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Don't keep Your Genomes secret

Most people, especially those with familial genetic disorders, most likely realize that they will gain more from potential discoveries than they will lose by revealing their biological identity.

07.04.2015
Other life sciences

Prosthesis with wireless control

American biotechnologists have created a unique prosthetic arm that connects to the brain through a simple "cap" for EEG and does not require implantation of electrodes into the cerebral cortex or other invasive medical procedures.

06.04.2015
Genetics

Genetics suggests, and epigenetics disposes

Epigenetics has become the link between the outside world and genes that scientists have been looking for for so long. She finally put all the dots over the "I" in more than a century of discussion about sociogenetism and biogenetism.

06.04.2015
Other life sciences

What do magnetic waves look like?

A solid-state compass chip that transmits signals to the cortex of a blind rat responsible for processing visual information allowed the animal to "see" geomagnetic fields.

06.04.2015
Genetics

The complete Encyclopedia of oncogenes

A detailed catalog of cancer genes will allow selecting the optimal therapy for each patient, selecting targets for the development of anti-cancer drugs, creating experimental models of animals and cell lines for cancer research, testing new drugs and treatment methods.

06.04.2015
Cellular technologies

Non-oncogenic embryonic stem cells

Embryonic stem cells treated with a drug for the treatment of oncological diseases, after differentiation into dopaminergic neurons and transplantation into the brain of mice, unlike "untreated", do not turn into cancerous.

06.04.2015
Biomedicine

Dendritic cells against melanoma

The development of a prototype cancer vaccine from mutated tumor proteins has become a small breakthrough in personalized medicine, on which most hopes are pinned in the fight against cancer.

06.04.2015
Biomedicine

Not from cancer, but from Alzheimer's

The substance AZD0530 as a cure for cancer has not shown encouraging results, and would have been forgotten if not for a new project of the National Institutes of Health, which launched a project giving a second chance to non-working drugs.

03.04.2015
Prolonging youth

Immortality and extended youth

It seems that prolonged youth is no longer a fantasy, and very soon we will be able to maintain beauty and health throughout our lives. But immortality still seems like an impossible mission.

03.04.2015
Genetics

A "family tree" has been compiled for prostate cancer

Peculiar genealogical trees compiled by scientists show that most of the oncogenic mutations are common to all secondary tumors in each patient. These shared genetic roots could potentially be the Achilles heel of metastases.

03.04.2015
Genetic engineering

Editing DNA will help the staphylococcus gene

American scientists have managed to slightly improve the method of genome editing – the CRISPR/Cas9 system. They found a variant of the Cas9 protein that is easier to deliver to cells than previously used variants.

03.04.2015
Other life sciences

Robosurgeons from Google

Google has announced a partnership with Johnson & Johnson, which aims to create an advanced robotic surgical platform.

02.04.2015
Note to the businessman

Step into the future

ExoAtlet has no competition in the domestic market yet. In general, several exoskeletons for people with disabilities are known in the world. But the Russians have one indisputable advantage over them: our exoskeletons are much cheaper.

02.04.2015
Genetics

Genomes of Icelanders

Analysis of the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders – the largest collection of genetic information about a single human population – allowed scientists to evaluate certain sections of the genomes of another 100,000 people, that is, almost a third of the entire population of the country.

01.04.2015
Other life sciences

Age by photo

Bioinformatics specialists from China have developed a program that calculates the calendar and biological age of a person by special reference points on a three-dimensional photograph of his face.

01.04.2015
Note to the businessman

Why are medicines getting more expensive?

Over the past 10 years, the cost of clinical trials of one drug has increased by 2 times. If in the early 2000s it did not exceed an average of $1.2 billion, then in 2014 it reached $2.6 billion. According to experts, the cost of clinical trials can account for up to 50% of all investments in the development of a new drug.

01.04.2015