Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

In vitro vaccine

A group of American researchers has reported on a way to obtain a key component of a vaccine that prevents infection with chlamydia outside a living cell.

26.09.2017
Other life sciences

Coming out of a coma

The implant for vagus nerve stimulation returned minimal consciousness to the patient, who had remained in a vegetative state for 15 years.

26.09.2017
Biomedicine

Gene therapy of multiple sclerosis

Gene therapy that stimulates the proliferation of regulatory T-lymphocytes prevents the development and reverses the mouse equivalent of multiple sclerosis.

25.09.2017
Other life sciences

Pigs will come to the rescue

Scientists believe that even without achieving the ideal xenotransplantation, they will be able to offer their methods for clinical practice.

25.09.2017
Biomedicine

Brain cancer: a new target

By inhibiting ADAM10 protease, it is possible to reduce the amount of neuroligin-3, and thus stop the growth of malignant tumors.

25.09.2017
Biomedicine

Trivalent antibodies against HIV

Their developers are preparing for clinical trials with human participation. It is expected that they will begin in 2018 in one of the NIH structures.

25.09.2017
Biomedicine

Medicine of the near future

Will a computer replace a doctor, can editing human genes create a perfect being, and what prevents human cloning?

22.09.2017
Other life sciences

When does size matter?

A new study has shown that the social environment can affect penis size. At least among drakes.

21.09.2017
Biomedicine

"The mad Man"

With Alzheimer's disease, a "reasonable person" turns into a madman: the disease erases his personality, leaving only a physical shell.

21.09.2017
Other life sciences

A key regulator of male fertility

A molecular "switch" has been discovered that activates the production of male sperm at a certain age.

21.09.2017
Genetic engineering

Why does the embryo need Oct4?

American geneticists have disabled one of the genes responsible for the development of the human embryo to understand what role it plays in this process.

21.09.2017
Other life sciences

The scale of wisdom

Scientists from San Diego have developed a new scale for measuring the level of wisdom based on the neurobiological and psychological characteristics of a person.

20.09.2017
Cellular technologies

Cradle for cancer

Growing cancer cells in conditions as close to natural as possible will allow you to get more realistic results when testing drugs.

20.09.2017
Genetic engineering

Manic-depressive mice

Genetically modified mice have all the symptoms of MDP: depression in response to stress and manic behavior.

20.09.2017
Genetic engineering

White from purple

Japanese scientists by changing one gene with the help of the genome editor – the CRISPR-Cas9 system – turned purple ipomoea flowers into white.

20.09.2017
Other life sciences

Three hundred percent vision

It is quite possible that the bionic lens Bionic Lens of the Canadian Ocumetics Technology Corporation will give its owner super vision.

20.09.2017