Articles

Found results: 16306

New in Gerontology

The liver does not age

The study confirmed that aging does not affect liver regeneration: this organ perfectly replaces its cells in both young and elderly people.

02.06.2022
Genetics

Genome for $100

The US startup Ultima Genomics claims that its technology will allow sequencing the complete human genome for a hundred dollars.

02.06.2022
New in Gerontology

Soft-boiled neurons

Aggregation of beta-amyloid molecules (one of the causes of Alzheimer's disease) causes strong heating of neurons.

02.06.2022
Biomedicine

Antiangiogenic immunotherapy

The vaccine, aimed at the angiogenic protein vimentin, has shown efficacy against different types of cancer in several animal species.

01.06.2022
Biomedicine

Innate immunity against cancer

Immunotherapy, capable of activating innate immunity, induces infiltration of T-killers into cancer cells.

01.06.2022
Genetics

Genes and life expectancy

Molecular biologist Niklas Brandborg explains why genes do not play a significant role in life expectancy.

01.06.2022
Genetic engineering

Switch for "gene scissors"

The operation of CRISPR/Cas9 systems with modified guide RNA can be stopped at the right moment with the help of soft ultraviolet light.

01.06.2022
Nanotechnology

Poison in the package

Combined therapy with nanoparticles and radiation therapy contributed to the long-term survival of 67% of mice with glioblastoma.

01.06.2022
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of myodystrophy

The authors of the work undertook to treat mice at the 35th week of life - at that moment half of their relatives had already died from dystroglycanopathy.

01.06.2022
Biomedicine

Melanoma: preclinical success

Experimental treatment reduces the growth and metastasis of melanoma, increasing the survival rate of mice by 25%.

30.05.2022
Other life sciences

Intestines without chicken

Russian scientists have created a unique nutrient medium that mimics the composition of chicken intestines to search for lactobacilli-probiotics.

30.05.2022
Biotechnologies - into life

Good meat

It is impossible to distinguish the taste, smell, color or texture of Good Meat steaks from those served in restaurants — even under a microscope.

30.05.2022
Biomedicine

A promising couple

Combination therapy has shown good results in the treatment of several types of late-stage cancer.

30.05.2022
Biomedicine

Against HIV and dementia

Perhaps maraviroc can be taken in the early stages of cognitive decline. Now scientists are planning to launch clinical trials.

30.05.2022
Other life sciences

Heat stroke

On cultures of mouse testicles, Japanese scientists have demonstrated which stages of spermatogenesis are disrupted at elevated temperatures.

30.05.2022
Genetic engineering

Effective editing

The new CRISPR-Combo method allows multiple genes to be manipulated in different ways at the same time.

27.05.2022
Other life sciences

Warm - blooded tyrannosaurs

Analysis of the end products of lipoxidation in fossils allowed us to make assumptions about the metabolic rate of dinosaurs.

27.05.2022
Cellular technologies

Store eggs in a biobank

The use of frozen eggs taken from a woman at a young age, and not right before IVF in 30-40 years, improves the results.

27.05.2022
Genetics

Homo hybridus

Interview with the authors of the new book "Human Evolution. Bones, genes and culture" by Doctors of Biological Sciences Alexander Markov and Elena Naimark.

27.05.2022