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Are cyborg people already a reality?

Technology is developing so rapidly that today what previously seemed like a fantasy is becoming a reality. Including electronic devices embedded in the human body.

12.04.2017
Genetics

The White Man's Problem

The software will help diagnose genetic diseases. But only for whites: almost all the photographs of patients that the program uses depict Europeans.

11.04.2017
Genetics

Telomere length and cancer

A 22-year follow-up of more than 28,000 Chinese residents showed that the probability of developing cancer in the group with the longest telomeres was 33% higher than in the group with the shortest telomeres.

11.04.2017
Genetic engineering

Mice cured of hereditary hearing loss

An international group of scientists managed to cure one of 300 genetic defects in experimental mice that can disrupt the work of inner ear hair cells.

11.04.2017
Nanotechnology

Therapeutic spermatozoa

Scientists have developed a technology for modifying sperm cells, which turns them into a means of delivering drugs through the reproductive channels of women.

10.04.2017
Genetics

Genetic testing has overcome the barrier

The FDA has allowed 23andMe to trade genetic tests for predisposition to 10 diseases, including celiac disease, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

10.04.2017
Other life sciences

Virtual Biobank

Next to the World Seed Bank in Svalbard, a library was opened - a digital archive of worldwide data on valuable genetic material stored in the neighborhood.

10.04.2017
Other life sciences

A genetic engineer himself

The ability of cephalopods to edit their own RNA is an alternative to the traditional model of gene expression. It slows down the genome change, but makes animals smarter.

10.04.2017
Genetics

Citizenship by DNA

The (non)existence of biological boundaries between racial and ethnic groups has been fiercely debated throughout the 20th century, but no final consensus has been reached so far.

07.04.2017
Genetics

Mutant Owls

Among Europeans, a mutation that lengthens the daily cycle occurs in 0.1-0.6% of cases. However, by itself, it does not explain the phenomenon of "owls", which includes up to 10% of people.

07.04.2017
Genetics

Monsters from the sewers

The genome of one of the megaviruses found in sewage contains 1.57 million nucleotides – three times more than that of a synthetic bacterium with the shortest DNA.

07.04.2017
Biomedicine

ROCK Inhibitors against Pancreatic cancer

Fasudil therapy prolonged the life of mice with pancreatic cancer by 47% compared to standard treatment with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel.

07.04.2017
Biomedicine

The Marburg Vaccine

A drug based on a human monoclonal antibody developed by American and Austrian scientists prevented the death of 100% of experimental animals from Marburg fever.

06.04.2017
Other life sciences

Antibiotic resistance on the world map

ResistoMap will help identify national characteristics in the consumption of antibiotics and monitor drug resistance on a global scale.

06.04.2017
Nanotechnology

Revolution in dentistry

Scientists from MISIS and other Russian research centers have created a nanomaterial that prevents the development of caries and protects the tooth from microbes almost forever.

05.04.2017
Genetics

Adaptation to the highlands at the genetic level

Genetic analysis conducted by Australian and Chinese scientists revealed variants of the genes that allowed Tibetans to settle the high-altitude plateau, and clarified their origin.

05.04.2017