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Biomedicine

Hydrogel against glaucoma

Soon, glaucoma can be treated with an injection of a special hydrogel twice a year, according to scientists from the United States.

09.12.2020
Cellular technologies

Safety is proven

In addition to the safety of conceiving a child from three parents, experiments have shown that children inherited mitochondria from macaque fathers.

09.12.2020
Biomedicine

Microbes instead of micro robots

One of the main advantages of magnetosensitive bacteria over micro–robots is that they can simply be grown in bioreactors.

09.12.2020
Biomedicine

Antibiotic against obesity

Enoxacin caused the white fat to turn partly brown: its cells began to consume more oxygen in order to burn more lipids.

09.12.2020
Biomedicine

Against all flu strains

Researchers have created and successfully conducted a phase 1 clinical trial of a universal vaccine against any strain of influenza virus.

08.12.2020
Biomedicine

Gene therapy of lymphoma

CAR T-cell therapy has shown high efficacy in patients with resistant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

08.12.2020
Genetics

The genes are there

The comparison of small mutations in DNA helped scientists to identify two hundred sites in their genomes that most affect the shape of the face.

08.12.2020
Biomedicine

CRISPR and Smartphone

The new test uses CRISPR technology and a smartphone to detect COVID-19 RNA and measure viral load.

08.12.2020
Biomedicine

Checked in the "red zone"

Since spring, dozens of people in St. Petersburg have been using one of the freely available medicines in order not to get infected with coronavirus.

07.12.2020
Biomedicine

Microbes vs. super-microbes

The combination of two bacteriocins made methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus susceptible to penicillin.

07.12.2020
Biomedicine

The first three

Three conversations with the developers of three Russian coronavirus vaccines approved for human trials.

07.12.2020
Biomedicine

Superinfection

In hospitals where coronavirus is treated, a special microflora of bacteria resistant to drugs, in particular to antibiotics, has formed.

07.12.2020
Biomedicine

Trichoderma heals wounds

The experiment showed a high wound-healing activity of 1% gel based on carbopol and culture fluid of trichoderma fungus.

07.12.2020
Biomedicine

It's not contagious

Experiments on ferrets have shown that molnupiravir, developed for the treatment of influenza, quickly blocks the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to others.

07.12.2020
Genetics

There is no silver lining

Shortening of telomeres is associated with the development of age-related disorders, but also protects against cancer, probably due to the ability to stop cell division.

04.12.2020
Your health

Rapid tests for coronavirus

According to experts, the sensitivity of a self-made test is 100 times lower than that of a PCR test in a laboratory.

04.12.2020
Grants and competitions

Breakthrough into the future – 2020

The XV All-Russian Internet Olympiad "Nanotechnology – a breakthrough into the future!" continues the traditions of the Olympiad held since 2007.

04.12.2020
Biomedicine

Protection against resistance

The drug cholestyramine acts as an "anti-antibiotic", reducing the development of resistance to antibacterial drugs.

04.12.2020