Nanotechnology
Nanomuscles for prosthetics and robots
A new system for creating twisting fibers has been developed, which will be useful in the production of biomedical devices and robotics.
15.07.2019- English version
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Genetic engineering
CRISPR/Cas taught reversible edits
A group of scientists from the USA has expanded the range of CRISPR/Cas capabilities by teaching it to correct RNA sequences.
15.07.2019
Your health
How to reduce the risk of dementia
The more activities that stimulate mental activity are present in people's lives, the better their brain works in old age.
15.07.2019
Biomedicine
Kill cancer seeds
Discovered by American scientists, the molecule "starves" cancer stem cells, cutting off their access to nutrients.
15.07.2019
Other life sciences
Why are athletes so smart?
During training, the formation of dendritic spines and postsynaptic excitability increased in mice, the axon sheath thickened.
15.07.2019
Nanotechnology
Physicists go out to fight cancer
This was told by Viktor Tymoshenko, Professor of the Engineering Physics Institute of Biomedicine at MEPhI.
15.07.2019
Other life sciences
On the way to spinal cord regeneration
Peripheral nerves can recover after injury. The same mechanism can be activated in the cells of the central nervous system.
15.07.2019
Biomedicine
Supercharging for T-cells
MIT researchers have developed a vaccine that significantly increases the population of CAR-T cells and enhances their ability to penetrate solid tumors.
12.07.2019
Biomedicine
New antibiotics are being tested
They are effective against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and, apparently, do not cause resistance with prolonged use.
12.07.2019
Nanotechnology
Graphene from a test tube
Scientists from the UK and the Netherlands have come up with a new way to get nanomaterials from graphene: mix oxidized graphene and bacteria.
12.07.2019
Various
Just business
More than half of the "innovative" medicines appearing in pharmacies in European countries turned out to be no better than old drugs.
12.07.2019
Other life sciences
Cancer risk and microflora
In women with mutations in the BRCA1 gene and with ovarian cancer, an equally low number of vaginal lactobacilli was found.
12.07.2019
Biomedicine
Better than stitches
Local application of collagen powder effectively promotes skin healing by primary tension.
11.07.2019
Prolonging youth
Magic genes
A variant of the LAV gene found in people with a lifespan of more than a hundred years rejuvenated the cardiovascular system of mice.
11.07.2019
Biomedicine
How to cast a "magic bullet"?
Chemist Maxim Abakumov – about the causes of side effects of drugs, monoclonal antibodies and nanocontainers for drug delivery.
11.07.2019
Note to the businessman
Run to stay put
The words of the Black Queen also apply to the situation with the race of bacteria and the pharmaceutical industry.
11.07.2019
Genetics
The crooked mirror of life
An excerpt about hereditary breast cancer from a book by molecular biologist Maria Kondratova about cancer myths.
11.07.2019
Prolonging youth
A useful stressor
In the list of gormetins – candidates for ways to prolong life – there is another one, comparable in strength and mechanisms of action with calorie restriction.
11.07.2019
New in Gerontology
Why Alzheimer's Loves Old Age
Tau protein spreads more easily in the brain of older people, so the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease increases with age.
10.07.2019
Biomedicine
We'll do without a biopsy
A new method of urine analysis has been developed that helps diagnose prostate cancer and classify people into four risk groups.
10.07.2019