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Genetic engineering

Fix the hemoglobin gene

CRISPR Therapeutics has developed a method to cure beta-thalassemia using gene therapy.

17.04.2018
Exhibitions and conferences

Biotechnology: state and prospects

International Forum and specialized exhibition "The World of Biotechnology. Life Sciences" will be held in Moscow on May 23-25, 2018.

16.04.2018
Genetics

Useful garbage

Biologists have identified the role of satellite DNA, which does not encode proteins and belongs to the "junk" DNA ("dark matter" of the genome).

16.04.2018
Other life sciences

Surveillance without "bugs"

The new system of automatic tracking of movements and movements of laboratory animals does not require the installation of tags.

16.04.2018
Your health

One hundred grams

A relationship was found between an increase in the amount of alcohol consumed in excess of this weekly dose and a decrease in life expectancy.

16.04.2018
Healthy skepticism

A little embellished

In order not to lose sleep from the article about the dangers of insomnia, read the refutation: sleep is useful, but its lack of dementia does not cause.

13.04.2018
Controversial

The epidemic of youth

About 5% of the current young and rich will live 120 years or longer, according to biohackers. Forbes Life tells you what you need to do for this.

13.04.2018
Other life sciences

Diagnosis by saliva

Scientists from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University have developed a new method for diagnosing autoimmune disorders.

13.04.2018
Other life sciences

Without the help of an optometrist

Representatives of the FDA approved the use of the program for the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy without the participation of a doctor.

13.04.2018
Genetic engineering

Feel the difference

The Ministry of Agriculture said it has no plans to regulate genetically modified plants.

13.04.2018
Biomedicine

A vaccine to help chemotherapy

Women who received the vaccine in addition to chemotherapy had a higher chance of surviving for two years.

12.04.2018
Other life sciences

Feelings identical to natural ones

American scientists, acting on the brain of a paralyzed person, simulated sensations close to natural in his limbs.

12.04.2018
Other life sciences

Before, during and after

What we experience during falling in love and intimacy can be explained in terms of chemical processes in the brain.

12.04.2018
Other life sciences

Obesity is helped by clostridia

These bacteria control the digestion and absorption of fats in the intestine and play a huge role in the development of obesity and heart disease.

12.04.2018
Biomedicine

APOE4 fixed

Scientists have modeled Alzheimer's disease in the culture of human neurons and neutralized the pathological version of the APOE protein.

12.04.2018
Biomedicine

Antiviral antibiotics

Some antibiotics stimulate the activity of antiviral genes in cells, helping to fight against viral infection.

11.04.2018
Other life sciences

To be filed with a biosensor

Subcutaneous injection is the most reliable option for long–term and accurate tracking of blood alcohol levels.

11.04.2018
Biomedicine

The most effective

A new method of drug synthesis for blood thinning allows you to obtain safe and at the same time effective doses of the drug.

11.04.2018
Biomedicine

Freedom to the defender of the genome!

The compounds created by Russian researchers activate the anti-oncogene p53 much more successfully than those developed earlier.

11.04.2018