Life Sciences

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Cellular technologies

Modest successes

Methods of using stem cells in most cases do not go beyond laboratories and clinical trials.

11.03.2019
Genetics

Race and intelligence

The statement of Nobel laureate James Watson about the difference in the intelligence of whites and blacks secretly warms the soul of many.

11.03.2019
Other life sciences

Not just from diabetes

Insulin helps the intestinal cells to connect firmly with each other and prevent the passage of bacteria that can cause inflammation.

11.03.2019
Genetic engineering

AquAdvantage sailed to the USA

The FDA has allowed the producer of GM salmon, approved in 2015, to import fish roe from Canada to the United States for cultivation and sale.

11.03.2019
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of leprosy

Chimeric receptor therapy promises a new method of treating leprosy even in the late, severe stages of the disease.

11.03.2019
Other life sciences

Better than gauze

Oxidizing substances, which are formed under an electric bandage, kill microbes that prevent the wound from healing.

11.03.2019
Biomedicine

Forty times more efficient

An experimental drug for the treatment of glioblastoma was tested on human tumor cells and mouse models.

07.03.2019
Genetics

CRISPR against myodystrophy

American researchers have achieved an increase in the amount of dystrophin up to 90% of the norm in mouse models and in human myocytes.

07.03.2019
Biomedicine

The Dusseldorf patient

The third patient in the world is probably free of HIV. His remission has been going on for 3.5 months, and there is practically no virus DNA left in the blood.

06.03.2019
Biomedicine

Taming of lymphocytes

The destruction of out-of-control lymphocytes will allow treating a number of autoimmune diseases without making the patient vulnerable to infections.

06.03.2019
Other life sciences

Repair in a dream

Biologists have shown that in a dream, the DNA of nerve cells undergo a particularly active "repair", restoring the damage accumulated during the day.

06.03.2019
Biomedicine

Cancer Doublet

A combination of already approved drugs treats one of the most dangerous types of cancer – pancreatic cancer.

06.03.2019
Cellular technologies

3D Printer Ears

Scientists from the Australian University of Wollongong hope that the technology will be ready for mass use in 2-3 years.

06.03.2019
Cellular technologies

On the threshold of immortality

The founder of the "Human Stem Cell Institute" Artur Isaev – about the problems of Russian biotech and the prolongation of human life.

05.03.2019
Cellular technologies

Faster than on Earth

The results of the experiment on bioprinting micro-organs on board the space station and for the future of the 3D Bioprinting Solutions laboratory.

05.03.2019
Genetics

Siberian genes

Genes have been discovered that have helped the indigenous peoples of Siberia adapt to life in a cold climate and a monotonous diet.

05.03.2019
Genetics

Incorrect scissors

Geneticist George Church explains why CRISPR technology cannot be called editing and calls it vandalism against the genome.

05.03.2019
Genetic engineering

Synthetic antibodies

Only three amino acid substitutions in antibodies to the Ebola virus made it possible to effectively fight three strains of the virus.

05.03.2019
Biomedicine

London Patient

The second person in history was cured of AIDS with a bone marrow transplant.

05.03.2019