Life Sciences

Cellular technologies

Is it safe

Geneticists tested the safety of transferring the spindle of division of one egg into another before fertilization and called such a transfer safe.

31.08.2022

Genetic engineering

Injection for $2.8 million

Patients with beta-thalassemia spend more than $6 million on treatment for their entire life. Against the background of this figure, 2.8 million is not such an impressive amount.

31.08.2022

Biomedicine

Kidneys with group zero

A donor kidney, practically devoid of B-antigens with the help of bacterial enzymes, can be transplanted to a recipient with any blood type.

31.08.2022

Genetic engineering

Humanized yeast

Specialists of Vyatka State University are developing a technology that will allow the industrial production of platelet growth factor.

31.08.2022

Cellular technologies

Cornea made of leather

Bioengineered cornea grown from pig skin components restored vision to 20 blind and visually impaired volunteers.

30.08.2022

Cellular technologies

Antrobots

In an in vitro experiment, with the help of micro-robots from human cells, it was possible to start rapid healing of nervous tissue.

30.08.2022

Biomedicine

Indicator of treatment success

A decrease in the level of circulating tumor DNA correlates with the success of therapy and long-term survival without disease progression.

30.08.2022

New in Gerontology

Herpesviruses and Alzheimer's

Consecutive infection with two common and fairly harmless viruses can provoke Alzheimer's disease.

30.08.2022

Nanotechnology

Better than natural

A hydrogel-based cartilage substitute is three times more resistant to wear than natural human cartilage tissue.

30.08.2022

Genetics

iPSC mutants

Induced pluripotent stem cells inherit mutations from the original somatic cells and accumulate them during reprogramming.

30.08.2022

Biomedicine

Oral immunotherapy

If the clinical trials are successful, the first pills will appear in the world that help the body destroy cancer cells.

30.08.2022

Other life sciences

And at the same time from gray hair

Chemotherapy of leukemia returned the pigmentation of his hair to an elderly and completely gray-haired patient.

29.08.2022

Genetic engineering

Chimeric neutrophils

CAR-neutrophils have demonstrated excellent and specific antitumor activity against glioblastoma.

26.08.2022

Nanotechnology

Every four months

The implant slowly decomposes over 16 weeks, gradually releasing rifabutin, a drug for the treatment of tuberculosis.

26.08.2022

Cellular technologies

Synthetic embryos

Israeli scientists have created mouse embryos from stem cells and grown them in an artificial uterus until the eighth day of development.

26.08.2022

Cellular technologies

Chimeric spermatozoa

Using a technique called blastocyst complementation, rat spermatozoa were created in the organisms of sterile mice.

26.08.2022

Other life sciences

Resurrected Pigs

American researchers were able to restore and maintain blood supply to the organs of pigs for six hours an hour after death.

26.08.2022

Nanotechnology

An order of magnitude better

Vaccination with a patch with microneedles is about 11 times more effective in combating the omicron variant than vaccines administered with a needle.

29.07.2022

Biomedicine

A patient from the City of Hope

The 66-year-old man suffered not only from HIV infection, but also from blood cancer. After stem cell transplantation, the patient went into stable remission.

29.07.2022

Genetics

Causes of incurable blindness

Genetic signs of age-related macular degeneration have been identified, which will help improve the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

29.07.2022