Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

A decoy for covid

Therapeutic interfering particles cannot replicate on their own and block the replication of functional viruses.

13.09.2022
Biomedicine

Prevention of diabetes

The anti-obesity drug reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 60%, including in people with prediabetes.

13.09.2022
Cellular technologies

An embryo from stem cells

Scientists have grown a synthetic mouse embryo, which began to form internal organs, including the heart and brain.

13.09.2022
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy for rare blindness

The introduction of a healthy gene into retinal photoreceptors restores the morphology of cilia in one of the types of Leber's amaurosis.

12.09.2022
Genetics

Allergen-free herd

A simple and cheap test will allow livestock breeders to form a herd of "hypoallergenic" cows and get more safe easily digestible milk.

12.09.2022
Other life sciences

Laser welding for surgeons

The world's first method of healing incisions of internal and external organs without scarring has been developed by Russian scientists.

12.09.2022
Biomedicine

A new era in cancer diagnosis?

Scientists evaluated the accuracy of the Galleri test for more than 50 different types of cancer and obtained excellent results in the early diagnosis of tumors.

12.09.2022
Cellular technologies

Not more expensive than natural

Steakholder is confident that they will be able to establish mass production of bioengineered steaks at a price comparable to conventional meat.

12.09.2022
Other life sciences

Microflora in a test tube

A synthetic microbiome of more than 100 species of bacteria was grown and successfully planted in mice.

09.09.2022
Biomedicine

Almost a third more efficient

Exposure to three drugs stopped the progression of metastatic kidney cancer and reduced the risk of mortality by 27%.

09.09.2022
Genetic engineering

Activator for genes

The new molecular system is able to work as an artificial protein-transcription factor and activate only the necessary genes.

09.09.2022
Other life sciences

Serotonin has nothing to do with it?

Decades of research have not provided clear evidence that serotonin levels or its activity are responsible for depression.

09.09.2022
Biomedicine

Psychedelics in the USA

The website of the New York Center for Psychedelic Medicine collects volunteers to participate in regular research.

08.09.2022
Other life sciences

Brain Regeneration

Scientists have found out the molecular mechanisms by which the axolotl manages to restore the brain even after removing a significant part of it.

08.09.2022
Biomedicine

The new ALS treatment is safe

Transplantation of neural progenitor cells secreting a protective protein has shown safety in patients with ALS.

08.09.2022
Other life sciences

The benefits of hybridization

Presumably, interspecific interbreeding played an important role in the formation of modern man.

07.09.2022
Biomedicine

The return of cyclophosphamide

The effectiveness of the chemotherapeutic drug was dramatically increased by suppressing the activity of one of the tumor proteins.

07.09.2022
New in Gerontology

Old and sick humanity

In 2015, the World Health Organization declared the growth of chronic diseases among the elderly a global epidemic.

07.09.2022
Biomedicine

Parkinsonism: a war without truces

The main and unique feature of Parkinsonism, detected in all patients without exception, is movement disorders.

07.09.2022