Life Sciences

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Genetics

DNA is in danger

How legally did the police use DNA databases to search for criminals, is this an invasion of privacy?

07.02.2019
Prolonging youth

4 years younger

The new data may explain why the cognitive abilities of older women are slightly higher than the abilities of men of the same age.

07.02.2019
Prolonging youth

Senostatic – stopping aging

This is what researchers call their drug as opposed to senolytics that remove old cells from tissues.

07.02.2019
Other life sciences

Doctor AIzimov

So the developers called the AI system, which analyzes the lung tomogram in 20 seconds and diagnoses the presence of tumors.

07.02.2019
Nanotechnology

Nanoparticles and metastases

Nanoparticles promote metastasis by increasing vascular permeability. But this mechanism can also be used for the benefit of patients.

06.02.2019
Genetic engineering

CRISPR's New Partner

A small, non-immunogenic and effective CasX can seriously compete with the well-known Cas9 and Cas12 gene editors.

06.02.2019
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy saves nerves

Experimental gene therapy prevents the destruction of nerve fibers with their damage of various genesis.

05.02.2019
Cellular technologies

Bioengineered islands of Langerhans

The achievement of American scientists opens the way to the creation of new methods of diabetes treatment.

05.02.2019
New in Gerontology

The weaker sex and Alzheimer's

Women's brains accumulate "protein garbage" faster, which accelerates the development of Alzheimer's disease and the manifestation of its symptoms.

05.02.2019
Genetic engineering

No crime

Scientists from Columbia University do not allow "edited" embryos to develop longer than one day.

05.02.2019
Nanotechnology

Better than gold

MEPhI specialists together with their French colleagues proposed a new nanomaterial for "burning out" tumors and their metastases.

05.02.2019
Cellular technologies

Not in the eyebrow, but in the eye

Transplantation of insulin-producing islets into the eye ensures the body's tolerance to subsequent transplants without immunosuppression.

04.02.2019
Other life sciences

Fasting and metabolism

Japanese researchers have identified 30 new compounds whose concentration in the body increases during fasting.

04.02.2019
Genetic engineering

Super-oncolytic virus

The anti-cancer effectiveness of the virus developed by Japanese scientists turned out to be higher than that of all existing ones.

01.02.2019
Genetic engineering

DNA nanomachines against cancer

Until now, gene therapy in the fight against cancer has not given good results. The new method may solve this problem in many ways.

01.02.2019
Genetics

12 loci of age-related diseases

12 DNA sites with 328 mutation variants were associated with the risk of getting sick earlier or later than their peers.

01.02.2019
Theories of aging

The TAO of Aging

Stress triggers cell aging through the production of reactive oxygen species with the participation of the enzyme DAO (D-amino acid oxidase).

31.01.2019