Life Sciences

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Other life sciences

Stimulation without trepanation

The miniature implant will allow recording an encephalogram and conducting deep brain stimulation without opening the skull.

13.12.2018
Biomedicine

Wasp venom against bacteria

The modified wasp venom peptide successfully copes with bacteria resistant to traditional antibiotics.

13.12.2018
Genetics

A new cause of stomach cancer

The loss of just one protein can trigger stomach polyps, and then cancer. And there is no way to compensate for this condition yet.

13.12.2018
New in Gerontology

Aging is curable

It should and, very importantly, can be successfully treated in order to delay the development of classic age-related diseases.

12.12.2018
Other life sciences

Designer kids are a matter of time

But many methods of reproductive medicine that have been successfully used for a long time allow us to take care of the health of future children.

12.12.2018
Nanotechnology

Anti-cancer spray gel

The experiment showed that the drug stops the re-growth of cancer cells preserved after surgery.

12.12.2018
New in Gerontology

And it's hard to breathe

The reason for the age-related decrease in the activity of T-lymphocytes may be a violation of their ability to cellular respiration.

11.12.2018
Cellular technologies

Stay embryonic

The Regina protein stimulates "stem" genes in mouse embryonic cells, delaying their specialization.

11.12.2018
Other life sciences

Pork skin against burns

At the first stage of clinical trials, the skin of GM pigs will be transplanted to six patients with severe burns.

11.12.2018
Biomedicine

Gene and cell therapy

Almost 300 FDA-registered drugs for the treatment of a wide range of diseases are at various stages of development.

11.12.2018
Other life sciences

How to reduce the cost of medicine

The main technological trends that will reduce the cost of medical services are biosensors, AI and digital assistants.

11.12.2018
Prolonging youth

Immortality in the briefcase

Today, the longevity industry is associated not with alchemy, but with biotechnology, which attracts large investors.

10.12.2018
New in Gerontology

A new epidemic

The number of carriers of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of senile dementia has more than doubled over the past quarter century.

10.12.2018
Other life sciences

By blood test

Scientists have identified a biomarker that can become the basis for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

10.12.2018
Genetic engineering

Cellular career

Skin cells turned into intestinal cells – DNA barcodes and family trees helped them in this.

07.12.2018
Other life sciences

Without a uterus, memory deteriorates

Removal of the uterus in rats leads to deterioration of short-term memory, but removal of the uterus together with the ovaries has almost no effect on memory.

07.12.2018
Genetics

Long-lived parrots

Analysis of the genome of a parrot of the blue-fronted Amazon species allowed us to identify genes that may be the cause of the longevity of these birds.

07.12.2018
Other life sciences

Oncogenic bacteria

Mycoplasma protein disrupts the cell's ability to repair DNA damage, which can provoke the development of cancer.

07.12.2018
Nanotechnology

Any cancer – in 10 minutes

Work on the method is not finished yet, but it promises to greatly simplify the detection of cancer by the degree of DNA methylation.

07.12.2018