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Other life sciences

The PCR laboratory was placed on a microchip

The microfluidic chip, which checks for the presence of pathogen DNA in a blood sample, is small in size, works quickly and without electricity and is very cheap to produce.

24.03.2017
Genetics

All cells are equal, but some are more equal

Previously, it was believed that the cells resulting from the first divisions of the human embryo are absolutely equivalent. Apparently, this is not quite true.

24.03.2017
Your health

In search of antibiotics

Biochemist Peter Sergiev – about antibiotics, from sulfonamide and penicillin to the most modern methods of searching and developing new means of combating pathogenic microorganisms.

23.03.2017
Your health

Contraceptives will protect against cancer

The probability of getting bowel cancer in comparison with the control group was 19% lower. The chances of endometrial cancer decreased by 34%, and ovarian cancer – by 33%.

23.03.2017
Other life sciences

Lungs behind the back

Artificial lungs developed at the University of Pittsburgh, compact enough to be carried in a backpack, have been successfully tested on animals.

23.03.2017
Other life sciences

A turtle under telepathic control

Korean scientists have demonstrated remote control of the turtle's movement through human thought. The method is based on non–invasive control of animal behavior.

22.03.2017
Other life sciences

Epilepsy and endocannabinoids

Scientists from ITEB RAS and MIPT have shown in their work that analogues of substances contained in cannabis produced by the body itself help against epilepsy.

22.03.2017
Innovative Russia

Innovation within the framework of legality

The law regulating the use of cellular technologies: the beginning of a new industry, simplification of interaction between the medical and business communities, or complication of work?

22.03.2017
Various

Artificial synapses

Scientists from Stanford University have created an organic artificial synapse, the appearance of which takes us one step closer to the appearance of "intelligent" biological computers.

22.03.2017
Other life sciences

Brain photography

American researchers have developed a new, more advanced way of visualizing biological tissues, which they called computational cannular microscopy.

22.03.2017
Genetic engineering

Eukaryotic genome synthesis

The creation of an artificial eukaryotic genome is a new international project of Johns Hopkins University. Everyone is invited to participate in the project – there are enough chromosomes for everyone.

22.03.2017
Biomedicine

Spider venom will help treat a stroke

Australian scientists have discovered that a component of the venom of one of the local spiders, Psalmopoeus cambridgei, can prevent the death of nerve cells in ischemic stroke.

22.03.2017
Other life sciences

E-mail instead of a tablet

Electronic counseling (e-Counseling) works no worse than a hypotensive drug: systolic pressure in the experimental group decreased by 10 mmHg.

21.03.2017
Your health

What to choose – baldness or impotence?

Prolonged use of finasteride and dutasteride increases the risk of developing persistent erectile dysfunction, in some cases persisting for several months or even years.

21.03.2017
Various

Is a person ready to live forever?

The question of readiness for eternal life is not easy, especially due to the fact that no one has yet invented the elixir of immortality. Create it, and perhaps the number of those who want to live forever will increase.

21.03.2017