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Note to the businessman

Investing in diabetes treatment

An American startup hoping to cure type one diabetes with an implant with insulin-producing cells has raised $114 million.

30.11.2017
Genetics

Why do smart people live longer?

Many of the alleles associated with high intelligence turned out to be characteristic of people with a long life expectancy.

30.11.2017
Genetic engineering

The God games continue

Semi-synthetic bacteria have been taught to synthesize protein based on information encoded in DNA with six bases.

30.11.2017
Other life sciences

Brain, augmented edition

How is scientific research in the direction of "brain-computer" developing now and can interfaces become a reality for ordinary people?

29.11.2017
Other life sciences

Travel in the company

Tumor cells can take bacteria with them on a journey through the blood vessels to help them settle in a new place.

29.11.2017
Healthy skepticism

Those Yetis again!

A study of the mitochondrial DNA of the remains of the "yeti" showed that the bones, teeth and skins actually belonged to bears and dogs.

29.11.2017
Genetic engineering

A bright future

You can teach cells to react to light and control them with a flashlight. Let's try to figure out how optogenetics is convenient.

29.11.2017
Other life sciences

Learning to manage entosis

Scientists hope to turn one of the forms of cellular "cannibalism" into a powerful weapon to fight cancer.

29.11.2017
Your health

Probiotics and prebiotics

Probiotics and prebiotics are easy to confuse. The author tells how the first differ from the second and whether it is necessary to include them in the diet.

29.11.2017
Other life sciences

Cellular tragedies, part 4

We have come to a key event in everyone's life, be it a cell or a person – self-determination and the choice of a life path.

28.11.2017
Prolonging youth

The Source of Eternal Youth (1)

Blood and its derivatives can be used not only in regenerative medicine, but also to reverse the aging process.

28.11.2017
Nanotechnology

Spirulina Robot

Iron-coated spiral cyanobacteria are safe and easily controlled inside the body, promising the creation of micro robots for medicine.

27.11.2017
Genetics

46 is the norm?

Each of us can be a carrier of extra chromosomes. Where do they come from, where do they hide, and what harm (or maybe benefit) do they cause?

27.11.2017
Various

"Project 259"

Manufacturers of sugar-containing products classified a report half a century ago that showed the harmful effects of sugar on the body.

27.11.2017
Other life sciences

Avatar Therapy

Therapy was a conversation between the patient, the avatar and the psychiatrist – the latter spoke on his own behalf and voiced the avatar.

27.11.2017
Genetic engineering

Biofactory in the intestine

Genetic engineering is a promising way to modulate the synthesis of certain metabolites by the intestinal microflora and thereby influence immunity.

27.11.2017
Your health

Ketogenic diet

Let's figure out what ketosis is and what use ketogenic diets find in medicine.

24.11.2017