Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

Swallow the asterisk

Scientists have tested for the first time on humans an experimental "star" system containing a weekly dose of medication in one capsule.

20.11.2018
Bioethics

Mixed reality of dystopias

Is the progress of technology ahead of our ethics and will the values formed by the XX century withstand the challenges of the new time?

20.11.2018
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of Joubert syndrome

Using artificial DNA, scientists have blocked the work of a mutant gene in mice with hereditary renal insufficiency.

20.11.2018
Other life sciences

Minutes instead of months

BioJupies automatically performs statistical analysis of the "map of working genes" and allows you to exchange this information with colleagues.

20.11.2018
New in Gerontology

Squirrel on guard of youth

Klotho protein performs the function of a guardian protecting the brain from the effects of the peripheral immune system.

19.11.2018
Nanotechnology

Analyzes: fast and cheap

The cheap portable enVision platform provides qualitative and quantitative detection of various diseases.

19.11.2018
Other life sciences

Xenografts on the threshold

The first clinical studies on the transplantation of organs of genetically modified pigs to humans will start in the near future.

19.11.2018
Nanotechnology

Oxygen for the tumor

Understanding how nanoparticles produce oxygen when illuminated by a laser will increase their effectiveness in the treatment of cancer.

19.11.2018
Nanotechnology

Yeast with backlight

Yeast studded with light-trapping nanoparticles is becoming much more efficient in the industrial synthesis of valuable substances.

16.11.2018
Other life sciences

Smart clothes and bionic prostheses

The "Myo interface" reads the electromyogram of the hand, recognizes gestures and converts them into commands for devices.

16.11.2018
Biomedicine

Epigenetics, not mutations

A new method of liquid biopsy determines any type of cancer at the earliest stage by epigenetic changes in DNA.

16.11.2018
Other life sciences

A real Indian…

Observations of the life of the famous primitive "cruel people" of Yanomamo have shown that they do not suffer from hypertension in old age.

15.11.2018
Other life sciences

A new property of telomerase RNA

The discovery of a new anti-stress protein is interesting precisely because it is found in RNA, which was previously considered non-coding.

15.11.2018
Prolonging youth

A cure for old age

In the fight against old age, scientists have identified a new subclass of anti-aging compounds and slowed down the aging of mice.

15.11.2018
Other life sciences

Jump into Regeneration

The introduction of progesterone with the help of a bioreactor during the day triggers partial regeneration of the limb in the frog.

14.11.2018
Nanotechnology

Microneedles in the eyes

According to scientists, the new method of drug delivery does not cause pain and is much more effective than drops.

14.11.2018