Life Sciences

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Conflicting tests

A comparison of the results of 11 methods for assessing the biological age of a person showed that they contradict each other.

20.11.2017
Other life sciences

"Big Brother" in a pill

The sensor built into the first FDA-approved "smart" Abilify MyCite tablet will allow you to record when the patient took it and whether he took it at all.

20.11.2017
Biomedicine

Kevlar Cartilage

Kevlartilage (from "Kevlar" + "sartilago") surpasses all existing synthetic materials for the replacement of cartilage tissue.

17.11.2017
Biomedicine

Personal vaccine

Biomedical startup Moderna has started testing a personalized cancer drug on the first patient.

17.11.2017
Other life sciences

Useful after death

One deceased person, becoming an organ donor, can potentially save at least five lives, transplant doctors say.

16.11.2017
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Wearable electronics in medicine

Cardiologist Yaroslav Ashikhmin – about optical sensors, stress assessment and the use of smartphones in medicine.

16.11.2017
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Drinking means he loves

Males of yellow-bellied voles abandon their partners if they drink less alcohol. Females in a similar situation do not change partners.

16.11.2017
Genetics

New "longevity gene" found in Amish

People with a mutation in the SERPINE1 gene live on average 10 years longer, and in general, such residents of the community are healthier.

16.11.2017
Other life sciences

Thymus transplantation

Russian scientists were the first in the world to successfully transplant the "heart" of the immune system – the thymus gland. However, so far – only for mice.

15.11.2017
Genetic engineering

Nanoparticles instead of viruses

Delivery of the CRISPR/Cas9 system using nanoparticles set a record: the necessary gene sections were cut out in 80% of mouse liver cells.

15.11.2017
Genetic engineering

The third eye

Scientists from Indiana State University have created a genetically modified dung beetle with a functional third eye.

15.11.2017
Other life sciences

Five points

A simple way to assess the risk of atherosclerosis does not require testing for sugar and cholesterol, but it works no worse than a more complex method.

15.11.2017
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Cellular tragedies, part 2

This time we will talk about stress and how cells cope with it (and we have something to learn from them).

14.11.2017
Biomedicine

Insect parasites against cancer

A substance from the fungi Lecanicilium lecanii, which naturally infect insects, prevents the growth of tumor blood cells.

14.11.2017