Cellular technologies
Rat - human chimeras
Scientists have injected human neurons into the brains of newborn rats, while obtaining fully viable adults with a chimeric brain.
13.10.2022- English version
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Genetic engineering
Gene therapy of twilight blindness
Gene therapy for several days led to the restoration of twilight vision in adult patients with Leber's amaurosis.
12.10.2022
Biomedicine
Virus against glioblastoma
The optimized adenovirus vector successfully delivered a therapeutic load to the brains of mice and crab-eating macaques.
12.10.2022
Nanotechnology
DNA Pipelines
Pipelines are constructed from self-assembling and self-healing nanotubes with a length of several microns.
12.10.2022
Biomedicine
Double allergy protection
The combined method – immunotherapy and an inhibitor of one of the cytokines – made it possible to alleviate the symptoms of allergy to cats.
12.10.2022
New in Gerontology
Age versus Genetics
As we age, individual differences in DNA have less and less influence on susceptibility to age-related diseases.
11.10.2022
Biomedicine
Intravenous immunotherapy
The effectiveness of therapy was demonstrated in mouse models, and good tolerability was also demonstrated in crab—eating macaques.
11.10.2022
New in Gerontology
How the kidneys age
The number of stem cells in the kidneys decreases with age, and aging stem cells lose their ability to divide and resistance to damaging factors.
11.10.2022
Biomedicine
Block the road of pain
Blocking sodium channels in pain receptors can relieve pain syndrome in osteoarthritis.
10.10.2022
Prolonging youth
"Plastomitin": wait 10 years
The project "Iona Skulachev" is being developed at Lomonosov Moscow State University under the leadership of Academician Vladimir Skulachev.
10.10.2022
Biomedicine
Alzheimer's in the blood
The test developed by Japanese scientists analyzes the levels of molecules associated with beta-amyloid proteins that are toxic to neurons.
10.10.2022
Cellular technologies
The first swallows
Three children have already been born healthy after intrauterine injection of stem cells to correct spina bifida.
10.10.2022
Genetics
Neanderthal habits
Some variants of genes inherited from Neanderthals affect the addiction to smoking, alcohol and sleep habits of modern people.
07.10.2022
Other life sciences
Eye forecast
The risk of developing heart disease and stroke over the next ten years can be estimated from a picture of the retina and its vessels.
07.10.2022
Cellular technologies
Gyrus with autism
An organoid resembling the gyrus of the brain makes it possible to identify differences that may contribute to the development of autism.
07.10.2022
Biomedicine
Conversation with Albert Rizvanov
On approaches to gene therapy of orphan diseases, regenerative medicine and the importance of interdisciplinary research.
07.10.2022
Genetics
Target RNA in progeria
Blocking overexpression of specific repetitive RNA sequences can become a tool to combat progeria.
06.10.2022
Genetics
What is common?
The same molecular mechanisms that trigger the development of a cancerous tumor are involved in the activation of gene expression in the embryo.
06.10.2022
Genetic engineering
Contains GMOs!
"Edited" brewer's yeast allows you to brew beer at high pressure without losing the richness of taste.
06.10.2022
Other life sciences
Faster and better
Two specialized tools will allow you to simultaneously assemble an ear from rib cartilage and reconstruct the auditory canal.
06.10.2022