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Other life sciences

Biorhythms and obesity

Changes in the natural rhythms of fluctuations in the level of glucocorticoids lead to an increase in the amount of adipose tissue.

09.04.2018
Cellular technologies

Vascularized brain organoids

For the first time, "mini-brains" with a vascular network have been grown for research and implantation in patients.

09.04.2018
Other life sciences

Fiction on the threshold

In recent experiments using prototypes of brain implants, short-term memory was improved by 35-37%.

09.04.2018
New in Gerontology

250 "aging genes"

Some of the genes active in short-lived rodents are identical to those that cause age-related diseases in humans.

06.04.2018
Biomedicine

Help for quitting smoking

The antidiabetic drug suppresses anxiety, irritability and other symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.

06.04.2018
Prolonging youth

Low-calorie diet for lemurs

Keeping on a moderate low-calorie diet significantly increases the lifespan of gray dwarf lemurs.

06.04.2018
Biomedicine

Saving Yellow

The fluorescent marker finds and destroys cancer stem cells – the main cause of the aggressive course of cancer.

06.04.2018
Your health

Brain and blood vessels

Stroke – a consequence of vascular pathologies – leads to persistent (sometimes irreversible) disorders of motor, speech and cognitive functions.

06.04.2018
Cellular technologies

A piece of the heart

Biologists have grown tissue from stem cells that reproduces the properties of the human heart with unprecedented accuracy.

06.04.2018
Cellular technologies

Retina Patch

With the help of stem cells, it was possible to stop the deterioration of vision in four patients with age-related macular degeneration.

06.04.2018
Other life sciences

Measure your white blood cell count

For patients receiving chemotherapy, a method for noninvasive determination of leukocytes in the blood at home has been developed.

06.04.2018
Nanotechnology

Nanozymes for disinfection

Artificial enzymes may help in the fight against antibiotic-resistant infectious agents.

06.04.2018
Genetics

Controlled telomerase

Releasing the brakes on telomerase is easier than easy: you just need to put more guanine at its disposal.

06.04.2018
Biomedicine

Smart Hydrogel

A new word in the treatment of arthritis: hydrogel, which releases the active substance in proportion to the degree of inflammation.

05.04.2018
New in Gerontology

Break the loop

Chronic inflammation, the cause of various age-related diseases, is involved in many feedback loops. Is there a way out? Probably, yes.

05.04.2018
Genetic engineering

Pharmaceutical factory in yeast

Bioengineers have collected in yeast a complete pathway for the synthesis of noscapine, a cough medicine that also has an anti-cancer effect.

05.04.2018