Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

Carbidopa in the treatment of cancer

The drug for the therapy of Parkinson's disease suppresses the development of pancreatic cancer in a mouse model and a human cell line.

06.10.2017
Biomedicine

Zika virus: the fight continues

A new generation DNA vaccine against Zika fever has shown high efficacy in the first phase of clinical trials.

06.10.2017
Genetics

Harmful Neanderthal genes

Among them are the "owl" chronotype, the ability to sunbathe or burn in the sun, regulation of "bad" cholesterol, eating disorder, etc.

06.10.2017
Genetics

To the section on DNA analysis

A genetic test will help parents choose a sport that the child will like and will not harm his health.

06.10.2017
Genetics

The mi-RNA Atlas

The creation of a complete atlas of microRNAs in various cells brings us one step closer to creating a complete picture of the regulation of gene expression.

06.10.2017
Nanotechnology

CRISPR on a gold basis

The complex of biomolecules of the CRISPR system located around the gold nanoparticle made it possible to achieve more efficient genome editing.

05.10.2017
Biomedicine

Half an hour instead of three days

The test, developed by Caltech scientists, will help doctors quickly choose the best type of antibiotic to fight a specific infection.

05.10.2017
Biomedicine

MeTro will seal up any wounds

Biological super-glue firmly connects the edges of wounds even in soft and pressurized tissues, such as lungs or arteries.

05.10.2017
Other life sciences

The lymphatic system of the brain

Until recently, it was believed that lymphatic vessels did not penetrate into the brain, until this was disproved in mice, and now in humans.

05.10.2017
Cellular technologies

A new method of bone regeneration

The in vitro study opens up new prospects for the restoration of hard tissues – bones, teeth and cartilage.

04.10.2017
Other life sciences

Maybe it's not the dopamine

The results of a new study have changed the prevailing thirty-year idea of the mechanism of occurrence of Parkinson's disease.

04.10.2017
Other life sciences

Super-microvascular robotic surgeon

Surgeons from the University of Maastricht for the first time in the world used a robot for a super-microsurgical operation on lymphedema.

03.10.2017
Genetic engineering

Editing a single nucleotide

Chinese geneticists have eliminated the congenital disease beta-thalassemia in a human embryo by correcting an error in one "letter" of the beta-globin gene.

03.10.2017
Other life sciences

Bone instead of metal

Austrian researchers have developed a technique for manufacturing surgical screws from the dense and hard middle part of the human femur.

03.10.2017
Genetics

Nobel Rhythms: details

Circadian rhythms – fluctuations in the intensity of processes in the body with a period close to 24 hours, almost all living beings have.

02.10.2017
New in Gerontology

Sense of smell and senile dementia

The new work indicates a link between olfactory dysfunction in old age and the risk of dementia in the future.

02.10.2017
Other life sciences

Medical Image Analysis

Mathematician Andrey Krylov – about the specifics of processing and analyzing medical images using neural networks and not only.

02.10.2017