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Other life sciences

Protect spermatozoa from dust

Researchers have linked anomalies in sperm morphology with a high level of atmospheric pollution by fine particles.

23.11.2017
Genetics

The Miracle in feathers

Mutations in five genes have made the scales of alligators look like either the primitive feather cover of dinosaurs, or the feathers of modern birds.

23.11.2017
Other life sciences

Loopholes for lymphocytes

The mechanism of ingress of immune system cells damaging the myelin sheath through the blood-brain barrier is revealed.

22.11.2017
Nanotechnology

Nanorevolution

Nanoparticles of semiconductors ranging in size from 2.5 to 5 nm – quantum dots – have provided a scientific breakthrough in diagnostics and pharmacology.

22.11.2017
Genetic engineering

UM microbes on a double chain

A system of two molecular mechanisms embedded in the genome of microbes automatically destroys them outside the "permitted zone".

22.11.2017
Other life sciences

Cellular tragedies, part 3

"Cellular tragedies" is a series of articles about cells, which continues to be replenished. Read others: about death and suicide or stress.

21.11.2017
Other life sciences

Computer-pneumologist

A self-learning algorithm developed by Stanford researchers diagnoses pneumonia on an X-ray better than doctors.

21.11.2017
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