Life Sciences

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Bioethics

The Doctor is a Fraud

Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini was praised for turning the dream of regenerative medicine into reality – until it was revealed that he was a fraud and a false prophet.

02.10.2017
Prolonging youth

The Elixir of Immortality

Professor Kennedy – about whether there is a limit to human life and why the fight against aging is today the main task for all countries of the world.

02.10.2017
Other life sciences

Blood glucose meter for permanent wear

In the near future, the release of a new blood glucose meter will begin in the USA, when using which you do not need to take blood from your finger.

02.10.2017
Biomedicine

Medications from the computer

A high-performance approach has been developed to search for therapeutic mini-proteins against clinically significant targets.

29.09.2017
Other life sciences

Ecstasy test

Korean scientists have created a wireless sensor that allows you to quickly and very accurately determine the content of amphetamine derivatives in urine.

29.09.2017
Biomedicine

A new class of neuroprotectors

Elovanoids are a potential new drug that can protect the brain from stroke, trauma and neurodegenerative diseases.

29.09.2017
Other life sciences

Polyethylene for implants

NUST MISIS has developed a material on the basis of which it is possible to create a wear-resistant and easily implemented replacement for bones, joints and muscles.

29.09.2017
Other life sciences

Alzheimer's disease in silico

The mathematical model made it possible to identify several key factors in the development of the disease and to understand how and for how long it should be treated.

29.09.2017
Biomedicine

Prevention of parkinsonism

Drugs of the glitazone class, widely used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, can significantly reduce the risk of developing Parkinson's disease.

29.09.2017
Cellular technologies

Donor bone + own bone marrow

The treatment of the recipient's bone marrow concentrate with donor bone tissue improves its integration and accelerates joint recovery.

28.09.2017
Other life sciences

Average temperature in the hospital

A device has been created capable of contactless measuring the heart rate and respiration simultaneously in several patients.

28.09.2017
Cellular technologies

Cord blood against heart failure

With the help of cord blood stem cells, researchers have improved the functioning of the heart in patients with heart failure.

28.09.2017
Genetics

Anniversary of "dogma"

In September 1957, Francis Crick unveiled a hypothesis concerning how hereditary information encoded in DNA is realized.

28.09.2017
Cellular technologies

Bioprinting in orbit

Under microgravity conditions, it is possible to apply a fundamentally new approach – the "formative" production of tissue constructs and organoids.

27.09.2017
Other life sciences

Paper Glucose meter

American researchers have developed a paper patch with an indicator that changes depending on the sugar level.

27.09.2017
Theories of aging

Aging and autophagy

"Switching off" the genes that initiate the autophagy process allows nematodes to live longer than worms whose genome has not been altered.

26.09.2017
Other life sciences

Xenorhodopsin for optogenetics

An international team of scientists has published a paper on the study of the photosensitive NsXeR protein from the xenorhodopsin class.

26.09.2017