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Other life sciences

Not because a woman…

For the perception of beauty, intelligence is necessary: stupid females distinguish between beautiful and "ordinary" males, but do not give preference to the first.

10.10.2018
Other life sciences

AI can do a lot of gitics

The new system analyzes genetic data and makes predictions based on tens of thousands of genomic variations.

09.10.2018
Genetic engineering

Modified CRISPR/Cas9

He made it possible in an experiment on mice to cure unborn cubs from a disease caused by a point mutation.

09.10.2018
Genetics

Science against Crime

Instead of looking for DNA samples blindly, criminologists will be able to see places where a lot of genetic material has accumulated.

09.10.2018
Genetics

Harmful mutation

Geneticists have identified a section of DNA in which mutations are associated with an increased likelihood of impotence in old age.

09.10.2018
Other life sciences

Immunity and schizophrenia

A Japanese man with schizophrenia was diagnosed with cancer. After bone marrow transplantation, both diseases disappeared.

09.10.2018
Biomedicine

Recent diagnostics

Scientists have found signs that make it possible to diagnose the condition of prediabetes 10-20 years before the development of the disease itself.

08.10.2018
Other life sciences

Once again in defense of cholesterol

Blood vessels become overgrown with cholesterol plaques not because of disorders in fat metabolism, but because of the development of foci of inflammation.

08.10.2018
Genetic engineering

Vaccines from a bioreactor

The new DNA vaccine development platform reduces the cost of production and storage without reducing their quality and effectiveness.

08.10.2018
Healthy skepticism

Magazines have been vandalized again

Three experimenters published seven obviously absurd articles with very politically correct topics in scientific publications during the year.

08.10.2018
Genetic engineering

Genes in reserve

The goal of the MitoSENS research program is to create backups of all mitochondrial genes in the cell nucleus.

08.10.2018
Genetics

In search of Health Genes

Professor Evgeny Rogaev – about when the scientific community will be able to defeat death and find the long-awaited "pill for old age".

08.10.2018
Your health

Is vitamin D useless for bones?

According to scientists, their work puts an end to the question of the alleged benefits of vitamin D in tablets.

08.10.2018
Other life sciences

Thanks cousins

Contacts with Neanderthals helped the ancestors of modern man to acquire protection from "Eurasian" viruses.

05.10.2018
Biomedicine

Virus test

All it requires is a drop of blood, a test strip, a digital camera and 20 minutes of waiting.

05.10.2018
Other life sciences

He's not bad!

A new review challenges the half-century-old belief that "bad cholesterol" causes cardiovascular disease.

05.10.2018
Genetics

This is us doing genetics

Who in St. Petersburg studies gene mutations and develops drugs against hereditary diseases.

05.10.2018
Genetic engineering

A genie in a bottle

DARPA's plant genetic modification program can be used to develop a new type of biological weapon.

05.10.2018