Life Sciences

Found results: 11545

Biomedicine

Diabetes and vitamin D

Taking large amounts of fish oil or other forms of vitamin D does not protect a person from developing type 2 diabetes.

10.06.2019
Genetics

"Varicose veins genes"

Scientists have identified nine genes and two proteins that varicose veins are associated with and that can become targets for drugs.

10.06.2019
Other life sciences

Learning is light!

A high level of education has a positive effect on the functioning of the cardiovascular system.

07.06.2019
New in Gerontology

Turning age

In cultures of myocytes of people over 50, candidates for geroprotectors normalized the activity of 46% of "aged" genes.

07.06.2019
Genetics

Such different mutations

Cells of normal tissues contain a mosaic of mutations that continue to develop throughout life.

07.06.2019
Bioethics

Three -parent rights

Examples of the birth of "three-parent" children in nature will help solve the ethical problems of "test tube children".

07.06.2019
Other life sciences

Age mosaicism

Not only neurons, but also many cells in various organs are not updated from the very beginning of life.

07.06.2019
Other life sciences

Pharmacokinetics and microflora

Scientists from Yale University have proved the important role of intestinal microorganisms in the biotransformation of certain drugs.

06.06.2019
Cellular technologies

He is small though…

In six months, the cellular diversity of the human cerebral cortex was formed in the organoids.

06.06.2019
Genetic engineering

A breakthrough in genetics

A group of scientists from Harvard has successfully made changes to the genes of stem cells without removing them from the body.

06.06.2019
Biomedicine

Made in Shanghai

Clinical trials of a vaccine against norovirus have begun in China. According to experts, its effectiveness can be 80-90%

05.06.2019
Genetics

How to cut the R-loop

R-loops (DNA and RNA hybrids) often cause breaks in DNA and thereby provoke genomic instability.

05.06.2019
Prolonging youth

Rejuvenation of the immune system

To "wake up" the immune system of elderly mice, even the usual neighborhood with young ones or vaccination against cholera is enough.

05.06.2019
Biomedicine

33% more efficient

Large-scale clinical studies have proven the effectiveness of apalutamide in reducing the risk of mortality from prostate cancer.

05.06.2019
Biomedicine

Glioblastoma: genes + chemistry

Gene therapy made it possible to increase the dose of chemotherapeutic drugs with an impressive improvement in survival.

04.06.2019
Genetics

Antidiabetic mutation

The appearance of this mutation among the first farmers helped our ancestors to adapt to food with a large amount of carbohydrates.

04.06.2019
Genetic engineering

With the right to correspond

It is unknown how successful the projects to create synthetic genomes will be, but in any case they will benefit science and practice.

04.06.2019