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Genetic engineering

Fuel cell made of GM bacteria

A microbial fuel cell developed by Chinese students can generate a voltage of 520 mV for more than 80 hours after sugar or grass is added to the system.

26.11.2015
Biomedicine

Combination therapy of melanoma

Simultaneous administration of vemurafenib and SBI-756 to mice with melanoma caused the rapid disappearance of tumors or a slowdown in their growth.

26.11.2015
Other life sciences

The end of a beautiful era

Despite the apparent diversity of approaches, there is no decent alternative to antibiotics and is not expected in the near future. This means that we will continue to live with anibiotic resistance. And it should be taken very seriously.

25.11.2015
Innovative Russia

The main science of this century

Technologies with the prefix "bio-" are able to solve issues relevant both for a particular person and for the whole of humanity.

25.11.2015
Genetics

The mechanism of DNA self-packaging

Russian scientists have managed to show how the DNA-protein fibrillation itself fits into a three-dimensional structure. The conclusions made by the researchers can serve as a basis for important practical developments.

25.11.2015
Nanotechnology

Gold nanoparticles for moonshiners

Laser irradiation of gold nanoparticles in an ethanol/water mixture makes it possible to selectively vaporize ethanol without forcing the entire liquid mixture to boil.

25.11.2015
Genetic engineering

Non-malarial mosquitoes

A group of scientists used modern methods of genome editing to create malaria mosquitoes in whose body plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, cannot develop.

24.11.2015
Other life sciences

Rose is a cyborg

Organic polymer wires have turned the plant into an electronic device that can change the color of the leaves with the help of an electrical signal.

24.11.2015
Genetics

Other people's genes help us live

The hardiest and most tenacious creatures on earth – the so-called tardigrades, small invertebrate creatures measuring a millimeter, could become owners of this title thanks to the abundant "borrowing" of DNA from bacteria, fungi and plants.

24.11.2015
Other life sciences

Oncogenic viruses

Over the past three decades, it has become increasingly clear that some viruses play a key role in the development of human malignancies.

24.11.2015
Your health

What Russians are dying from

In order to reduce the mortality rate, it is necessary to increase the general well-being of the people, their living conditions. This is the method that has worked in developed countries.

24.11.2015
Other life sciences

Epithelial cells can replace neurons

With the loss of neurons, hydra is able to completely modify its genetic program, as a result of which epithelial cells begin to perform functions unusual for them, compensating for the absence of the nervous system.

24.11.2015
Other life sciences

Smoking at the molecular level

This article is not about the dangers of smoking and ways to get rid of nicotine addiction, but about the mechanism of nicotine addiction.

23.11.2015
Other life sciences

Patient, take a stethoscope!

A tiny microphone encased in a silicone capsule allows you to measure your heart rate and respiratory rate with good accuracy. The device can stay in the patient's body for one or two days.

23.11.2015
Prolonging youth

Natural selection by property qualification

In the face of rapid scientific and technological progress, the super-rich figure out how to stop the aging process and spend serious money in an attempt to avoid death.

23.11.2015
Nanotechnology

Swallow the insulin patch

The developers plan to use tablets with nanoplastics to deliver other drugs that are decomposed by enzymes and acids of the stomach and intestines.

20.11.2015
Your health

Every hypertensive person should know his maneuver

Only 40% of hypertensive patients know about their disease. Of these, 40% take medications. 40% of those who take medications take them correctly and in the right doses. That is, only 6.4% of hypertensive patients receive adequate therapy!

20.11.2015
Other life sciences

New antibiotic resistance gene

Chinese researchers have discovered a gene in E. coli that determines the resistance of organisms to colistin, an antibiotic from the polymyxin group. Sooner or later it will pass to bacteria of other species.

20.11.2015