A new type of CRISPR systems
An interesting discovery for both fundamental and applied science: some of the bacterial CRISPR systems are able to remember information not only from DNA, but also from the RNA of viruses.
10.03.2016An interesting discovery for both fundamental and applied science: some of the bacterial CRISPR systems are able to remember information not only from DNA, but also from the RNA of viruses.
10.03.2016For a long time it was believed that endogenous retroviruses do not perform any functions. But a new study shows that our body has turned some of them into weapons against modern viruses.
10.03.2016Certain genetic variants of the ANGPTL4 gene reduce the risk of myocardial infarction by 50% by reducing the level of triglycerides in the blood.
10.03.2016A gentle procedure for removing the clouded lens in children with congenital cataracts provides the possibility of forming a new lens due to the regenerative potential of endogenous stem cells.
10.03.2016An international group of scientists has managed to decipher the mechanism by which mitochondria contribute to cell aging. One of the main factors of senescence is the process of formation of new mitochondria.
10.03.2016Pakistanis living in a closed community in the UK often lack genes, the absence of which is associated with serious diseases. Surprisingly, this did not affect the health of the examined.
10.03.2016Researchers at the University of California at San Diego have proposed a promising method of treating critical limb ischemia, a condition requiring vascular transplantation and even amputation of affected areas.
10.03.2016Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes have developed a method for obtaining a new type of cell that occupies an intermediate position between embryonic stem cells and adult heart cells.
09.03.2016Is it really possible to influence the aging process with the help of food? Nutrigerontology deals with these issues.
09.03.2016Scientists from St. Petersburg and Germany have developed a unique method of microdissection of chromosomes. With its help, it became possible to obtain and decipher tiny fragments of DNA.
09.03.2016American researchers have found out how obesity caused by excessive consumption of fatty foods contributes to the development of colon cancer.
09.03.2016Perhaps nutrigenomics, a new direction in science that studies how food affects gene expression, will help to stop the epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases (diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases).
09.03.2016German scientists have found out the molecular mechanism of self-renewal of stem cells, which allows them to either maintain pluripotency or differentiate into cells of a certain tissue.
09.03.2016In a new study, scientists suggest that bacteria that cause gum disease are a risk factor for esophageal cancer.Bacteria that cause gum disease are linked to esophageal cancer
04.03.2016Russian scientists have developed a system that allows detecting malignant tumors by screening and measuring the clinical parameters of skin neoplasms with sufficiently high accuracy.
04.03.2016As a result of genome-wide DNA analysis of a large population of Latin Americans, the first gene responsible for graying was identified, and a number of previously unknown associations of certain gene alleles with the appearance of hair and eyebrows were found.
04.03.2016The aging clock starts ticking even before we are born, but its course can be slowed down by providing the developing embryo with sufficient oxygen supply.
04.03.2016Biologists from Duke University have developed a strain of E. coli that can exist under certain conditions only in the form of a dense colony – any bacterium that splits off from the rest almost immediately dies.
04.03.2016Giant viruses have their own parasites, virophages, which themselves contain parasitic genetic elements called transpovirons, bringing the nesting of parasitism to three levels.
03.03.2016A recent work by Russian researchers highlights the nuances of three-dimensional packing of chromosomes in the somatic and germ cells, emphasizing the conservativeness of this feature of the genome.
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