Life Sciences

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Genetics

sleepiness check

British doctors managed to identify biomarkers in the blood that allow them to notice lack of sleep and prevent the risks associated with it.

24.09.2018
Other life sciences

Cardiograph Watch

Apple Watch Series 4 is ready to become a personal ECG monitor. It remains to wait for the appropriate software update.

24.09.2018
Nanotechnology

Patch-tonometer

A thin patch the size of a postage stamp is attached to the neck or other parts of the body and measures blood pressure in the aorta.

24.09.2018
Other life sciences

Hypersensitive skin

The new electronic skin is able to register changes in the direction of the wind, drops falling and the movement of ants.

24.09.2018
Genetic engineering

HIV cellular gene therapy

Immune cells with modified DNA successfully took root in the body of HIV-infected people and began to fight infection.

24.09.2018
Prolonging youth

Geroprotectors: a search strategy

What are the most effective actions that can be taken to slow down aging and increase life expectancy?

24.09.2018
New in Gerontology

Osteoporosis: another reason

An age-related decrease in the expression of the SIRT7 gene may be associated with the suppression of osteogenesis and cause the development of osteoporosis.

21.09.2018
Other life sciences

Bone Stem cells

Stem cells have been found in the human skeleton, which can only produce bones and cartilage.

21.09.2018
Cellular technologies

Esophagus in a test tube

The ultimate goal of the study is to create an artificially grown gastrointestinal system.

21.09.2018
Cloning

Mammoth has nowhere to go back

At the end of August, they started talking again about recreating mammoths and settling them in a Pleistocene park on the territory of Yakutia.

21.09.2018
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of damaged nerves

Scientists from Russia and Taiwan have developed a gene therapy method that restores peripheral nerves after injuries.

20.09.2018
Other life sciences

Volbakhia-Singapore Project

The aim of the initiative is to conduct field tests of a technique in which mosquitoes are infected with the Wolbachia bacterium and released into nature.

20.09.2018
Prolonging youth

Brainwashing

The removal of aged cells from the brain slowed down its aging and delayed the time of senile dementia in mice.

20.09.2018
Prolonging youth

About eternal life

We will not be able to reverse aging, but we expect to be able to mitigate this process and significantly improve its effects.

20.09.2018
Other life sciences

Throw together with Zero

Nicotine gum, an antidepressant, a Zero application and the possibility of consulting a doctor are offered as treatment.

20.09.2018
Nanotechnology

"Green nanoparticles"

Nanoparticles based on one of the green tea flavonoids proved to be a good vector for delivering therapeutic RNAs to cells.

19.09.2018
Biomedicine

29 biomarkers

A new laboratory test allows the blood test to detect pancreatic cancer in the early stages with a 96% probability.

19.09.2018
Genetics

Top 10%

American biologists have explained why researchers are actively studying only 10 percent of human genes

19.09.2018
Nanotechnology

Yttrium against cancer

Yttrium-based nanoparticles make it possible to detect the size and position of tumors and deliver chemotherapy drugs to them.

19.09.2018