Articles

Genetics

Another "obesity gene"

Mutations in the neural receptor can add seventeen extra pounds to young people.

02.06.2021

Biomedicine

Against the "butterfly"

Suppression of plasmocytoid dendritic cells helps to safely reduce the cutaneous manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus.

01.06.2021

Nanotechnology

Nanovaccine against influenza

The flu vaccine based on lipid nanospheres has shown high efficacy in preclinical studies on mice and ferrets.

01.06.2021

Nanotechnology

Betuvax-CoV-2

A patent for a method for creating a coronavirus vaccine using spherical nanoparticles was obtained by a subsidiary of the ISC.

01.06.2021

Your health

Down with the pills!

Many participants in the experiment stopped taking medications for diabetes and hypertension from the first week and are still healthy.

01.06.2021

Various

Unexpected side effects

Scientists conducted a long-term study of the effect of quarantine on the biopsychological age of adult Russians.

01.06.2021

Biomedicine

Reliable biomarker

Thanks to the discovery of scientists from Spain, doctors will be able to quickly and accurately determine myocarditis by the presence of miR-721 microRNA in human blood.

01.06.2021

Genetic engineering

Regeneration of old muscles

A combination of factors that activate myocyte progenitor cells will help cure age-related sarcopenia.

31.05.2021

Biomedicine

Probiotics instead of fecal therapy

The therapy prevented and reversed intestinal inflammation in mice, increased the number of good bacteria and reduced the number of bad ones.

31.05.2021

Other life sciences

Antibodies for a long time

Many people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are likely to develop antibodies against this coronavirus for almost a lifetime.

31.05.2021

Biomedicine

Against cancer and covid

The drug, which is already undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of cancer, has facilitated the course of coronavirus infection in mice.

31.05.2021

Other life sciences

Tailed biosensors

Biologists have taught ferrets to detect the droppings of ducks infected with avian flu. The accuracy of such diagnostics exceeded ninety percent.

28.05.2021

Your health

Coffee and sleep

Scientists at the University of Michigan assessed how coffee copes with the negative impact of lack of sleep on cognitive abilities.

28.05.2021

Your health

Eat, get fat and not get sick

Not every excess of the body is equally harmful, according to German scientists. They cite people with "metabolically healthy obesity" as an example.

28.05.2021

Bioethics

In the new edition

The International Society for Stem Cell Research has updated ethical guidelines for experiments with human cells and embryos.

28.05.2021

Biomedicine

Brake for dementia

Increasing the concentration of miRNA-132 in the brain of mice with Alzheimer's disease restores adult neurogenesis and counteracts memory impairment.

27.05.2021

Nanotechnology

Antimicrobial nanohybrids

The use of hybrid nanoparticles made of hexagonal boron and silver nitride makes it possible to reduce the dose of the antibiotic in some cases by 6-7 times.

27.05.2021

Biomedicine

Tabernantalog against stress

One dose of the non-hallucinogenic analogue of the psychedelic ibogaine eliminated the behavioral and neurological effects of stress in mice.

27.05.2021

Controversial

A new look at cancer

Researchers from Australia and the USA have hypothesized that cancer, in fact, we inherited from distant ancestors, i.e. it is an atavism.

27.05.2021

Your health

Not all vaccines are equally useful

It's time for Russian residents to choose between the proposed vaccines. By choosing the wrong one, they risk dying from the coronavirus.

27.05.2021