Life Sciences

Nanotechnology

Melting point

A medicine can be placed in a brush polymer needle, and when the needle begins to dissolve, medicinal substances will be released from it.

13.11.2020

Genetics

Genetic Eraser

Researchers can now target specific proteins more precisely in yeast, mammalian cells, and whole organisms.

12.11.2020

Biomedicine

At room temperature

Up to 50% of vaccines are thrown out annually due to a violation of the cold chain. Now there is a technology to solve this global problem.

12.11.2020

Biomedicine

Brake blocker

The experimental drug makes it possible to block the inhibitory mechanisms of immunity, namely, regulatory T cells.

12.11.2020

Other life sciences

Biodegradable biosensor

The new implantable sensor measures the concentration of various gases in the body and is then safely disposed of.

11.11.2020

Biomedicine

Concussion or not?

Examination of patients' saliva will help doctors diagnose the presence and severity of traumatic brain injury.

11.11.2020

Genetic engineering

Demand the impossible

30 years ago, for the first time, a person was cured of a deadly disease by gene therapy. What is happening with gene therapy now?

11.11.2020

New in Gerontology

Protector of hematopoietic cells

Scientists have discovered a protein that plays an important role in protecting hematopoietic stem cells from damage caused by infections.

11.11.2020

Cellular technologies

Organoid of the embryonic heart

Swiss researchers did not grow an "adult" heart, but its embryonic counterpart, creating a so-called gastruloid.

11.11.2020

Prolonging youth

Oxidants slow down aging

Low levels of hydrogen peroxide can stimulate an enzyme that helps slow down the aging of yeast cells.

11.11.2020

Genetic engineering

Two birds with one stone

Myotonic dystrophy and Fuchs corneal endothelial dystrophy have a common link in pathogenesis and possibly a common treatment.

10.11.2020

Cellular technologies

Easier, faster and better

A new method of adoptive cell transfer reduces the production time of T cells for the treatment of solid tumors.

10.11.2020

Nanotechnology

BBB is not a barrier

Nanoparticles can be used to deliver drugs across the blood-brain barrier in neurodegenerative diseases.

10.11.2020

Biomedicine

Antitussive spray

Scientists from the Netherlands and the USA tested a nasal spray on ferrets that blocks the fusion of SARS-CoV-2 and host cells.

10.11.2020

Bioethics

Take my heart

Why there is still a shortage of donor organs in Russia and why not everyone will be able to become organ donors after death.

10.11.2020

Genetic engineering

Tobacco vaccine

The first seasonal influenza vaccine produced with the help of GM plants has successfully passed phase III clinical trials on volunteers.

10.11.2020

Biomedicine

COPD is reversible

Blocking of the pathological signaling pathway led to lung regeneration in mouse models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

09.11.2020

Biomedicine

Psychedelic for neurogenesis

The Indian narcotic drink Ayahuasca promotes the appearance of new neurons in the hippocampus and improves memory and spatial learning.

09.11.2020

Other life sciences

Turning thought into movement

The Stentrode implant was able to significantly improve the quality of life of patients suffering from motor neuron disease.

09.11.2020

Genetic engineering

Herpes against herpes

The prototype of the genital herpes vaccine was created on the basis of a genetically modified herpes simplex virus.

09.11.2020