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Other life sciences

Nebulous calculations for biomedicine

Andrey Voronkov dreams of transferring the project "Drug discovery at home" on the calculation of drugs, proteins, the creation of new generation drugs to a new computing platform.

20.06.2017
Biomedicine

Galkanezumab, eptinezumab and fremanezumab

Three migraine medications based on a new principle of action will soon appear on the market: these are antibodies to a calcitonin-bound peptide.

20.06.2017
Other life sciences

People differ more than we thought

Small differences in the structure of DNA in different people unexpectedly strongly affect the structure of proteins and their work, the consequences of which were previously underestimated.

20.06.2017
Theories of aging

Why would our genes kill us?

It's time to throw off the blinders and admit that the king is naked, and aging is a program honed by group selection. And when we know the enemy by sight, we will be able to defeat him.

19.06.2017
Biomedicine

SkQ1 vs "diabetic foot"

The effectiveness of the mitochondrial-directed antioxidant SkQ1 in the treatment of diabetic wounds was tested on a mouse model of type 2 diabetes.

19.06.2017
Controversial

Canavero continues training

Four weeks after the treatment of the incision site with polyethylene glycol, the rats were already taking steps, while the control rats were practically unable to move.

19.06.2017
Genetic engineering

Viruses from the printer

In the near future, scientists intend to expand the capabilities of the new technology and get everything from protein vaccines to simple bacterial cells on the "printer".

19.06.2017
Cellular technologies

Miniature organs

Organoids are already used for drug testing, but their role in studying the genetic mechanisms of the formation of real organs during embryo development is no less important.

19.06.2017
Biomedicine

Pseudouridimycin is an inhibitor of RNA polymerase

Do not hope that the new antibiotic will become a panacea. Nevertheless, it worked in a test against bacteria resistant to various antibiotics and cured mice with peritonitis.

19.06.2017
Other life sciences

Biosensors (Part 3)

Comparison of biosensors in terms of technology, specificity and detection threshold, linearity range, analysis duration, cost and portability.

16.06.2017
Biomedicine

Gut bacteria will help slow down aging

Preparations based on bacteria or their components in the future may allow slowing down the aging process by affecting the functioning of mitochondria.

16.06.2017
Biomedicine

Cabbage against diabetes

The compound, which is contained in large quantities in plants of the cabbage family, reduces glucose production both in vitro and in a pilot clinical study.

16.06.2017
Genetic engineering

Beating God

The successes of synthetic biology have led to the emergence of organisms that do not exist in nature with artificial genomes that contain the minimum necessary set of genes.

16.06.2017
Genetics

DNA replication: new data

For the first time, scientists from the United States were able to obtain photographs and videos of the process of doubling the DNA of E. coli, which turned out to be much more random than previously thought.

16.06.2017
Biomedicine

A double blow to cancer

In experiments on cancer stem cell culture, the combination of the antibiotic doxycycline and vitamin C turned out to be ten times more effective than existing drugs.

16.06.2017
Other life sciences

Biosensors (Part 2)

The technical strategies used to develop biosensors are based on the identification of biomarkers with and without the use of molecular targets.

15.06.2017
Genetics

"The genes of insomnia"

Often people associate insomnia with some inner experiences that do not allow a person to fall asleep. However, sometimes this condition can be associated with genes.

15.06.2017
Your health

Deep-fried death

The chances of dying for those who ate fried potatoes two or more times a week are twice as high as for those who avoided eating chips, French fries and similar products.

15.06.2017
Cellular technologies

Stretching for growing artificial cartilage

Cultivation of chondrocytes in a frameless system under the action of stretching allowed to grow cartilage tissue, similar in properties to natural.

15.06.2017