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Genetic engineering

Super-killers

T-lymphocytes, which have receptors only for cancer antigens on their surface, destroy cancer cells a thousand times more effectively.

21.11.2017
Cloning

To give "immortality"

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign decided to find out what the actual consequences of cloning a clone are.

21.11.2017
Healthy skepticism

Antiheroes of Russian Science

At the forum "Scientists against Myths", the most outstanding Russian pseudo-scientists were awarded for the second time as part of the Academician LIED anti-award.

21.11.2017
Other life sciences

Post - oncological syndrome

Post-traumatic stress disorder develops in 21% of patients within six months after the detection of cancer.

20.11.2017
Biomedicine

Re-education of lymphocytes

Reducing the activity of T-lymphocytes attacking beta cells of the pancreas can cure type 1 diabetes mellitus.

20.11.2017
New in Gerontology

Mitochondria in aging, part 2

Increasing the production of new mitochondria or increasing the efficiency of their work can increase life expectancy.

20.11.2017
Prolonging youth

How to treat old age with genes

Gene therapy can extend human life to at least 110 years. Biologist Ilya Dukhovlinov may know how to do this.

20.11.2017
Cellular technologies

Spinal cord regeneration

Tissue containing human stem cells allowed the paralyzed rats to walk and restored a sense of touch to the limbs.

20.11.2017
Other life sciences

Not worse than physical education

Virtual reality turned out to be just as effective for restoring limb functions as conventional physiotherapy.

20.11.2017
Controversial

Head transplant: details

The first "successful human head transplant" is actually a transplant of a corpse's head onto a dead body.

20.11.2017
Other life sciences

Conflicting tests

A comparison of the results of 11 methods for assessing the biological age of a person showed that they contradict each other.

20.11.2017
Various

"Enlightener"-2017: final

The winners in the category "Natural Sciences" were the authors of the book "Crazy! A guide to mental disorders for a resident of a big city".

20.11.2017
Other life sciences

"Big Brother" in a pill

The sensor built into the first FDA-approved "smart" Abilify MyCite tablet will allow you to record when the patient took it and whether he took it at all.

20.11.2017
Biomedicine

Kevlar Cartilage

Kevlartilage (from "Kevlar" + "sartilago") surpasses all existing synthetic materials for the replacement of cartilage tissue.

17.11.2017
Biomedicine

Personal vaccine

Biomedical startup Moderna has started testing a personalized cancer drug on the first patient.

17.11.2017
Various

Stem cells in Canada

None of the stem cell injection procedures practiced today in private clinics has the approval of the Ministry of Health.

17.11.2017
Controversial

Do you want to take a chance?

Part of the ongoing and not yet completed process of reasoning about experiments on oneself in order to test candidates for senolitics.

17.11.2017
Various

Three troubles of Russian oncology

This is its monstrous underfunding, the dependence of the oncological service on the regional authorities, and, as a result, personnel problems.

17.11.2017
Other life sciences

Useful after death

One deceased person, becoming an organ donor, can potentially save at least five lives, transplant doctors say.

16.11.2017