive

The bionic eye has 46 times more receptors than the human eye, a shorter reaction time, and it can see in the dark.

21.05.2020
Genetic engineering

Medicinal chrysanthemum

The transgenic chrysanthemum variety produces artemisinin molecules – the most effective means for the destruction of malarial plasmodium.

21.05.2020
Other life sciences

Mono- and polyclonal metastases

Medications trigger natural selection among metastatic cells, making them resistant to therapy.

21.05.2020
Biomedicine

Every two months

One injection of an experimental drug is enough to protect the body from HIV infection for two months.

21.05.2020
Other life sciences

Catch and measure

In just 25 minutes, the biosensor measures the concentration of autoantibodies in human blood extremely accurately and determines their activity.

21.05.2020
Biomedicine

Immunotherapy Booster

Simultaneous activation of two different types of immune cells enhances the effect of immunotherapy in the treatment of solid tumors.

20.05.2020
Biomedicine

From what test

What tests are there for coronavirus, why they are needed and in which cases a person is obliged to undergo an analysis, and in which cases it remains his personal business.

20.05.2020
Your health

Choose bold

Consuming dairy products of normal fat content in sufficient quantities is important at least for the cardiovascular system.

20.05.2020