Life Sciences

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Genetic engineering

Organophosphate vaccination

American biologists introduced a gene into the DNA of mice that protected them from organophosphorus toxic substances, including sarin and agent VX.

23.01.2020
Other life sciences

Turn gray overnight?

Under the influence of stress, the precursor cells of melanocytes disappear from the follicles, and norepinephrine serves as an intermediary in this process.

23.01.2020
Nanotechnology

Nanosol against cancer

NaCl nanoparticles are toxic to cancer cells and safe for the patient: local administration of even a large dose does not cause side effects.

22.01.2020
Biomedicine

Universal Tumor Killers

Researchers have discovered a new type of T-killer that can be used to treat most types of cancer.

22.01.2020
Other life sciences

In real time

Scanning with magnetized molecules allows you to observe which areas of breast cancer are active and to what extent.

22.01.2020
Genetic engineering

Will Zika cure glioblastoma?

A new discovery by scientists in the field of medicine may help in the creation of new treatments for brain cancer.

22.01.2020
Biomedicine

And oncologists didn't even know!

Testing thousands of non-oncological drugs has shown that several dozen of them are capable of killing cancer cells in the laboratory.

21.01.2020
Genetics

Without fluorography

Screening with a new test can predict the development of tuberculosis several months before the first symptoms appear.

21.01.2020
Other life sciences

Will the melanoma metastasize?

The main indicator of the probability of tumor progression is the number of T cells in the lesion.

21.01.2020
Biomedicine

Storm warning

When treating solid tumors with CAR T-lymphocytes, a "cytokine storm" can lead to a severe, life-threatening condition.

21.01.2020
Genetic engineering

UM chickens are not afraid of blood cancer

Czech biologists have used the CRISPR/Cas9 genomic editor to breed a new breed of chickens that is not affected by the avian leukemia virus.

21.01.2020
New in Gerontology

Telomeres and aging: new data

The number of telomere abnormalities not only increases with age, but also correlates better with it than the length of telomeres.

21.01.2020
Prolonging youth

Following the example of the mole rat

Vladimir Skulachev hopes that Mitotech specialists have finally found a mechanism that makes a naked digger "forever young".

21.01.2020
Other life sciences

Where are the old people looking?

Scientists from the University of Liverpool have used an eye movement test to improve understanding of how brain regions work with aging.

20.01.2020
Other life sciences

The missing link

British scientists have managed to find out how the accumulation of beta-amyloid between neurons causes the aggregation of tau protein inside them.

20.01.2020
Biomedicine

The perfect analgesic?

The world's first analgesic without side effects has successfully passed the stage of preclinical trials.

20.01.2020
Other life sciences

Two-faced VISTA

If antibodies to this molecule regulating the immune response are tested, it will give new hope for cancer immunotherapy.

20.01.2020