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Other life sciences

Leptin and dopamine

Scientists have found out how the appetite-suppressing hormone controls eating behavior through the brain's dopamine reward system.

08.04.2021

Other life sciences

Not just the lungs

Pharmacologist Yuri Kiselyov told about how the coronavirus spreads through the body, and which organs it affects.

08.04.2021

Biomedicine

Advanced PDT

A new photodynamic anticancer therapy based on porphyrazines causes immunogenic cell death.

08.04.2021

Other life sciences

Bristling cells

When a vaccine enters a human cell, the cell becomes overgrown with spikes containing S-protein, which is alien to humans, but native to the coronavirus.

08.04.2021

Other life sciences

Unique transplantation

A team of surgeons from New York's Mount Sinai Hospital performed the world's first complete tracheal transplant to a human.

08.04.2021

Genetic engineering

Second generation CAR against HIV

The new CAR-T therapy forms an immune response against HIV, without waiting for the virus or its parts to cause a response.

07.04.2021

Genetics

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2

Most viruses do not have a mechanism for correcting errors made during genome replication, which is why they mutate at a high rate.

07.04.2021

Cellular technologies

Bioreactor for organoids

The design includes wells to which microfluidic channels are connected, delivering nutrient medium and drugs to the brain organoids.

07.04.2021

Cellular technologies

Transplantation without rejection

The skeleton of the donor liver washed from the cells is populated with new cells – from the future recipient of the organ.

07.04.2021

Nanotechnology

Invisible biosensor

The device, no larger than a coin and thinner than a millimeter, has been successfully tested when implanted under the skin of laboratory animals.

07.04.2021

Various

Hammer, Sword and Dagger

Russian COVID-19 vaccines Look like Different Weapons: they have a multidirectional effect, but they all kill the virus.

07.04.2021

Genetic engineering

Therapeutic time-out

Depleted lymphocytes modified for CAR-T therapy can be reactivated if they are given a break.

06.04.2021

Biomedicine

Healing Accelerator

Boron-rich alginate hydrogel, which can be injected subcutaneously, is able to repair damaged muscle very quickly.

06.04.2021

Genetics

Heredity or environment?

Telomere length correlates with life expectancy, determined mostly by heredity, and not by living conditions and the environment.

06.04.2021

Cellular technologies

Less sweet!

Contrary to popular belief, satellite cells of skeletal muscles multiply faster in environments with low glucose levels.

06.04.2021

Other life sciences

Without wires

The first wireless brain-computer interface for patients with paralysis was tested on two volunteers.

06.04.2021

Genetic engineering

RNA therapy for blindness

One injection restored lost vision to a patient with a rare genetic disease.

05.04.2021

Cellular technologies

Protection against relapse

Stem cell transplantation prevents relapses after immunotherapy of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

05.04.2021

Healthy skepticism

Wind tests?

For most people, the non–specialized DNA test that companies offer is a dubious waste of money.

05.04.2021

New in Gerontology

Effectiveness of senolytics

American scientists have discovered a non-invasive biomarker of the death of aged cells of the body.

05.04.2021