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Other life sciences

Neurons for "dummies"

They are everywhere, they participate in all processes, they form a person's personality. What are neurons? How do they work?

14.12.2017
Genetics

What kind of pain?

Members of the Italian family do not feel pain due to a mutation in the gene that is responsible for assembling most components of pain receptors in neurons.

14.12.2017
Your health

The rain does not break bones

An analysis of 11 million visits to doctors showed that on sunny days, elderly people complained of joint and back pain even a little more often than on rainy days.

14.12.2017
Genetic engineering

Drops from blindness

Treatment of proliferative diseases of the retina with eye drops became possible thanks to the development of the Spanish company Sylentis.

13.12.2017
Other life sciences

Inverted neutrophils

Neutrophils, one of the components of the immune system, can help cancer by interfering with immunotherapy and helping the tumor isolate itself from the body.

13.12.2017
New in Gerontology

Older Americans have become wiser

The authors of a study involving tens of thousands of Americans linked mental clarity in old age with the availability of education.

13.12.2017
Your health

Exactly the opposite

The media intimidated readers by presenting dentures as the cause of malnutrition and muscle weakness, although the authors of the work proved the opposite.

13.12.2017
Healthy skepticism

The weaker sex

The family doctor analyzed dozens of scientific articles to establish why it is more difficult for men to cope with the symptoms of a cold.

12.12.2017
Other life sciences

What a relief!

Simple passive exoskeletons allow a person to save about a third of energy when carrying heavy loads and under other loads.

12.12.2017
Genetics

Safe dose

Small doses of X-rays do not lead to aging of stem cells and accumulation of DNA damage in the next generations.

12.12.2017
Note to the businessman

Six million for OncoTartis

The funds will be used to conduct phase I clinical trials of the drug OT-82 for the treatment of resistant forms of acute leukemia.

12.12.2017
Other life sciences

See starving tissues

Photoacoustic molecules can signal hypoxia in the area of tumors, stroke or peripheral vascular constriction.

11.12.2017
Genetic engineering

Yescarta against blood cancer

Almost half of the patients considered hopeless after therapy with a new drug do not show signs of the disease.

11.12.2017
Genetics

Circadian rhythms and cancer

Scientists at the molecular genetic level have described how disruption of the internal clock contributes to the formation of cancerous tumors.

11.12.2017
Cellular technologies

Ulcer less

The St. Petersburg Institute of Cytology holds a leading position in the field of cell biology and the creation of biomedical cell products.

11.12.2017
Other life sciences

50 years of heart transplants

For half a century, a heart transplant has not been considered a fantasy. Let's remember thanks to whom people get a second chance at life.

11.12.2017
Genetic engineering

CRISPR-Cas, which does not cut DNA

The CRISPR-Cas9 system was used for the first time to "turn on" genes in a living organism without changing the genome.

11.12.2017