Life Sciences

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Genetics

Human evolution continues

Scientists have found out that natural selection still affects representatives of our species, eliminating carriers of harmful mutations.

07.09.2017
Cellular technologies

Organs from a test tube

So far, they are being used for scientific purposes to understand how organs work, how diseases develop. But it's only a few steps from that to transplantation.

07.09.2017
Prolonging youth

A new method of prolonging life

The removal of old mitochondria from cells by increasing the expression of the Drp1 protein improved health and prolonged the life of fruit flies.

07.09.2017
Other life sciences

Hope for balding

In experiments on mice, two drugs have been tested that stimulate hair growth by correcting the metabolism of hair follicle stem cells.

07.09.2017
Nanotechnology

Turning white fat into brown

Purdue University scientists have found a way to deliver the drug directly to white fat cells to turn them into brown fat, which is much easier to burn.

07.09.2017
Other life sciences

"Obesity Cells"

Problems with feeling full in severe obesity are often caused by a lack of enteroendocrine cells that synthesize the "satiety hormone".

06.09.2017
Genetic engineering

A new era in biomedicine

The appearance of the world's first T-cell CAR therapy heralds the beginning of a new era in the biotechnology industry and the management of oncological diseases.

06.09.2017
Other life sciences

Virtual embryo with cellular resolution

Drosophila embryos were disassembled into several thousand individual cells, and then put back together – but already in a computer.

06.09.2017
Biomedicine

Rehabilitation of moles

A meta-analysis of studies on the development of melanomas has shown that this type of cancer often develops not from existing moles, but appears in new places.

06.09.2017
Biomedicine

Prevent relapse

Antihormonal therapy may increase the risk of recurrence of prostate cancer, but this can be avoided with the help of PARP enzyme inhibitors.

05.09.2017
Biomedicine

The enemy of my enemy

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis used the virus that causes Zika fever to destroy glioblastoma stem cancer cells.

05.09.2017
Biomedicine

Breakthrough in psychotherapy

The US Food and Drug Administration has awarded psychotherapy using MDMA the status of "breakthrough".

05.09.2017
Genetics

Three-dimensional DNA

Studies of the spatial configuration of DNA in chromosomes have revealed unexpected, previously unknown causes of severe human diseases.

05.09.2017
Prolonging youth

Why does the skin age?

Exposure to intense sunlight and the inescapable time factor lead to sagging skin, the appearance of wrinkles and pigmentation disorders.

05.09.2017
New in Gerontology

The size of nucleoli is a biomarker of longevity

The size of the nucleoli is not only a marker of the longevity of the body, but also one of the factors triggering the mechanisms of increasing life expectancy.

05.09.2017
New in Gerontology

Physical education and dementia: new data

Physical activity in the middle of life does not protect against Alzheimer's disease, but helps to preserve the cardiovascular system and improves blood circulation of the brain.

05.09.2017
Other life sciences

Nerve repair can be accelerated

Scientists have found a new key to the process of restoring peripheral nerves by discovering that antisense RNA is expressed when they are damaged.

04.09.2017
Nanotechnology

Nanoantibiotics

Nanoparticles that mimic the structure of the shell of bacteriophage viruses can kill various types of bacteria, including strains resistant to antibiotics.

04.09.2017
Genetic engineering

Another EteRNA

The newly released new version of the game offers its participants to create a new RNA molecule using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology.

04.09.2017