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Healthy skepticism

Errare humanum est

Biologist Alexander Panchin – about editing the human genome, about the natural origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and why prophetic dreams do not exist.

27.08.2021
Other life sciences

Insulin in the intestine

Italian scientists have created an insulin pump implanted in the abdomen, which is refueled with insulin not from the outside, but from the lumen of the intestine.

27.08.2021
Cellular technologies

Fibroblast muscles

Understanding the mechanism of transformation of skin cells into immature muscle cells can help in the treatment of muscle-related diseases.

26.08.2021
Note to the businessman

Profitable investments

Investors are increasing investments in technologies based on the achievements of genomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics and other "omics".

26.08.2021
Prolonging youth

VEGF for life extension

Enhanced production of vascular endothelial growth factor increased the average life expectancy of mice by 48% in females and by 39% in males.

26.08.2021
Genetics

How flies and people age

Comparative analysis of RNA allowed us to identify 50 evolutionarily conservative genes associated with brain aging in humans and drosophila.

26.08.2021
Nanotechnology

Acupuncture for balding

The first results clearly demonstrate that the effect of the patch with microneedles exceeds the results of existing topical preparations.

26.08.2021
Genetics

Against HIV and aging

Reverse transcriptase inhibitors suppress the increased activity of retrotransposons associated with aging.

25.08.2021
Other life sciences

Nothing superfluous

Some malignant cells manage to survive after therapy without mutations, with the help of enhanced antioxidant protection.

25.08.2021
New in Gerontology

Four seasons

The periods of life determined by the energy consumption of the body are not at all similar to childhood, youth, maturity and old age in the everyday sense.

25.08.2021
Prolonging youth

Fecal therapy for the brain

Transplantation of intestinal microbes in the form of feces from young mice to old ones can turn back the clock of an aging brain.

25.08.2021
Other life sciences

Glioblastoma Organoid

The new method makes it possible to obtain in the laboratory an accurate model of a brain tumor in a natural cellular environment.

25.08.2021
Other life sciences

Superglue

Bio-glue, created on the basis of sea acorns glue, stops bleeding in 15 seconds.

25.08.2021
Cellular technologies

Organoids with eyes

Brain organoids spontaneously form eye glasses – embryonic precursors of eyes that react to light.

24.08.2021
Biomedicine

Contraceptive antibodies

Antibodies delivered to the sheep's vagina along with the ejaculate reduced the number of motile sperm by 99 percent.

24.08.2021
Other life sciences

Pump for diabetics on dialysis

The developers are already testing the device in patients with type 2 diabetes without complications of the disease, as well as in difficult situations.

24.08.2021
New in Gerontology

Microflora of centenarians

Bacteria that metabolize primary bile acids help maintain the balance of the intestinal microbiota and prevent inflammation.

24.08.2021
Other life sciences

While Neuralink is experimenting…

Synchron has announced that it has received FDA approval for testing its main product – Stentrode (Stentrode, "stent" + "electrode").

24.08.2021
Genetics

We remove fat through the skin

A seemingly unremarkable observation – shiny hair – showed how the immune system fights obesity.

23.08.2021