Life Sciences

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Cellular technologies

Liver in lymph nodes

The cells of pigs' own hepatocytes are able to divide in the lymph nodes of animals and replace the functions of the damaged liver.

24.08.2020
Other life sciences

Biorobots-sappers

Locusts are able to distinguish by smell various types of explosives, including TNT, hexogen, pentrite and ammonium nitrate.

24.08.2020
Other life sciences

Gastroscope with bioprinter

A prototype bioprinter can treat stomach wall defects by printing "patches" on it from the inside with hydrogels containing the necessary cells.

24.08.2020
Biomedicine

Coronavirus tests

Why does the coronavirus need translation skills, is it worth spitting when testing for COVID-19 and what is the problem with Russian PCR diagnostics.

24.08.2020
Biomedicine

Without illness and vaccinations

Some healthy people who have not had COVID-19 have immune cells capable of recognizing the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

31.07.2020
Other life sciences

How do smart prostheses work?

Neuroscientist Mikhail Lebedev – about modern neuroscience, Camillo Golgi and the new generation of prostheses.

31.07.2020
Other life sciences

There are no first and laggards

To what extent are the leaders of the COVID-19 vaccine race ahead of the competition and how much will vaccination cost in different countries?

31.07.2020
Genetics

Epigenetics and age

Biologist Sergey Kiselyov – about gene methylation, Steve Horvath and life expectancy.

30.07.2020
Genetics

ENCODE continues to work

The ENCODE Consortium announced the completion of the third stage of the project to compile an encyclopedia of functional elements of DNA.

30.07.2020
Other life sciences

microRNAs against baldness

A microRNA molecule has been identified that stimulates the regeneration of "dormant" hair follicles.

29.07.2020
Genetic engineering

How to change the embryo genome?

Biologist Denis Rebrikov – about hereditary deafness, genome editing and human immunodeficiency virus.

29.07.2020
Theories of aging

How cells age

Another chapter from Polina Loseva's book "Counterclockwise. What is aging and how to deal with it" (Alpina non-fiction, 2020).

29.07.2020
Genetic engineering

Synthetic Super Muscles

Muscles from proteins that do not exist in nature heal damage on their own in just seconds.

29.07.2020
Genetic engineering

Mice for virologists

The staff of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS created the first transgenic mice in Russia susceptible to the new coronavirus.

29.07.2020
Other life sciences

Designer for the prosthetist

Modular prostheses for bone restoration can be made from identical blocks filled with materials that improve healing.

28.07.2020
Other life sciences

Asymptomatic, but dangerous

Those infected with coronavirus who have no clinical signs of Covid-19 are almost as dangerous to healthy people as the rest of the patients.

28.07.2020