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Bioethics

Memento mori

Many old people believe that they live too long, and claim that they have the right to voluntarily leave their sickened life.

31.05.2018
Other life sciences

"Smart" electrodes

For the therapy of Parkinson's disease, an implant has been developed that uses feedback from the brain to fine-tune its work.

31.05.2018
Nanotechnology

The Golden Bullet

A micro robot made of a golden particle covered with membranes of erythrocytes and platelets is able to capture bacteria and toxins produced by them.

31.05.2018
Cellular technologies

IPSC against heart attack

The first trials on three patients will be conducted under the guidance of doctors from Osaka University over the next year.

31.05.2018
Other life sciences

Additional years of life

A third of the participants in the clinical trial of the glioblastoma vaccine lived at least two years longer than doctors expected.

30.05.2018
Cellular technologies

Artificial cornea

The shape and size of the cornea printed with biochernils on a 3D printer can be selected individually for each patient.

30.05.2018
Your health

The stricter, the better

Lowering the blood pressure norm will lead to a significant reduction in mortality and morbidity, especially among older men.

30.05.2018
Other life sciences

Prostate cancer: a new target

Non-coding RNA is a key factor in the growth of prostate cancer and a potential target for its therapy.

30.05.2018
Controversial

Are vitamins useless?

According to new data, the most common vitamins and minerals do not reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases and death.

30.05.2018
Other life sciences

The world's best dermatologist

Artificial intelligence diagnoses melanoma more effectively than a group of 58 dermatologists from around the world.

30.05.2018
Note to the businessman

DNA as medicine

The market of cell and gene therapy will be actively developing in the coming years, and the average annual sales growth will be at least 30%.

29.05.2018
Cloning

Revive the Rhinoceros

To date, only two females of the northern white rhinoceros have survived, so there are no hopes for the natural survival of the species.

29.05.2018
Cellular technologies

Chicken and human hybrid

Scientists are on their way to unraveling the mystery of differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into certain types of tissues.

29.05.2018
Other life sciences

Does dopamine protect against diabetes?

It is possible that dopamine participates in the regulation of glucose metabolism not only indirectly, as a "hormone of happiness", but also directly.

29.05.2018
Biomedicine

Safe CAR-T therapy

New studies will help to avoid the development of a "cytokine storm" when genetically modified lymphocytes are injected into the body.

29.05.2018
Biomedicine

With maximum efficiency

Russian scientists have optimized a prototype of a DNA vaccine against a form of HIV resistant to the action of antiretroviral drugs.

29.05.2018
Cellular technologies

Sweet bioengineering

A new printer for three-dimensional printing uses a network of isomaltite filaments as the basis for growing organs.

28.05.2018
Other life sciences

Liver cancer and microflora

The mechanism of how intestinal microbes affect the ability of the immune system to resist the growth of liver tumors is described.

28.05.2018