Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

Coronavirus and smoking

Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles have shown exactly how smoking contributes to a more severe course of Covid-19.

19.11.2020
Nanotechnology

Safe vectors

Light-activated liposomes deliver CRISPR gene therapy tools safer and more accurately than viruses.

18.11.2020
Other life sciences

Implant with lactobacilli

L. casei biofilm applied to a titanium implant blocks the spread of harmful bacteria and stimulates bone growth at the healing border.

18.11.2020
Biomedicine

A part is better than a whole

Antibody fragment therapy works at a late stage of Alzheimer's disease and is directed against two proteins whose aggregates kill neurons.

18.11.2020
Nanotechnology

Titanium Nickelide implants

The properties of the new material are comparable to how the bone tissues of the human body behave under physiological loads.

18.11.2020
Genetic engineering

Regeneration of neurons in vivo

The first study on non-human primates showed the promise of gene therapy for the treatment of stroke.

17.11.2020
Biomedicine

Moderna has become a leader

Promising preliminary results of the third phase of trials of the mRNA-1273 drug created by Moderna have been published.

17.11.2020
Biomedicine

From arthritis and covid

The rheumatoid arthritis drug reduced COVID-19 mortality by 71% compared to standard treatment.

17.11.2020
Biomedicine

Ferroptosis against cancer

The effectiveness of antitumor therapy increases with the activation of a newly discovered mechanism of cell death – ferroptosis.

17.11.2020
Genetics

Increased neuroplasticity

Psilocybin enhances the work of genes associated with the formation of interneuronal connections – and more in the prefrontal cortex than in the hippocampus.

17.11.2020
Genetics

The gene of youth immunity

Genetic predisposition protects the immune system from aging and preserves its effectiveness.

16.11.2020
Biomedicine

Not only against depression

Taking the affordable and safe antidepressant fluvoxamine can prevent respiratory failure in patients with coronavirus.

16.11.2020
Biomedicine

Polytabletka + aspirin

A pill for high blood pressure and cholesterol "4 in 1" in combination with aspirin reduced the risk of cardiovascular diseases by 31%.

16.11.2020
Biomedicine

What's in your thyroid?

Scientists of the NMIC of Oncology named after Petrov identified microRNAs that will help accurately diagnose follicular thyroid cancer.

16.11.2020
Biomedicine

Interferon against coronavirus

Inhalation of interferon beta-1a significantly reduces the risks of severe COVID-19 and mortality from infection.

16.11.2020
Biomedicine

Chemo and immunotherapy

The new vaccine combines chemotherapy and immunotherapy to treat triple negative breast cancer in mice.

13.11.2020
Genetics

For the sake of man

Biologists have deciphered and compared the genomes of 240 mammalian species, and more than 120 of them have been deciphered for the first time.

13.11.2020