Life Sciences

Found results: 11545

Cellular technologies

Placental organoids

They will help to study the interaction of the woman's body and the embryo, as well as fetal development disorders and pregnancy pathology.

30.11.2018
Prolonging youth

Restore senile immunity

Improving the immunity of older people can be achieved through rejuvenation, stimulation or support of the innate immune system

30.11.2018
Bioethics

Revised edition

What the world should expect from the appearance of genetically modified people: opinions of scientists.

30.11.2018
Nanotechnology

Nanoparticles against arthrosis

MIT specialists have developed nanoparticles capable of delivering a drug deep into cartilage and healing damaged tissues.

30.11.2018
Biomedicine

HIV and Alzheimer's

Antiretroviral therapy may act as a new potential cure for Alzheimer's disease.

29.11.2018
Nanotechnology

Microneedles against heart attack

A patch with microneedles for delivering stem cells to the heart tissue promotes its recovery after a heart attack.

29.11.2018
Genetics

Solving the paradox

Genes that improve the physical condition of men in old age negatively affect the body of older women.

29.11.2018
New in Gerontology

Fragments of RNA age neurons

The accumulation of short fragments of RNA in neurons with age leads to irreversible changes in the brain.

29.11.2018
Prolonging youth

Longevity Protein rejuvenates muscles

Systemic administration of the Klotho longevity protein helps to repair damage to aging muscles by improving the functioning of mitochondria.

28.11.2018
Genetics

A novel 30 thousand years long

Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens have interbred repeatedly, and for quite a long period of time.

28.11.2018
Prolonging youth

Crack the Aging code

A strategy that allows the use of physics methods and "big data" to create drugs that slow down aging.

28.11.2018
Genetics

In the footsteps of the unicorn

"Siberian unicorns", along with many other representatives of megafauna, became extinct less than 40,000 years ago, during the last ice age.

28.11.2018
Genetics

Anti-cancer genes

Scientists hope to adapt the mechanism of countering cancer found in "Tasmanian devils" for human treatment.

28.11.2018
Genetic engineering

We'll make anyone glow

Scientists have revealed the genetic basis of the luminescence of fungi and have shown the applicability of this system in biotechnology and medicine.

27.11.2018
Genetics

Incorrect standard

The reference genome obtained during the Human Genome project is 70% based on the genetic material of one person.

27.11.2018
Bioethics

"Reckless experiments"

The use of genetic engineering to change human heredity is a gross violation of bioethics.

27.11.2018
Other life sciences

Tablet for the paralyzed

Devices that control neuronal activity can establish the digital life of people deprived of mobility.

27.11.2018
Genetics

Paternal mitochondria

The researchers found nine people from three families who inherited up to 76% of mitochondrial DNA variants from their fathers.

27.11.2018
Genetics

The Key to age-related hearing loss

The gene, a key regulator of the activity of the outer hair cells of the inner ear, is a potential target for the treatment of age–related hearing loss.

26.11.2018