Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

Diagnosis by saliva

A simple technique will allow you to diagnose nasopharyngeal cancer earlier and treat it more successfully.

18.12.2019
Other life sciences

Carcinogenicity was tested on hepatocytes

The new screening method is faster, simpler and more accurate than the existing ones to determine whether a substance can cause cancer.

18.12.2019
Genetic engineering

CRISPR against antibiotic resistance

The "Pro-active" technology increases the effectiveness of the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria by 100 times.

17.12.2019
Genetic engineering

Accelerated evolution

The method of selecting a delivery virus for targeted gene therapy can be compared with accelerating the process of evolution from millions of years to several weeks.

17.12.2019
Other life sciences

Calculating the risk of death

A simple test will predict the likelihood of dementia patients dying within three years after diagnosis.

17.12.2019
Nanotechnology

Vitamin with poison

Nanoparticles carrying doxorubicin were enriched with vitamin B9, which cancer cells absorb 1000 times more actively than ordinary ones.

17.12.2019
Biomedicine

The earliest diagnosis

RNA sequencing will detect cancer cells in the liver before the tumors are visible using standard diagnostic methods.

17.12.2019
Genetics

The DNA of things

Researchers have developed a technology and architecture for the production of materials with built-in indelible memory using DNA.

17.12.2019
Biomedicine

Bone Dressing

Bioengineers from Duke University have demonstrated an effective way to quickly heal bone injuries.

17.12.2019
Genetic engineering

The Achilles heel of the virus

With the help of CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing technology, scientists were able to destroy the "sleeping" copies of the herpes simplex virus.

17.12.2019
New in Gerontology

Twice as long as it should be

The life span of vertebrates is recorded in methylated sections of DNA. For a person, the estimated life span is 38 years.

16.12.2019
Other life sciences

A breach in the defense

Nanomotors drill through bacterial shells and make antibiotics effective again, even for antibiotic-resistant strains.

16.12.2019
Bioethics

Retired Monkeys

Initially, the shelter was intended for the maintenance of baboons, but now monkeys of various species live in it, aged in laboratories.

16.12.2019
Other life sciences

Prospects for organ replacement

How do scientists create artificial organs? What is the future of transplantology? Experts talk about organ replacement technologies.

16.12.2019
Genetic engineering

CRISPR-Cas9 and its features

Excerpt from the book "A Crack in the universe. Genome editing: an incredible technology capable of controlling evolution."

16.12.2019
Biomedicine

Acoustofluidic diagnostics

Scientists have developed a method for detecting human papillomavirus-16, a strain that causes cancer of the mouth and throat, in saliva.

13.12.2019
Cellular technologies

Alien spermatozoa

After bone marrow transplantation, donor cells replaced not only the recipient's blood, but also cells of other tissues, including 100% of spermatozoa.

13.12.2019
Genetics

The paternal X chromosome

The X chromosome received from the father increases the risk of intractable disorders in the immune system for women.

13.12.2019