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Other life sciences

Neurons from liposomes

Microscopic water droplets, bounded by a lipid membrane and stacked on top of each other using three-dimensional printing, can transmit an electrical impulse to each other, like nerve cells.

07.04.2016
Other life sciences

Tablet "Janus"

So the authors called the device for the long-term release of drugs, one side of which adheres to the intestinal mucosa, and the second repels everything that comes into contact with it.

07.04.2016
Genetics

Heart attack or angina pectoris?

Genetically determined changes in the amount of T-cadherin protein are associated with the nature of the onset of coronary heart disease – myocardial infarction or stable angina pectoris.

07.04.2016
Genetic engineering

DNA programming: How and why

The technology of the "Cello" program code allows you to register the required set of properties in the DNA of bacteria and create biological circuits with the necessary logical parameters working inside a living cell.

07.04.2016
Other life sciences

Pig's heart

A new record in the field of xenotransplantology. The new publication talks about five monkeys who lived for a long time after such an operation. The longest period was 945 days.

06.04.2016
Note to the businessman

Anti-aging – promising investments

The number of consumers in the Anti-Aging market is growing automatically and continuously, and in most countries they represent a wealthy category of the population.

06.04.2016
Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology against cancer

Russian scientists have managed to develop a unique method of cancer diagnosis – a magnetite-based nano-device that will help detect the disease at an early stage using MRI and immediately begin effective treatment.

06.04.2016
Nanotechnology

A nucleotide rectifier

The smallest diode – an electric current rectifier – is a short fragment of DNA into which two foreign molecules are introduced.

06.04.2016
Your health

Running from cancer

In recent years, there have been reports of unexpected effects of physical exercise: sports help with cancer, mental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases.

06.04.2016
Cellular technologies

Cellular therapy of heart failure

The introduction of stem cells of their own bone marrow reduces mortality and the frequency of hospitalization in patients with end-stage heart failure on the background of ischemic disease.

06.04.2016
Other life sciences

Embolization of arteries against obesity

Bariatric embolization of the arteries, which leads to a decrease in blood flow in the stomach region producing the hunger hormone ghrelin, is safe and promotes progressive weight loss.

06.04.2016
Genetic engineering

In the EU, TKID gene therapy was allowed

The European Medicines Agency has approved the use of gene therapy for the treatment of children with severe combined immunodeficiency, for whom it was not possible to find a bone marrow donor.

05.04.2016
Other life sciences

Where do radicals come from?

An international group of scientists with the participation of a researcher from Moscow State University showed under what conditions the body releases more superoxide, a dangerous form of oxygen capable of destroying DNA.

05.04.2016
Cellular technologies

iMSC will revolutionize medicine

Induced multipotent stem cells (IMSCS) obtained from adult cells are able to repair damage to various tissues without the risks associated with the use of other types of stem cells.

05.04.2016
Cellular technologies

Bioengineered ovary

Ovarian bioprostheses printed with a 3D printer and populated with oocytes allowed mice to conceive, carry and give birth to healthy cubs.

05.04.2016
Cellular technologies

Bio-pen for writing with stem cells

BioPen will provide orthopedic surgeons with the ability to form stem cell implants with unprecedented precision to fill cartilage tissue defects.

04.04.2016
Your health

How to treat the liver

Bella Lurie, member of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, head of the hepatological center " <url>" – on how to remove fat from the liver, how to prevent the formation of cirrhosis and whether to be afraid of viral hepatitis.

04.04.2016
Other life sciences

Tau protein and memory: new data

The results of a new study suggest that the KIBRA protein may be the missing link between tau protein and memory loss in Alzheimer's disease.

04.04.2016
Other life sciences

Life - saving slush

In a cave near Krasnoyarsk, scientists have discovered bacteria that can become a source of new antibiotics.

04.04.2016