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Note to the businessman

Biotech Stars

Buying small biotech startups means growth for the entire industry, but will pharmaceutical companies invest more actively in such enterprises?

24.01.2018
Bioethics

Sell DNA

A number of companies offer to buy personal genetic information in order to then sell it for medical research.

23.01.2018
Other life sciences

Neurochemical origin of man

Humans differ from other primates in large amounts of dopamine, a neurotransmitter important for establishing cooperation.

23.01.2018
Various

Ahead of the whole planet

China may be ahead of the United States in the use of genome editing technologies originally developed in the West.

23.01.2018
Other life sciences

Artificial doctor's assistant

Scientists have started developing a new neural network to search for manifestations of various diseases in medical images.

23.01.2018
Your health

Only without sugar!

The use of 100% fruit juices, even very sweet ones, does not have any significant effects on insulin and glucose indicators.

23.01.2018
Biomedicine

Eight in one

It has become possible to screen eight of the most common types of cancer early with a single blood test.

23.01.2018
Nanotechnology

Nanorobots with electric drive

The use of electricity to move nanorobots accelerated the assembly of complex molecules by 100,000 times.

23.01.2018
Cellular technologies

Stem cells with inlay

Platelet vesicles increase the ability of stem cells to move to the infarction zone and stay there.

22.01.2018
Cellular technologies

One gene is enough

To turn "adult" cells into stem cells, it was enough to activate a single "Yamanaki factor" – Sox2 or Oct4.

22.01.2018
Other life sciences

New pressure sensor

A biodegradable piezoelectric sensor can be useful for tracking the dynamics of lung diseases, brain edema and other diseases.

22.01.2018
Genetics

Viral gene transfer

Researchers describe a new way of transmitting information between neurons that has similarities to viruses.

22.01.2018
Prolonging youth

Don't forget about memory

Can memory training improve thinking in older people with cognitive impairments?

22.01.2018
Biomedicine

Poison for spermatozoa

A dangerous toxin isolated from the poison that Africans used to lubricate arrows for hunting may become the first contraceptive in history for men.

19.01.2018
Other life sciences

New secrets of the "longevity protein"

A detailed study of the Klotho protein has provided data that will allow the development of new treatments for various diseases.

19.01.2018
Genetics

The human Longevity Gene

Humans live longer than animals of similar size due to a special gene device associated with the suppression of cellular stress.

19.01.2018
Genetic engineering

Lymphocyte puller

The ultrasound system allows remote control of CAR-T lymphocytes, prompting them to recognize and kill cancer cells.

19.01.2018
New in Gerontology

Promising age

This newly proposed criterion measures how old people are, not from the moment of birth, but from the moment of death.

19.01.2018