Nanotechnology
"DNA glue" for self-assembly of three-dimensional structures
Using artificial DNA as a "programmable glue", it is possible to assemble 3D gel structures of a given shape up to 1 mm in size.
11.09.2013- English version
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Biomedicine
Metformin instead of Viagra?
It is possible that the common antidiabetic drug metformin will serve as a cheap and effective means of erectile dysfunction therapy in the future.
11.09.2013
Biomedicine
Diabetes diagnosis: early, fast, accurate
A group of German researchers, together with colleagues from the USA and Finland, proposed a technique that allows, based on a blood test, to diagnose type 1 diabetes long before the disease manifested itself.
11.09.2013
Theories of aging
Long-lived proteins are the key to understanding the mechanisms of aging
Identification of long–lived proteins, which may be the weakest link of the aging proteome – a set of proteins expressed by the genome under given environmental conditions - will help to understand the molecular basis of aging.
11.09.2013
Cellular technologies
Store your induced pluripotent stem cells in a cryobank!
The French company Cellectis offers a new service – cryopreservation with subsequent storage in a cryobank of induced pluripotent stem cells obtained from the client's skin cells.
10.09.2013
Biomedicine
How new cancer drugs are being created
Alessandro Riva, Head of the Novartis Global Cancer Research and Medical Activities Department, on the development of new treatments for complex forms of cancer.
10.09.2013
Biomedicine
Leptin instead of insulin?
Swiss researchers conducted a series of experiments on rodents deprived of the ability to synthesize insulin, which were injected with leptin, a hormone that regulates energy metabolism and appetite. Thanks to leptin, all animals perfectly tolerated the state of insulin deficiency.
10.09.2013
Genetic engineering
Transgenic goats will help in the treatment of cancer
A herd of descendants of 25-30 transgenic goats obtained by scientists from Brazil and Russia will provide millions of cancer patients with human protein that activates hematopoiesis in the bone marrow.
10.09.2013
Biomedicine
Will the medicine "from the liver" help with Parkinson's disease?
The drug used to treat liver diseases improves the functioning of the mitochondria of neurons and shows great promise as a treatment for Parkinson's disease.
10.09.2013
Biomedicine
Cancer biomarkers – autoantibodies
This article describes one of the types of biomarkers that have recently been actively developed for the early diagnosis of cancer – biomarkers based on autoantibodies.
09.09.2013
Other life sciences
DNA transistors
Anatoly Sokolov, an employee of Stanford University, together with fellow physicists, developed a method for producing carbon transistors based on DNA strands.
09.09.2013
Your health
Physical education for the elderly: WHO recommends
Recommended levels of physical activity for the elderly 65 years and older according to the World Health Organization.
09.09.2013
Nanotechnology
Therapeutic nanoparticles themselves move to the cracks in the bone
Due to the gradient of ions seeping from cracks in the bone, negatively charged nanoparticles are attracted to the damaged areas, providing targeted drug delivery.
09.09.2013
Biomedicine
Synthetic RNA will protect against the consequences of a heart attack
A new method of treating a heart attack is injection into the damaged areas of the heart of a modified synthetic matrix RNA encoding vascular growth factor, which is much slower than natural, is destroyed in the body.
09.09.2013
Biotechnologies - into life
Russian drugs will be no worse and cheaper than imported ones
The first three domestic drugs based on monoclonal antibodies, which will treat cancer of the blood, lymph nodes, mammary glands and lungs, will go on sale next year. Their price will be 30% lower than imported ones.
09.09.2013
New in Gerontology
How mitochondria age
In a young cell, pairs of protein complexes of ATP synthase are located close to each other and, due to this, bend the mitochondrial membrane, forming folds. Over time, there are fewer such pairs, and instead of a complex structure, the membrane turns into a relatively smooth two-layer bubble.
09.09.2013
Cellular technologies
Tubular bone stem cells help with myocardial infarction
Experiments on mice have shown that the introduction of tubular bone stem cells into the myocardial infarction zone is more effective than the introduction of cardiac stem cells.
06.09.2013
Other life sciences
You can lose weight with the help of bacteria...
...with one condition: microorganisms that contribute to thinness are able to displace less useful fellows only if a healthy and not excessively high-calorie diet is observed.
06.09.2013
Various
Writer Dmitry Glukhovsky – about his immortality in the "Future"
"The Future" is a book about how, with the help of genetic engineering, people managed to block the mechanisms of aging of the body – reprogram them, and stop aging, become eternally young and practically immortal.
06.09.2013
Prolonging youth
Vaccination against old age?
Now the tests of "Antistarin" on animals are continuing. Then the developers plan to start its release as a veterinary remedy and hope that in the future the results of research will allow us to start treating people.
06.09.2013