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Biomedicine

When will we finally defeat HIV?

Corpus Publishing house has published a book by popular science journalist Asi Kazantseva "Someone is wrong on the Internet!". We are publishing one of the chapters of a new book.

16.02.2016
Other life sciences

Chromosomes, I can see right through you!

A new method of atomic force microscopy makes it possible to trace the movement of DNA both outside and inside DNA-protein complexes and to examine telomeres at the ends of chromosomes in detail.

16.02.2016
Cellular technologies

Artificial organs and tissue engineering

A story about the most outstanding scientists who initiated the work on the creation of artificial organs. Most of them are still working on ambitious new projects.

15.02.2016
Various

Corneal Prototype for Terminator

On the surface of electronic contact lenses developed by Australian scientists, it is possible to place miniature displays and sensors that control some parameters of the human body's vital activity.

15.02.2016
Innovative Russia

The apogee of obscurantism

St. Petersburg scientist Mikhail Dubina received the UNESCO Gold Medal for his contribution to the development of nanoscience. In this article, he told what exactly he was developing and why nanotechnology was doomed to ridicule in Russia.

12.02.2016
Biotechnologies - into life

Business on molecules

Six successful startups of Russian companies working in the field of genetic research.

12.02.2016
Cellular technologies

Embryos in jelly

The development of a method for storing "dormant" cells in a hydrogel can significantly simplify and reduce the cost of storing and transporting stem cells and embryos.

12.02.2016
Nanotechnology

Enzymes were imprisoned in DNA chambers

Scientists from Arizona State University have built nanoscale chambers from DNA, inside which they placed enzymes. Experiments have shown that the activity of enzymes at the same time increased by 8 times.

12.02.2016
Your health

Another cause of cirrhosis

The results of a new study indicate that intestinal bacteria play a significant role in the development of chronic liver disease.

11.02.2016
Controversial

Frostbitten brain

Restless cryonics filled the vessels of the brain with chemicals that fixed the neurons, cooled the brain to -130, and then warmed it. The result is modest: the authors received only a brain-like dummy.

11.02.2016
Cellular technologies

Cord blood instead of bone marrow

Umbilical cord blood immune cells destroy leukemia cells much more effectively than their adult counterparts.

09.02.2016
Bioethics

"The Macchiarini case": a new round of scandal

The management of the Swedish Karolinska Institute announced that the institution is ceasing cooperation with surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who for the past five years has carried out scandalous tracheal transplant operations in Russia and a number of other countries, which ended in the death of almost all patients.

09.02.2016
Theories of aging

Overcome aging. Part II.

Some burrowing ("underground") rodents belonging to the families Spalacidae (blind man) and Bathyergidae (Damar digger and naked digger) are famous for their long life for their weight category.

08.02.2016
Your health

Preventing cancer

About 45% of cancer cases are associated with preventable factors. Smoking, lack of physical activity, unhealthy diet, excess weight and alcohol increase the chance of tumor formation.

08.02.2016
Genetics

Early and late birds

Genetic analysis and survey data revealed 15 sections of the genome that strongly correlate with people's daily routine.

08.02.2016
Theories of aging

Speed up and slow down the time for the worm

Experiments with mutant worms living in different conditions have shown that the survival curve can lengthen or shorten depending on heredity and external factors, but its shape almost always remains unchanged.

08.02.2016