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Prolonging youth

Fecal therapy for the brain

Transplantation of intestinal microbes in the form of feces from young mice to old ones can turn back the clock of an aging brain.

25.08.2021

Other life sciences

Glioblastoma Organoid

The new method makes it possible to obtain in the laboratory an accurate model of a brain tumor in a natural cellular environment.

25.08.2021

Other life sciences

Superglue

Bio-glue, created on the basis of sea acorns glue, stops bleeding in 15 seconds.

25.08.2021

Cellular technologies

Organoids with eyes

Brain organoids spontaneously form eye glasses – embryonic precursors of eyes that react to light.

24.08.2021

Biomedicine

Contraceptive antibodies

Antibodies delivered to the sheep's vagina along with the ejaculate reduced the number of motile sperm by 99 percent.

24.08.2021

Other life sciences

Pump for diabetics on dialysis

The developers are already testing the device in patients with type 2 diabetes without complications of the disease, as well as in difficult situations.

24.08.2021

New in Gerontology

Microflora of centenarians

Bacteria that metabolize primary bile acids help maintain the balance of the intestinal microbiota and prevent inflammation.

24.08.2021

Other life sciences

While Neuralink is experimenting…

Synchron has announced that it has received FDA approval for testing its main product – Stentrode (Stentrode, "stent" + "electrode").

24.08.2021

Genetics

We remove fat through the skin

A seemingly unremarkable observation – shiny hair – showed how the immune system fights obesity.

23.08.2021

Exhibitions and conferences

DIGITALIZED

The International Congress "Digital Medicine and Information Technologies in Healthcare" will be held on October 12, 2021.

23.08.2021

Biomedicine

This beast is called a lama

Nanoantibodies created on the basis of alpaca immune proteins against four variants of coronavirus are 1000 times more effective than all existing ones.

23.08.2021

Nanotechnology

Boiled eggs

Experiments on mice have confirmed that a short and weak heating of the testicles by nanoparticles makes it possible to stop the production of healthy sperm.

23.08.2021

Other life sciences

Anti-cancer helmet

It is too early to talk about the absolute success of using a magnetic helmet in the treatment of brain cancer, since only one patient participated in the trial.

23.08.2021

Biomedicine

Antibiotics against melanoma

In tumors that no longer respond to targeted therapy, antibiotics prolonged the life, and in some cases even cured mice.

23.07.2021

Biomedicine

Virologists from veterinarians

The drug, which 99% suppresses the replication of three strains of SARS-CoV-2, is now used to treat cancer in dogs.

23.07.2021

Biomedicine

ErSO against Breast cancer

According to scientists, therapy can dramatically change the situation in the treatment of 75% of breast cancer cases.

23.07.2021

Genetic engineering

Editing the bases

If this approach is used in clinical practice, it will help many people to return to normal life.

23.07.2021

Other life sciences

Invisible scars

Postoperative scars treated with alphaCT1 look neater and less noticeable than scars without treatment.

23.07.2021

Other life sciences

Immunity and sulfatides

For the first time, scientists were able to find out which compounds activate the protein complex responsible for innate immunity.

22.07.2021

Your health

Growing and 3D printing of teeth

Oleg Kushch, CEO of the Smile Factor network of dental clinics, tells how dentists use new technologies.

22.07.2021