Cloning
Cloning animals can become more effective
Scientists from the USA and France studied gene expression as clones develop and found out why most cloned embryos die in the early stages of development.
16.12.2016- English version
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Genetics
Genetics of diabetes and obesity
Epidemiologist Nick Warham – on the connection between diabetes and obesity, the study of the genetic causes of these diseases and the development of personalized treatment.
16.12.2016
Cellular technologies
ESCs are getting old too
Human embryonic stem cells from a culture rejuvenated with the help of a chemical "cocktail" are much more successfully transformed into tissues suitable for transplantation.
15.12.2016
Other life sciences
A new hope for the paralyzed
Technologies for restoring the connections between the brain and the nerve nodes of the limbs of the body that have been severed as a result of injury or illness are getting closer to reality.
15.12.2016
Biomedicine
Emulsion was taught to bombard cancer with drugs
The authors of the new work have created a platform for drug delivery based on a double emulsion of water-in-oil-in-water using safe surfactants and sesame oil.
15.12.2016
Genetics
One of the "obesity genes" is being studied at NSU
New data on the expression of genes with the yellow mutation, which reduces leptin synthesis, in the future may help in the search for a way to treat obesity in people with such a mutation.
15.12.2016
Biomedicine
Scientists have found a colorectal cancer suppressor protein
An international team of scientists has shown that a protein from the class of Nod-like receptors is able to suppress the development of colon and rectal cancer in mice.
15.12.2016
Other life sciences
And about the bone – it seemed
British researchers, analyzing the evolution of the baculum – the penis bone – in mammals, showed that its length is determined by the level of competition between males.
14.12.2016
Cloning
Clones start and win
An Argentine team on cloned horses won a prestigious polo match. The cloning was led by Katrin Hinrichs, a veterinarian from Texas A&M University.
14.12.2016
Genetic engineering
The CRISPR method has become even more effective
Specialists from Western Ontario University have improved the gene editing technology by adding a modified I-Tevl enzyme to the CRISPR-Cas9 system.
14.12.2016
Biomedicine
After a stroke, help neurons myelinate
American scientists have achieved the restoration of brain tissue after a stroke of white matter in mice by stimulating the myelination of damaged neurons.
14.12.2016
Biomedicine
Lymphocytes against cancer
A group of doctors from the National Cancer Institute reported that their new treatment method was able to get rid of colon cancer in the first patient.
14.12.2016
Other life sciences
Radio-controlled mice
A group of researchers from Stanford University has learned to control the behavior of animals using an electro-optical device implanted in the brain.
14.12.2016
Your health
Keep your head in the cold
Using a head cooling device during chemotherapy for cancer treatment can reduce the incidence of severe hair loss by 50%.
13.12.2016
Healthy skepticism
A spoonful of honesty in a barrel of molasses about regenerative medicine
Roman Deev, Director of Science at the Institute of Human Stem Cells – about his view on the prospects of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering in Russia.
13.12.2016
Note to the businessman
Three quarters of Russian venture capital
The return to stability, which the market has achieved after the decline in indicators over the years of economic turbulence, allows us to hope for its growth in the foreseeable future.
13.12.2016
Genetics
Diagnosis of genetic diseases by photo
Thousands of doctors and researchers dealing with genetic diseases around the world use the Face2Gene computer program for preliminary diagnosis.
12.12.2016
Nanotechnology
Magnetic microdisks went to war with cancer
A team of scientists from Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Canada used modified ferromagnetic microdisks to destroy cancerous tumors in mice.
12.12.2016
Biomedicine
Diabetes medicine will help parkinsonics
A drug developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes is being prepared for trials as the first drug capable of slowing the progress of Parkinson's disease.
12.12.2016
Biomedicine
New vaccine increases the effectiveness of leukemia treatment
An experimental personalized antitumor vaccine has significantly improved the results of treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
12.12.2016