Life Sciences

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New in Gerontology

Progeria on a chip

An international group of scientists has developed an artificial organ that allows us to find out how vascular cells react to their contractions normally and in diseases.

07.03.2017
New in Gerontology

Sociality, neoteny and longevity

Naked diggers and humans have an important common feature: neoteny, i.e. developmental delay, leading to the preservation of a number of childhood and even embryonic traits in adults.

07.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Blood vessels were printed on a bioprinter

However, one important task remains unresolved – implanted vessels cannot perform their main functions – transport and excretion of nutrients.

07.03.2017
Genetic engineering

A new victory for gene therapy

French scientists have reported the first successful application of gene therapy to cure a severe hereditary disease – sickle cell anemia.

07.03.2017
Other life sciences

Computers help oncologists

Google experts are studying how to supplement the "manual" study of tissue samples with machine learning algorithms for the recognition of malignant cells.

06.03.2017
Other life sciences

Human bacteria have changed the behavior of mice

The intestinal microflora affects not only the metabolism, but also the brain, and the experiments of researchers from McMaster University are another proof of this.

06.03.2017
Genetic engineering

A new record of recording information in DNA

American scientists have developed a new technology for recording information in DNA, which is able to fit up to 215 petabytes of data in one gram of nucleic acid.

03.03.2017
Biomedicine

Complications of immunotherapy

With the increasing use of immunotherapy, it is becoming increasingly clear that it carries with it serious risks. The immune system, which is stimulated at the same time, can attack healthy organs.

03.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Life-size embryo model

Bioengineers from Cambridge have grown a blastocyst from two types of embryonic stem cells. Before a full-fledged embryo, she lacks the cells that give rise to the yolk sac.

03.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells and neurodegenerative diseases (5)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal disease that is caused by degeneration of the motor neurons of the spinal cord, brain stem and primary motor cortex.

02.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Roboreactors

According to biologist Andrew Carr and his colleagues, the design of the bioreactor should repeat the anatomy of the human body – those parts of it for which tissues are grown.

02.03.2017
Other life sciences

Cryonics: a new step

The method developed by American researchers makes it possible to evenly warm up a frozen organ at a speed ten times faster than modern defrosting methods.

02.03.2017
Other life sciences

Super-micro implants

The dimensions to which scientists are trying to reduce the size of electronic devices are a millimeter or less, which is associated with a lot of technical problems.

02.03.2017
Other life sciences

Love the far one

Scientists from the National University of Singapore have found that the "love hormone" oxytocin increases generosity towards strangers to a greater extent than to loved ones.

01.03.2017