Life Sciences

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Nanotechnology

Vaccine patch

The new high-density HD-MAP microchip can deliver the flu vaccine without a shot. And this is not all of its advantages.

19.03.2020
Other life sciences

At the suggestion of mussels

The ability of these mollusks to attach to underwater objects helped in the development of a gel for operations in maxillofacial surgery.

19.03.2020
Prolonging youth

Waiting for geroprotectors

Biologist Alexey Moskalev – about substances that could increase the duration of human life (but not yet):(

19.03.2020
Biomedicine

A cure for the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a serious challenge for science and the pharmaceutical industry. How soon will we receive treatment and will the vaccine be effective?

19.03.2020
Biomedicine

Make cancer glow

microRNA imaging will reveal the tumor in the early stages long before the first symptoms appear.

18.03.2020
Genetics

Target RNA for CRISPR

A large database has been created containing information on the role of various RNA sites for the possibility of editing using the CRISPR technique.

18.03.2020
Biomedicine

Uncrowned

A prototype of a cheap COVID-19 vaccine based on the tobacco mosaic virus, "pasted" with coronavirus proteins, can be created in three months.

18.03.2020
Other life sciences

A trick against rejection

It is possible to overcome the immune rejection of transplanted organs by using the way in which cancer cells calm the immune system.

18.03.2020
Other life sciences

CamAPS FX is available for patients

There is still a lot of work to be done, but this is an important milestone on the way to a fully automated artificial pancreas.

18.03.2020
Other life sciences

5-7 times better than usual

It's all about the combinatorial approach: the porous structure of the implant, its mineral enrichment and the action of two protein growth factors.

18.03.2020
Nanotechnology

Nanoresin instead of living tissue

Medical devices made of flexible material with antibacterial coating do not cause infectious complications.

17.03.2020
Biomedicine

Passive antibody therapy

The blood of people who have had Covid-19 can protect those who have not yet been infected. This method has been successfully used since the 90s of the XIX century.

17.03.2020
Nanotechnology

The DNA Trap

Experts from Rice University have developed a technique for capturing the DNA of superbugs freely circulating in wastewater.

17.03.2020
Genetics

Multi-armed CRISPR

The CHyMErA method, created by researchers from the University of Toronto, allows you to edit several fragments of the genome at once.

17.03.2020
Genetic engineering

Mice will be caught

Genetically modified mice for testing the COVID-19 vaccine are sold from one to three thousand dollars apiece.

16.03.2020
Biomedicine

Close the second door

CD147 is a target not only for coronaviruses, but also for malaria. Antibody-blocker CD147 has long existed in the form of several drugs.

16.03.2020
Other life sciences

Interval fasting and liver

Scientists from the University of Sydney have found out what happens in the body and, in particular, in the liver during intermittent fasting.

16.03.2020