Life Sciences

Found results: 11545

Biomedicine

Identification of cancer cells

The new SCENIC computer algorithm makes it possible to distinguish between individual types of cancer cells in oligodendroglioma and melanoma.

12.10.2017
Genetic engineering

Instead of a condom

Scientists believe that their experiment opens up new prospects for the creation of a male "genetic contraceptive."

12.10.2017
Other life sciences

Recharge your brain

Artificial synchronization of various brain regions using transcranial electrical stimulation allows you to learn more successfully.

12.10.2017
Other life sciences

Screening of medicines on a chip

The combination of miniature models of the heart, liver and lungs reproduces the body's reaction to experimental drugs.

11.10.2017
Nanotechnology

Bacteria create micro sensors

Researchers from Duke University programmed bacteria in such a way that they built a useful device – a pressure sensor.

11.10.2017
Biomedicine

Anti - cancer snake tail

A group of FEFU scientists found activity against the thrice negative phenotype of breast cancer in the extract of deep-sea snake-tail.

11.10.2017
Other life sciences

Hallucinations in the mini-brain

For the first time, scientists have described changes in the functioning of human nervous tissue under the influence of a psychedelic at the molecular level.

11.10.2017
Other life sciences

Health in the "cloud"

Digital healthcare in the future will allow treating and predicting diseases, growing new organs, fighting viruses and prolonging life.

11.10.2017
New in Gerontology

Dual-use protein

Neurologists and immunologists conducted a study that made it possible to clarify the true role of the TREM2 protein in the development of Alzheimer's disease.

10.10.2017
Other life sciences

Cure cancer and save hair

Hair loss is one of the side effects of chemotherapy. Sometimes women refuse it, just to keep their curls.

10.10.2017
Genetic engineering

How the "base editor" works

With the help of the "base editor" developed on the basis of the CRISPR/Cas9 system, the single-nucleotide substitution was corrected in a quarter of cases.

10.10.2017
Other life sciences

In the footsteps of the Nobel Laureate

Researchers from Germany have shown that patients experience more intense side effects if they believe they are taking a more expensive drug.

10.10.2017
Theories of aging

Delayed aging

In naked diggers, the activity of a number of proteins that work intensively in rodents with a short lifespan decreases with age.

09.10.2017
Bioethics

Bioethicists are afraid of homunculi

Scientists have been breaking spears for months – how real is the threat of raising children in artificial wombs without the participation of women.

09.10.2017
Nanotechnology

AFC vs Super Microbes

In the presence of reactive oxygen species, bacteria resistant to old antibiotics began to react to them more strongly, sometimes by 1000 times.

09.10.2017
Other life sciences

Heart attack switched to reverse

The researchers turned off one of the Hippo pathway genes involved in suppressing the proliferation and regeneration of cardiomyocytes and scar formation.

09.10.2017