Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

About microfluidics at first hand

Professor Roger Kamm of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – about the possibilities and prospects of modern biomechanics.

24.10.2017
Other life sciences

Evolution in an unchanging environment

The experiment on bacteria showed that over 60,000 generations, the evolution of experimental populations has not stopped or even slowed down.

24.10.2017
Other life sciences

What are you whispering there?

The computer analogue of the game "hot and cold" helped elderly people to parse 25% more words in a noisy environment.

23.10.2017
Cellular technologies

Skin Memory

Skin stem cells "remember" about the damage and heal wounds faster next time, but the same process can also lead to the development of psoriasis.

23.10.2017
Other life sciences

Games that move science forward

Translation of an article published on the Gamasutra portal, which describes the types of civil science games and approaches to their development.

23.10.2017
Biomedicine

Up to 1000 years to live without old age?

The PhysBio symposium was attended by almost 250 leading specialists in various fields of bionanotechnology, nanoteranostics, nanomedicine, biophotonics.

23.10.2017
Nanotechnology

Origami from peptides

Proteins consisting of spirals with specified properties are capable of forming tetrahedra, pyramids and prisms both in solution and in living cells.

23.10.2017
Other life sciences

The brain is the head of everything

Probably, a fully "charged" brain helped our ancestors better navigate dangerous situations and save their lives more often than fresh muscles.

20.10.2017
Genetics

From one to ten

British geneticists have calculated for the first time how many mutations are required for the origin of most of the most common types of cancer.

20.10.2017
Biomedicine

Obesity in monkeys cured with injections

An injection of an appetite-reducing protein helped the experimental monkeys lose 10% of their weight and reduced the risk of diabetes.

20.10.2017
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy for horses

Biologists from Moscow, Kazan and the UK have created an experimental gene therapy and cured a horse of lameness with its help.

20.10.2017
Other life sciences

What does DNA look like

The short video simply and clearly shows what DNA actually looks like and how it is packed inside cells.

19.10.2017
Biomedicine

The second gene therapy of lymphoma

The FDA has approved the Yescarta gene therapy method for the treatment of certain types of large-cell B-cell lymphoma.

19.10.2017
Other life sciences

Fertilization on the screen

Two biologists made a realistic short film about how a sperm fertilizes an egg.

19.10.2017
Biomedicine

Against diabetes and leukemia

The antidiabetic drug restores the maturation of healthy hematopoietic cells and suppresses the growth of malignant ones.

18.10.2017
Other life sciences

The cause of schizophrenia

The results of a new study have shown that in schizophrenia, the structure of white matter throughout the brain is disrupted.

18.10.2017
Other life sciences

Uninvited guests

Cross-contamination of cell lines could distort the results of tens of thousands of studies in biology and medicine.

18.10.2017