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New in Gerontology

The benefits of "zombie cells"

Some aged cells are embedded in young healthy tissues and contribute to normal recovery after damage.

17.10.2022
Other life sciences

Transparent bodies

With the help of the innovative EZ Clear technology, scientists were able to make tissues or even entire organs of a laboratory mouse transparent.

17.10.2022
Biomedicine

Repainting fat

Researchers from the Scripps Institute have identified a metabolite that converts white fat into useful brown fat.

17.10.2022
Biomedicine

Heterocycles against stroke

These compounds contribute to the resolution of pathological inflammation and allow rats to recover faster.

17.10.2022
Genetics

Nature or upbringing?

Review of the book by David Linden "Why people are Different: A Scientific View of Human Individuality".

17.10.2022
Biomedicine

Cancer's "Dark Matter"

The destruction of fragments of poorly studied long non-coding RNAs slows down the growth of non-small cell lung cancer.

14.10.2022
Genetics

Biological age of sperm

Several research teams were able to construct a fairly accurate (with an error of one and a half years) epigenetic clock of sperm.

14.10.2022
Other life sciences

Light and heat

In response to lighting or heating, artificial cells secrete signaling molecules that regulate gene expression in bacteria.

14.10.2022
Controversial

What is "vaper disease"?

Since February 2020, the American CDC has stopped keeping records of cases of the mysterious disease. Her connection with vaping remained unproven.

14.10.2022
Genetics

Genes and growth

The possibilities of genome-wide association search in the study of growth genetics are almost exhausted, at least for European populations.

14.10.2022
Other life sciences

Not a very smart watch

Smartwatch algorithms for detecting arrhythmias in patients with cardiovascular diseases are not smart enough yet.

14.10.2022
Other life sciences

New intracellular biosensor

The efficiency of RNA sensors is the same as that of vectors integrated into the genome, but the technology is simpler and more adaptive.

13.10.2022
New in Gerontology

Anti-aging and neurodegeneration

The administration of lipoxin reversed memory loss in mice in which inflammatory reactions were provoked.

13.10.2022
Cellular technologies

Rat - human chimeras

Scientists have injected human neurons into the brains of newborn rats, while obtaining fully viable adults with a chimeric brain.

13.10.2022
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of twilight blindness

Gene therapy for several days led to the restoration of twilight vision in adult patients with Leber's amaurosis.

12.10.2022
Biomedicine

Virus against glioblastoma

The optimized adenovirus vector successfully delivered a therapeutic load to the brains of mice and crab-eating macaques.

12.10.2022
Nanotechnology

DNA Pipelines

Pipelines are constructed from self-assembling and self-healing nanotubes with a length of several microns.

12.10.2022
Biomedicine

Double allergy protection

The combined method – immunotherapy and an inhibitor of one of the cytokines – made it possible to alleviate the symptoms of allergy to cats.

12.10.2022
New in Gerontology

Age versus Genetics

As we age, individual differences in DNA have less and less influence on susceptibility to age-related diseases.

11.10.2022