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Genetics

ENCODE continues to work

The ENCODE Consortium announced the completion of the third stage of the project to compile an encyclopedia of functional elements of DNA.

30.07.2020
Other life sciences

microRNAs against baldness

A microRNA molecule has been identified that stimulates the regeneration of "dormant" hair follicles.

29.07.2020
Genetic engineering

How to change the embryo genome?

Biologist Denis Rebrikov – about hereditary deafness, genome editing and human immunodeficiency virus.

29.07.2020
Theories of aging

How cells age

Another chapter from Polina Loseva's book "Counterclockwise. What is aging and how to deal with it" (Alpina non-fiction, 2020).

29.07.2020
Genetic engineering

Synthetic Super Muscles

Muscles from proteins that do not exist in nature heal damage on their own in just seconds.

29.07.2020
Genetic engineering

Mice for virologists

The staff of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS created the first transgenic mice in Russia susceptible to the new coronavirus.

29.07.2020
Other life sciences

Designer for the prosthetist

Modular prostheses for bone restoration can be made from identical blocks filled with materials that improve healing.

28.07.2020
Other life sciences

Asymptomatic, but dangerous

Those infected with coronavirus who have no clinical signs of Covid-19 are almost as dangerous to healthy people as the rest of the patients.

28.07.2020
Other life sciences

Camouflage for the virus

Scientists have found out the structure of the protein that hides the coronavirus from the immune system, and hope that this will help fight the consequences of infection.

28.07.2020
Nanotechnology

Following the traces of nanoparticles

A collaboration of scientists has developed a non-invasive method of observing nanoparticles in the bloodstream, which has a high time resolution.

28.07.2020
Genetic engineering

For meat animal husbandry

In the offspring of the Cosmo bull, according to the calculations of the authors of the study, there should be about 75 percent of bulls.

28.07.2020
Genetic engineering

CAR-T treats Hodgkin's lymphoma

In a clinical study of the effectiveness of CAR-T therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma, encouraging results were obtained.

27.07.2020
Other life sciences

In one exhalation

The refinement of the device for the determination of various gases will teach it to react to the presence of SARS-CoV-2 particles in the exhaled air.

27.07.2020
Various

Vote for "Sanity"

Every Internet user can vote for any book included in the long list of this literary award in the field of medicine.

27.07.2020
Other life sciences

Why are embryo genes studied?

Biologist Denis Rebrikov – about DNA sequencing and non-invasive prenatal genetic diagnosis.

27.07.2020
Cellular technologies

For a rainy day

Stem cells are a kind of biological reserve of youth and health of any living organism, including humans.

27.07.2020
Biomedicine

Go through the epidermis

The use of ionic liquids provides access of therapeutic molecules to the layers of the skin affected by psoriasis.

24.07.2020
Genetics

Another Neanderthal legacy

One of the genes inherited from Neanderthals encodes the ion channel responsible for the sensation of pain.

24.07.2020
New in Gerontology

The main reasons

The top 10 risk factors for Alzheimer's disease included both obvious dangers and unexpected signs for scientists.

24.07.2020