Life Sciences

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Genetic engineering

"Zinc fingers" will correct diseased genes

A set of volunteers has been announced for a study in which patients with three hereditary diseases will receive genes of enzymes that they lack.

23.05.2017
Genetics

Forty new "intelligence genes"

The method of genome-wide association search revealed 52 genes (including 40 new ones) that play an important role in the development of intellectual abilities.

23.05.2017
Cellular technologies

Space mice

The radiation level on the ISS is 100 times higher than on Earth, but although radiation damages sperm DNA, it does not affect the viability of offspring.

23.05.2017
Genetic engineering

Thermogenetics instead of optogenetics

Russian scientists have developed a method of stimulating nerve cells with infrared radiation. To do this, they built snake thermoreceptors into the neurons of mice.

23.05.2017
Other life sciences

A pacemaker the size of a vitamin

The unprecedented small wireless Micra TPS heart rate driver has successfully passed an international multicenter clinical trial.

23.05.2017
Other life sciences

Optical diagnosis of skin cancer

A team of scientists and doctors from Samara tested a new method of early diagnosis of skin cancer using an original set of three new devices.

22.05.2017
Other life sciences

Patient, breathe!

The disadvantage of gas analyzers for use in medical practice can be considered their high cost and large size. Therefore, portable analysis systems are being developed.

22.05.2017
Other life sciences

Bad neighbors spoil the blood

In experiments on mice, American scientists have shown that leukemia (blood cancer) can occur due to mutations not only in hematopoietic cells, but also in their microenvironment.

22.05.2017
Other life sciences

Photoacoustic tomography

The development of a technology for scanning and visualizing a tumor sample has begun, suitable for checking in real time whether it has been completely removed.

22.05.2017
Other life sciences

Muscles of internal secretion

Physical activity has a beneficial effect on the heart, kidneys, brain and liver of various animals. Epidemiological studies confirm that it prolongs people's health and life.

22.05.2017
Other life sciences

Platelets against female baldness

Intradermal administration of autologous plasma enriched with platelets is an effective and safe approach to the treatment of female pattern baldness.

19.05.2017
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of age-related blindness

The therapeutic gene eliminates the growth of abnormal blood vessels and the exudation of fluid into the tissue in the wet form of age-related macular degeneration.

19.05.2017
Biomedicine

Gene therapy of fractures

The new method, tested so far only on mini-pigs, will have to help in severe cases of non-fusion of fractures, when part of the bone is missing or severely damaged.

18.05.2017
Cellular technologies

Glassy life

Modern science is already able to freeze people and store them for centuries. However, so far, with the help of vitrification, it is possible to cryopreservate a person only at the embryo stage.

18.05.2017
Cellular technologies

Blood from stem cells

The technique of turning reprogrammed stem cells into blood cell blanks opens the way for the treatment of diseases and the creation of endless donor stocks.

18.05.2017
Prolonging youth

The fight against aging: is there hope?

Both public and private investors are wary of the confrontation between science and old age: there have been many more failures in this field so far than successes.

18.05.2017
Genetic engineering

Save the oranges!

A genetically modified virus, wild strains of which pose a serious threat to citrus fruits, can protect plantations from bacteria causing a dangerous disease.

17.05.2017
Cellular technologies

Bioengineered ovaries and natural mice

American doctors transplanted ovaries printed on a 3D printer to mice, after which they carried out, gave birth and fed healthy mice.

17.05.2017