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Genetic engineering

The third eye

Scientists from Indiana State University have created a genetically modified dung beetle with a functional third eye.

15.11.2017
Other life sciences

Five points

A simple way to assess the risk of atherosclerosis does not require testing for sugar and cholesterol, but it works no worse than a more complex method.

15.11.2017
Your health

Sleep well :)

Having sex, contrary to popular beliefs, extremely rarely causes cardiac arrest and other problems in the work of the circulatory system.

15.11.2017
Other life sciences

Cellular tragedies, part 2

This time we will talk about stress and how cells cope with it (and we have something to learn from them).

14.11.2017
Biomedicine

Insect parasites against cancer

A substance from the fungi Lecanicilium lecanii, which naturally infect insects, prevents the growth of tumor blood cells.

14.11.2017
Your health

What kind of disease is depression

Depression may seem like a minor illness, but it prevents you from living normally. Severe forms of depression in 15% of cases end in suicide.

14.11.2017
Your health

Do you need a prostate biopsy?

Diagnostic procedures that can be performed in order to weed out those men who do not need a prostate biopsy.

14.11.2017
Note to the businessman

Catch up? Overtake???

It is not entirely clear how the development of domestic sequencers looks from a technical and economic point of view...

13.11.2017
Biomedicine

Enhanced anti-cancer vaccines

A new experimental vaccine based on the skin pigment melanin has strengthened the body's immune response to tumors.

13.11.2017
Cellular technologies

BBB: instructions for dummies

Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a recipe for creating a model of the hemato-encephalic barrier.

13.11.2017
Other life sciences

Phosphates should be in moderation

The probability of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease is lowest among patients with an average level of phosphates in the blood.

13.11.2017
Various

The future of micro robotics

Robotics specialist Sergey Fatikov – about the diversity of micro- and nanorobots, their scope of application and development prospects.

13.11.2017
Biomedicine

Anti-cancer sea cucumber

The property of a substance from the Far Eastern sea cucumber (cucumaria) to kill tumor cells was revealed by a group of international scientists.

13.11.2017
Other life sciences

Cellular tragedies, part 1

The life of a cell is eventful no less than that of a human. It is full of dangers and, like any life, ends sooner or later.

10.11.2017
Your health

Spiked neurons are not restored

Alcohol consumption leads not only to the death of existing nerve cells, but also to a slowdown in the formation of new ones.

10.11.2017
Nanotechnology

Biosensors for the youngest

By the glow of semipermeable microscopic capsules, scientists assessed the state of health of the embryos of danio rerio fish.

10.11.2017
Bioethics

A rat with a human brain

Implantation of human brain organoids into the brains of rats takes ethical disputes to a new level.

10.11.2017
Other life sciences

A new word in virology

The weakest survive: the antiviral drug sofosbuvir selectively destroys the most dangerous viruses.

10.11.2017