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Genetics

Stress and transposons

Mobile genetic elements – transposons – provide the body with a fast and convenient mechanism for activating the stress response.

26.12.2019
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy under control

Researchers have discovered a mechanism that allows them to "jam" the genes embedded in the cell or, conversely, stimulate their activity.

26.12.2019
Genetics

Senolytic against glaucoma

Scientists have prevented the death of neurons in the retina of mice by ridding it of aged cells.

26.12.2019
Genetic engineering

Humanized Pigs

Clinical trials of organ transplants of "humanized" pigs on humans are planned in the next five years.

25.12.2019
Other life sciences

Homo erectus in our DNA?

About 100 thousand years ago, erectus still lived in Java and could transmit their genes to modern man through a Denisovan.

25.12.2019
Other life sciences

Follicle Simulator

The effect on the muscle that surrounds the hair follicles will help prevent hair loss.

25.12.2019
Cellular technologies

Additional source of oocytes

Granulosa cells surrounding the egg can be turned into oocytes, which would significantly increase the chances of conception during IVF.

25.12.2019
Biomedicine

Ready for phase II!

An experimental drug for the treatment of several types of tumors associated with a mutation of the KRAS gene has been approved for further research.

24.12.2019
Genetic engineering

Mechanisms of aging

Why aging occurs, about possible ways to slow it down and what a person can learn from long-lived animals.

24.12.2019
Biomedicine

Against cancer and Alzheimer's

An unexpected property of the BCG vaccine was found among patients with cancer. It turned out that it can prevent the development of dementia.

24.12.2019
Other life sciences

Cancer on a chip

With the help of a tumor on a coin-sized device, testing anti-cancer drugs will become easier and more effective.

24.12.2019
Biomedicine

Analysis for leukemia

A simple blood test will speed up and simplify the diagnosis of blood cancer. It is expected that the cost of the test will be in the range of 50 €.

24.12.2019
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of ALS

Experts believe that the method they developed can be used against other neurodegenerative diseases.

24.12.2019
Your health

This is our telemedicine…

The results of the evaluation of the quality of initial consultations of the largest Russian companies working in the field of telemedicine.

23.12.2019
Genetics

Defective sperm

One in eight couples faces the problem of conceiving a child, and almost a quarter of these cases are "unexplained" male infertility.

23.12.2019
Other life sciences

Will there be no universal vaccine?

The imperfection of our immune system leads to the fact that the body is helpless before new strains of the influenza pathogen.

23.12.2019
Biomedicine

Proteomics for Psychiatry

Tomsk researchers together with colleagues from Moscow managed to make a significant step in the search for biomarkers of schizophrenia.

23.12.2019
Controversial

False predictions?

Canadian researchers believe that many diseases depend on genetic factors by no more than 5-10 percent.

20.12.2019
Cellular technologies

A new facet of the old medicine

The drug for the treatment of stroke triples the survival rate of stem cells transplanted to rats with spinal cord injury.

20.12.2019