Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

Polycystic ovaries can be cured

Scientists were able to determine the cause of the syndrome and reverse the disease (although so far only in mice).

17.05.2018
Genetics

Who survives, he lives to old age

Mice with a "weaker" version of the p53 protein are more likely to get cancer, but they live longer than mice with a "stronger" version of it.

17.05.2018
Biomedicine

SARS can be cured

The molecule, which fights viruses that cause respiratory infections, has passed laboratory tests and has shown high efficiency.

16.05.2018
Other life sciences

Memory transplantation

Scientists from California told about the "transplantation" of memories from one marine mollusk to another using an injection of RNA.

16.05.2018
Genetic engineering

Fix one gene from a pair

The first experience of using "gene scissors" for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa with a dominant type of inheritance was successful.

15.05.2018
Cellular technologies

If the graft has not taken root

Injection of mesenchymal cells into the iliac bone triggers hematopoiesis in those who have not been helped by bone marrow transplantation.

15.05.2018
Nanotechnology

Theranostics in MISIS

The drug based on magnetite nanoparticles can be used to visualize tumors and extended the life of mice with cancer by 69.5%.

15.05.2018
Other life sciences

Microflora and arteries

The greater the variety of beneficial intestinal bacteria, the lower the risk of increased arterial stiffness, and vice versa.

14.05.2018
Cellular technologies

Neanderthal Brain Organoids

The world's leading paleogeneticists will create miniature replicas of the Neanderthal brain in the coming months.

14.05.2018
Biomedicine

Alendronate: three in one

A link has been found between a drug for osteoporosis and a reduction in the risk of death from cardiovascular diseases, heart attack and stroke.

14.05.2018
Other life sciences

AI for doctors

How artificial intelligence is changing medicine today, what has been achieved over the past 10 years and what tasks need to be solved.

14.05.2018
Genetic engineering

There is no limit to perfection?

Another upgrade of the CRISPR genome editing system has made it even more accurate and up to seven times safer.

14.05.2018
Genetics

Repair schedule

It is possible that studying the daily rhythms of DNA repair will help to enhance the effectiveness of cancer therapy and protect healthy tissues from it.

14.05.2018
Genetics

You need to sleep at night

Gene expression regulated by circadian rhythms does not adjust to the daily routine when working the night shift.

11.05.2018