Genetic engineering
AMD gene therapy: the next successes
Gene therapy can stop the development of a wet form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the most common causes of blindness.
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Let's take care of the addicts
Scientists and engineers are developing a miniature implant that can track an opioid overdose and inject an antidote.
15.10.2019
Biomedicine
Synthetic medicine
Biologist Vsevolod Belousov – about synthetic biology, its application in medicine and neuron activity management.
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The Truth about Animated Brains
Last week, many Russian news outlets talked about how "Japanese scientists revived a dead mouse brain."
15.10.2019
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33% over 10 years
Over the period from 2007 to 2017, the age-standardized cancer incidence rate increased for most countries of the world.
15.10.2019
Genetic engineering
Mark and destroy
The new technology helps the immune system to isolate cancer cells "from the crowd" and destroy them with precision.
15.10.2019
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Oxygen roots of cancer
According to Nobel laureate Thomas Lindahl, almost all cases of cancer are the result of natural processes of cell activity.
14.10.2019
Biotechnologies - into life
Meat of the future
The startup Future Meat has developed a technique with which it is possible to grow 10 times more meat than in conventional bioreactors.
14.10.2019
Innovative Russia
Funeral Home of Science
Professor, RT State Prize laureate Nail Fatkullin compared the Ministry of Education and Science with a funeral home, and universities with hospices
14.10.2019
Genetic engineering
Cancer gene therapy
The attack on two oncogenes completely freed the experimental mice from tumors and provided them with one hundred percent survival.
14.10.2019
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Pig skin tested on humans
Doctors from the Boston Burn Center managed to use pig skin tissue as an alternative to human skin.
14.10.2019
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Faster than PCR
The new development of Russian scientists gives the result many times faster than the polymerase chain reaction that has become a classic.
11.10.2019
Genetic engineering
Individual therapy
The unique drug was named "Milasen" – in honor of the only patient who will be treated with it.
11.10.2019
Genetic engineering
Antiviral CRISPR
The researchers used the CRISPR/Cas13 system as an antiviral and diagnostic tool for RNA viruses.
11.10.2019
Cellular technologies
Viagra for donors
With its help, you can get a little less hematopoietic stem cells than standard methods, and the side effects are milder.
11.10.2019
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Like the axolotls
In the regenerating tissue of human cartilage, the expression of microRNAs, which are found in animals capable of regeneration, is increased.
11.10.2019
Biomedicine
Kill, but not all
The preservation of the cells in the tumor that are most sensitive to therapy will avoid resistance and reduce toxicity to the patient by reducing the dose.
10.10.2019
Biomedicine
RNA for urooncologists
Chinese experts have identified 5 specific microRNAs that can help in detecting prostate cancer at an early stage.
10.10.2019
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Microflora against vaginosis
Israeli doctors reported on the successful results of the first clinical trial on vaginal microbiota transplantation.
10.10.2019
Your health
Tested on yourself
Popular devices only worsen the problem of insomnia. An exception to the rule is a certain category of smartphone apps.
10.10.2019