Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

COVID vaccines: who, where, when

The epidemic will not stop until most of us get sick or until a coronavirus vaccine appears. But why is she still not there?

08.05.2020
Biomedicine

Regeneration of axons

Restoring the normal functioning of the nervous system after injury is possible, and the key to this is the Lin28 protein regulating cell growth.

08.05.2020
Other life sciences

Is it not so scary?

If the coronavirus has mutations that affect the effectiveness of the vaccine, it can be corrected.

07.05.2020
Genetics

Are vaccines in danger?

The coronavirus strain that dominates Europe and the United States is mutating, which may limit the effectiveness of vaccines being developed against it.

07.05.2020
Genetics

Drunk brute

A new study returns to a long-standing dispute about the reality of intoxication of elephants who have eaten the fruits of the marula tree.

07.05.2020
Biomedicine

Diagnosis in ten minutes

A new sensitive test detects antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in just ten minutes.

06.05.2020
New in Gerontology

The rate of aging

The new tool measures the rate of biological aging of the body by DNA methylation and allows you to assess the impact of various factors on it.

06.05.2020
Genetics

We huddle together…

For the normal functioning of the brain of African naked diggers, an increased concentration of carbon dioxide is vital.

06.05.2020
Cellular technologies

Neurons in buckyballs

The new method will allow scientists to create and study neural networks with which it will be possible to study important biological issues.

06.05.2020
Genetic engineering

Coronavirus for mice

An experimental subunit vaccine was tested on mice infected with a specially created strain of SARS-CoV-2.

06.05.2020
Other life sciences

Lactobacilli and memory

The study, published in the journal Microbiome, opens up the prospect for a new approach to the treatment of memory disorders.

06.05.2020
Nanotechnology

Lactic acid instead of batteries

Electronic skin without an external energy source can track indicators that characterize human health.

30.04.2020
Other life sciences

Protective autophagy

Pancreatic cancer cells digest their own proteins, which can give them to the immune system.

30.04.2020
Biomedicine

Medicine from parasites

The enzyme isolated from the larvae of parasitic nematodes suppresses the immune reactions of the second type, which are the basis of allergies and asthma.

30.04.2020
Biomedicine

Synthetic briostatins

They can be used to treat cancer, HIV, Alzheimer's disease and other diseases and are tens of thousands of times cheaper than natural ones.

30.04.2020
Genetics

How caffeine protects against cirrhosis

Scientists from Europe in a sample of almost 16 thousand people found a link between coffee and tea consumption and changes in DNA methylation.

30.04.2020
Other life sciences

AI for coronavirus diagnosis

The accuracy of the diagnosis of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 from digitized X-rays reaches 94%.

30.04.2020
Genetic engineering

Sound Gene therapy

A new auxiliary tool has been created for safe and cheaper gene therapy of cancer, genetic disorders and blood diseases.

29.04.2020