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Genetic engineering

A shot of strength

Gene therapy helped mice to reduce the severity of osteoarthritis, quickly build muscle mass and prevent obesity, even on a fatty diet.

12.05.2020
Cellular technologies

In the prime of life

The optimal age of reprogrammed stem cells for the restoration of heart tissue is approximately from the 15th to the 28th day of maturation.

12.05.2020
Healthy skepticism

Useless and even harmful

What do they say about protecting against coronavirus with gloves, not officials, but people directly related to medicine.

12.05.2020
Biomedicine

Another candidate

Tests on mice have confirmed the effectiveness of a compound targeting several factors involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease.

12.05.2020
New in Gerontology

APOE4 opens the way to the brain

The APOE4 protein in carriers of its gene begins to destroy the blood-brain barrier even before the clinical manifestations of the disease.

12.05.2020
Genetic engineering

Long-range fantasies

Artificially designed animals resembling dinosaurs, if they will be born, it will be very soon.

12.05.2020
Your health

We treat one thing...

Medications for the treatment of gastritis and stomach ulcers may increase the risk of developing dementia and other neurological diseases.

08.05.2020
Biomedicine

A shot for diabetes?

A vaccine has been developed against six strains of the Coxsackie virus, possibly associated with the development of type 1 diabetes.

08.05.2020
Cellular technologies

Deferred sentence

Planarian stem cells are able to delay radiation-induced apoptosis in order to participate in the elimination of trauma.

08.05.2020
Biomedicine

COVID vaccines: who, where, when

The epidemic will not stop until most of us get sick or until a coronavirus vaccine appears. But why is she still not there?

08.05.2020
Biomedicine

Regeneration of axons

Restoring the normal functioning of the nervous system after injury is possible, and the key to this is the Lin28 protein regulating cell growth.

08.05.2020
Other life sciences

Is it not so scary?

If the coronavirus has mutations that affect the effectiveness of the vaccine, it can be corrected.

07.05.2020
Genetics

Are vaccines in danger?

The coronavirus strain that dominates Europe and the United States is mutating, which may limit the effectiveness of vaccines being developed against it.

07.05.2020
Genetics

Drunk brute

A new study returns to a long-standing dispute about the reality of intoxication of elephants who have eaten the fruits of the marula tree.

07.05.2020
Biomedicine

Diagnosis in ten minutes

A new sensitive test detects antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in just ten minutes.

06.05.2020
New in Gerontology

The rate of aging

The new tool measures the rate of biological aging of the body by DNA methylation and allows you to assess the impact of various factors on it.

06.05.2020
Genetics

We huddle together…

For the normal functioning of the brain of African naked diggers, an increased concentration of carbon dioxide is vital.

06.05.2020