Life Sciences

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Nanotechnology

Lenses for diabetics

Smart contact lenses not only correct vision, but also determine glucose levels and deliver retinopathy medications to the eyes.

29.04.2020
Prolonging youth

Against immunological aging

Scientists have proposed an original way to prevent autoimmune diseases associated with aging of the body.

29.04.2020
Genetic engineering

Lamp in a flower pot

Geneticists managed to transfer the luminescent system of fungi into plant cells, obtaining a brightly glowing tobacco.

29.04.2020
Cellular technologies

Nanocomposite patch for the heart

The material created at NIU MIET will allow to restore heart tissue after a heart attack in just two to four months.

29.04.2020
Biomedicine

Cancer diagnosis

Oncologist Igor Samoylenko – about how doctors are looking for the first signs of cancer, modern diagnostic methods, pros and cons of screening.

29.04.2020
Genetic engineering

Turn off aquaporin

Inactivation of a single gene in glaucoma can reduce intraocular pressure, which otherwise would lead to blindness.

29.04.2020
Biomedicine

Telomerase Repair Tablet

Small molecules added to drinking water to mice with a model of hereditary telomeric disease restored the work of telomerase.

28.04.2020
New in Gerontology

The role of mutations in aging

The accumulation of mutations during life does not affect the overall and healthy life expectancy as much as compared with rare congenital mutations.

28.04.2020
New in Gerontology

The Y chromosome and aging

On the lines of females with an extra Y chromosome and males without a Y chromosome, researchers have confirmed that it is she who shortens the life of fruit flies.

28.04.2020
Biomedicine

Identify all

Scientists have developed a microchip that effectively distinguishes the plasma of COVID-19 patients and uninfected people.

28.04.2020
Other life sciences

Neurons of gluttons

The activity of specialized nerve cells in the hypothalamus increases the tendency to overeating and high-calorie fatty foods.

28.04.2020
Biomedicine

How to treat COVID-19?

The most promising strategies for combating coronavirus: an overview study presents the advantages and disadvantages of various approaches.

27.04.2020
Biomedicine

Combination therapy

Activation of apoptosis in combination with chemotherapy effectively inhibits the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma in a mouse model.

27.04.2020
Biomedicine

Anti-infarction patch

An overlay with artificial stromal heart cells contributed to tissue repair and improved heart function in rats and pigs.

27.04.2020
Genetics

Conspiracy theory and viruses

Why scientists are sure that SARS-CoV-2 is not artificially created, how often it mutates and whether it is worth hoping that evolution will make it less dangerous.

27.04.2020
Genetics

Non - canonical amino acids

American molecular biologists forced human hematopoietic cells to encode non-classical amino acids and embed them into proteins.

27.04.2020
Biomedicine

Vitamin B3 against glioblastoma

The immune cells treated by him effectively attacked glioblastoma, which in combination with chemotherapy slowed the progression of the disease.

27.04.2020
New in Gerontology

Blindness is linked to dementia

Age-related macular degeneration correlates with a higher risk of neurodegenerative diseases.

27.03.2020
Biomedicine

A drop in the sea of threats

In a recently published fundamental review, a team of Russian scientists described and summarized methods for diagnosing viral infections.

27.03.2020