Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

Treatment of inflammation in the heart

The inflammation that develops after a heart attack aggravates heart failure. Scientists have found a solution among already approved drugs.

09.06.2018
Biomedicine

Two shots of one hare

Some tumors use two levels of protection from the immune system. To treat them, you need to block both mechanisms simultaneously.

09.06.2018
Other life sciences

Uneasy telomerase

The structure of perhaps the most mysterious enzyme continues to be studied, new details have appeared in it.

09.06.2018
Other life sciences

No worse than ultrasound

According to the content of placenta-specific RNA in the blood, it is possible to determine the duration of pregnancy and the likelihood of premature birth.

09.06.2018
Nanotechnology

A respirator instead of a fluorogram

The unique tuberculosis diagnostic system allows you to find even the earliest traces of infection in the lungs by several exhalations.

08.06.2018
Biomedicine

Anti-stress vaccine

A remedy based on Mycobacterium vaccae bacteria has weakened stress-induced inflammation in the brains of laboratory animals.

08.06.2018
Other life sciences

Insulin and Alzheimer's disease

A new theory of the development of Alzheimer's disease links the defective functioning of insulin with the death of brain cells.

08.06.2018
Other life sciences

Stress reduces the quality of sperm

Prolonged stress experienced, for example, during an armed conflict, negatively affects the quality of sperm.

08.06.2018
Other life sciences

Antibodies against atherosclerosis

The antibodies synthesized in the body prevented the development of atherosclerosis in the mouse model of the disease and prolonged the life of animals.

08.06.2018
Genetics

For whom are statins dangerous?

Mutations in certain genes increase the risk of myopathy by 5-16 times, muscle wasting and mass death of their cells when taking statins.

08.06.2018
Cellular technologies

Restore breathing

With the help of neural stem cells and interneurons, it was possible to restore some of the spinal functions in spinal cord injury.

08.06.2018
Nanotechnology

Label for the cell

Quantum dots made of cadmium, zinc and sulfur compounds grown inside nanotubes are non-toxic and are able to illuminate cells from the inside.

08.06.2018
Genetics

Transposons and tau protein

New aspects of the action of tau protein on nerve tissue leading to irreversible neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease have been discovered.

07.06.2018
Genetic engineering

Proteins with selenocysteine

Editing the genetic code of bacteria that collect therapeutic proteins will help to increase their validity.

07.06.2018
Biomedicine

Gel particles against rejection

The new technology prevents the rejection reaction during transplantation of donor islets of Langerhans.

07.06.2018
Nanotechnology

Prognosis of scar development

Gold nanoparticles covered with DNA chains can predict abnormal scarring of wounds and burns.

07.06.2018
Biomedicine

Peptides help antibiotics

The combination of antibiotics with antimicrobial peptides from fly larvae destroys resistant bacterial biofilms.

07.06.2018
Other life sciences

Chitosan against spinal cord injuries

The introduction of a complex of chitosan and neurotrophin-3 promotes the restoration of nerve fibers in spinal cord injury.

06.06.2018