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Other life sciences

Accurate calculation

Artificial intelligence accurately predicts how combinations of different drugs kill different types of cancer cells.

02.12.2020
Other life sciences

The virus has found a loophole

German scientists have found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the brain through nerve cells in the olfactory mucosa.

02.12.2020
Genetic engineering

Macaques cured of immunodeficiency

Scientists from the USA have neutralized the genome of a virus close to HIV in non-human primates, and are ready to proceed to testing the technique on humans.

02.12.2020
Biomedicine

Analysis of intercellular fluid

Interstitial fluid can provide information about metabolic products, diagnostic biomarkers and toxins absorbed through the skin.

01.12.2020
Nanotechnology

The most durable and elastic

The new "electronic skin" can stretch, increasing by 28 times, and can withstand more than 5,000 cycles of deformation

01.12.2020
Other life sciences

Folding in silico

AI has solved a problem that has remained one of the most relevant for biology for about half a century: predicting the tertiary structure of proteins from the primary one.

01.12.2020
Prolonging youth

The "aging gene" of stem cells

When scientists suppressed this gene with the help of short RNA molecules, the cells "rejuvenated" in the same way as under the influence of "Yamanaki factors".

01.12.2020
Prolonging youth

Eternal life without diseases

Lecturer of the Department of Genetics of the Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology of KFU – about the nature of aging and the fight against it.

01.12.2020
Biomedicine

We diagnose everyone

A new test capable of detecting more than 50 types of cancer by blood analysis before the first symptoms appear is being introduced in the UK.

30.11.2020
Cloning

Back to the Pleistocene!

Professor George Church – about the necessity and possibility of restoring the herbivore population in cold lands.

30.11.2020
Controversial

Di Gray's Optimism

Interview with one of the most controversial figures in modern gerontology.

30.11.2020
Biomedicine

What's wrong with the Oxford vaccine?

Additional studies of the AZD1222 vaccine will affect vaccination in the European Union and increases the chances of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.

30.11.2020
Other life sciences

Neural stem cells

All neurons of the central nervous system, as well as astroglia and oligodendroglia cells, are formed from neural stem cells.

30.11.2020
Cellular technologies

Bait for stem cells

The new drug directs stem cells to the right place, improving their ability to repair damaged tissues.

27.11.2020
Nanotechnology

Optimal acidity

The effectiveness of penetration of magnetic nanoparticles with the drug into the tumor depends on the pH level of its microenvironment.

27.11.2020
Genetics

Protection for ends

If the TRF2 protein is removed, the ends of the chromosomes merge during cell division, which leads to the formation of "spaghetti chromosomes" and cell death.

27.11.2020
Biomedicine

Gentle method

The new method is aimed at increasing diagnostic capabilities in the detection of dysplasia and cervical cancer without biopsy.

27.11.2020
Other life sciences

Test strips in diamonds

Nanodiamonds increase the sensitivity of paper tests by 10,000 times compared to commonly used gold nanoparticles.

27.11.2020