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Prolonging youth

How science suggests delaying death

When aging is recognized as a disease, what genes are associated with it, is there a limit to longevity and how dangerous biohacking is.

29.01.2020
Biomedicine

Overcome resistance

A combination of the two drugs may allow the successful treatment of patients with cancers associated with a mutation of the HER2 gene.

28.01.2020
Cellular technologies

Pain-relieving stem cells

The first study of pain therapy in mice using human stem cells has been completed successfully.

28.01.2020
Genetic engineering

A Step towards Modeling the RNA World

The work published in PNAS brings closer the creation of self-replicating RNAs that may have given rise to life on Earth.

28.01.2020
Other life sciences

A new blood component

According to the authors of the study, one milliliter of human blood plasma contains from 200,000 to 3.7 million mitochondria.

28.01.2020
Nanotechnology

Better than silicon

Bioelectronic Dmitry Kireev – about graphene devices for the treatment and diagnosis of diseases and their advantages over silicon.

28.01.2020
Biomedicine

Stop metastasis

The new drug limits the spread of cancer beyond the primary tumor and enhances immunotherapy.

27.01.2020
Other life sciences

Healing in the tube

A biodegradable synthetic channel restores large nerve defects in macaques, helping to accelerate the growth of neurons.

27.01.2020
Grants and competitions

Preparation for the "Lab" has begun

On the Day of Russian Science, February 8, 2020, the fourth educational campaign "Open Laboratory" will be held.

27.01.2020
Genetics

Malignancy criterion

The new method will help to find the most aggressive tumor cells most responsible for its growth, metastases and resistance to treatment.

27.01.2020
Nanotechnology

Rapid diagnosis of sepsis

The Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne has developed an optical biosensor that detects sepsis in just a few minutes.

27.01.2020
Biomedicine

Nail polish for teeth

Scientists believe that in the near future, peptide varnish will become as mandatory a means of dental hygiene as toothpaste.

27.01.2020
Other life sciences

Drosophila connectome

It took 12 years, 250 people and $40 million to create a computer model of a drosophila brain region (25 thousand neurons and about 20 million synapses).

27.01.2020
Genetics

Genome analysis

With the help of a new method of DNA analysis, it is possible to find new types of disorders that are not determined by standard technologies.

27.01.2020
Genetics

Protection against mutations

The activity of genes in human spermatozoa allows them to repair DNA before passing it on to the next generation.

27.01.2020
Other life sciences

Lenses for dry eyes

Japanese researchers have developed a new type of intelligent contact lenses that can prevent dry eyes.

24.01.2020
Genetics

Genes of healthy old people

Studying the genomes of thousands of healthy elderly people has the potential to more accurately predict disease-related gene variants.

24.01.2020