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New in Gerontology

Herpesviruses and Alzheimer's

Consecutive infection with two common and fairly harmless viruses can provoke Alzheimer's disease.

30.08.2022

Nanotechnology

Better than natural

A hydrogel-based cartilage substitute is three times more resistant to wear than natural human cartilage tissue.

30.08.2022

Genetics

iPSC mutants

Induced pluripotent stem cells inherit mutations from the original somatic cells and accumulate them during reprogramming.

30.08.2022

Biomedicine

Oral immunotherapy

If the clinical trials are successful, the first pills will appear in the world that help the body destroy cancer cells.

30.08.2022

Other life sciences

And at the same time from gray hair

Chemotherapy of leukemia returned the pigmentation of his hair to an elderly and completely gray-haired patient.

29.08.2022

Genetic engineering

Chimeric neutrophils

CAR-neutrophils have demonstrated excellent and specific antitumor activity against glioblastoma.

26.08.2022

Nanotechnology

Every four months

The implant slowly decomposes over 16 weeks, gradually releasing rifabutin, a drug for the treatment of tuberculosis.

26.08.2022

Cellular technologies

Synthetic embryos

Israeli scientists have created mouse embryos from stem cells and grown them in an artificial uterus until the eighth day of development.

26.08.2022

Cellular technologies

Chimeric spermatozoa

Using a technique called blastocyst complementation, rat spermatozoa were created in the organisms of sterile mice.

26.08.2022

Other life sciences

Resurrected Pigs

American researchers were able to restore and maintain blood supply to the organs of pigs for six hours an hour after death.

26.08.2022

Your health

Overdose is useless

Daily intake of 2,000 international units of vitamin D3 instead of the recommended 600-800 IU does not reduce the risk of fractures in healthy adults.

26.08.2022

Various

Education does not help

It is believed that agreement with the expert consensus in society can be achieved through education. However, in practice, this method does not work very well.

26.08.2022

Nanotechnology

An order of magnitude better

Vaccination with a patch with microneedles is about 11 times more effective in combating the omicron variant than vaccines administered with a needle.

29.07.2022

Biomedicine

A patient from the City of Hope

The 66-year-old man suffered not only from HIV infection, but also from blood cancer. After stem cell transplantation, the patient went into stable remission.

29.07.2022

Genetics

Causes of incurable blindness

Genetic signs of age-related macular degeneration have been identified, which will help improve the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

29.07.2022

New in Gerontology

Secrets of longevity

Acceleration of the epigenetic clock by at least one standard deviation by 20-40% reduces the chances of living to the age of 90, while maintaining health.

29.07.2022

New in Gerontology

What is the harm of old blood

Transfusion of blood from old mice to young ones triggers cellular aging processes in them. The reason for this is the aging cells of elderly mice.

29.07.2022

Biomedicine

Cancer Gene Switches

Antisense oligonucleotides detect cancer markers in cells and "turn off" the genes responsible for tumor survival.

29.07.2022

Cellular technologies

Revitalize the follicles

The same chemical substance, depending on the amount, triggers both the reproduction of hair follicle cells and their mitosis.

28.07.2022

Various

Dangerous freebie

After drinking free coffee at the entrance to the store, customers spent about one and a half times more money and bought about a third more goods.

28.07.2022