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Turns on the light

In our country, a large group of scientists of different specialties is developing the most complex technology of vision restoration.

31.01.2022

Other life sciences

AI predicts heart attack

The artificial intelligence system predicts myocardial infarction by the pattern of retinal capillaries.

28.01.2022

Prolonging youth

Another senolytic

Tests on mice of a vaccine against a protein characteristic of aging cells have shown that it works.

28.01.2022

Biomedicine

Keytruda against AIDS

In a pilot clinical study, scientists have shown that an affordable drug helps to remove HIV from hidden reservoirs.

28.01.2022

Genetics

From common ancestors

The gene variant protecting against the "heavy" COVID-19 appeared half a million years ago in the ancestors of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans.

27.01.2022

Genetics

How far did the apple fall

Much of what is discussed by "sofa geneticists" makes Olga Shchagina, Candidate of Medical Sciences, smile.

27.01.2022

Other life sciences

Bioreactor on the foot

American scientists have learned how to start limb regeneration in adult frogs.

27.01.2022

Other life sciences

Electronic vision

ELVIS may become the first mass-produced product in Russia with the use of electrodes implanted in the brain for a long time.

27.01.2022

New in Gerontology

Aging Proteins

Two proteins circulate in the human blood, which, as it turned out, negatively affect the duration and quality of life.

26.01.2022

Genetic engineering

Quiet Harbor

"Quiet" areas have been found in the genome, in which genes can be embedded without the risk of undesirable consequences.

26.01.2022

Your health

Useless and harmful

Biologically active additives should be treated with the same caution as medicines, these are not safe "sweets".

26.01.2022

Other life sciences

What infections cause cancer?

About 30% of malignant tumors develop due to biological carcinogens — viruses or bacteria.

26.01.2022

Genetics

Oncogenes in a jar

MIPT physicists have calculated the number of oncogenic mutations in different types of cancer, in patients of different demographic and clinical groups.

25.01.2022

Biomedicine

Phage therapy in traumatology

Bacteriophages helped to get rid of bacteria that had been preventing a broken leg from healing for almost two years.

25.01.2022

Other life sciences

Don't worry, be healthy

The risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases in neurotics is 13 percent higher than in people with low anxiety.

25.01.2022

Grants and competitions

Accelerator for startups

FRII and Bayer are looking for startups in the field of Digital Health and Agro Tech. Applications for the pitch session will be accepted until February 11, 2022.

25.01.2022

New in Gerontology

Black label

A new study has shown that physical fatigue in the elderly is an indicator of earlier mortality from all causes.

25.01.2022

Other life sciences

Brain Upgrade

Neurotransmitters, neurointerfaces and new feelings that a person has not experienced before.

25.01.2022

Other life sciences

Pork kidneys

For the first time, the kidneys of a genetically modified pig were transplanted into a human body with brain death.

24.01.2022

Biomedicine

Against cancer and obesity

Antitumor drug in experiments on mice led to improved metabolism and weight loss, as in fasting.

24.01.2022