Life Sciences

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Genetics

Schizophrenic embryos

A study by scientists at the State University of New York at Buffalo has shown that mutations that lead to the development of schizophrenia are formed even in the embryo in the womb.

01.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells and neurodegenerative diseases (3)

Will stem cells help with Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia in an aging population and the sixth leading cause of death in developed countries?

28.02.2017
Genetic engineering

An effective way of DNA editing has been found

Scientists from South Korea have created a new technology based on the CRISPR/Cas system, which allows you to make mutations in DNA with an accuracy of one nucleotide.

28.02.2017
Genetics

Neanderthal genes: new data

"Neanderthal" sections of DNA still affect the expression of human genes – in particular, the manifestations of signs such as growth and the risk of developing schizophrenia.

28.02.2017
Biomedicine

HIV vaccine development continues

At the conference on retroviral and opportunistic infections, scientists presented the results of clinical trials of a new therapeutic vaccine against HIV.

28.02.2017
Genetic engineering

Cancer immunotherapy has become even more effective

American scientists have improved the effectiveness of cancer therapy with T-lymphocytes with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR-T), using the CRISPR/Cas9 system to obtain them.

28.02.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells and neurodegenerative diseases (1)

The progress that has occurred over the past decade in the field of stem cell applications for the diagnosis, modeling and therapy of neurodegenerative diseases.

27.02.2017
Genetics

Total sequencing

The Smithsonian Initiative on Biodiversity Genomics and the Chinese company Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) intend to sequence the genomes of all species of living organisms on Earth.

27.02.2017
Other life sciences

An implant without implantation

Harvard researchers will soon begin testing an implant on monkeys that does not require surgical intervention and is installed outside the skull.

27.02.2017
Other life sciences

The fastest and most accurate

Stanford researchers have managed to create a new type of brain-computer interface that provides a record-breaking speed and accuracy of work to date.

27.02.2017
Genetics

Clock genes change with age

In elderly flies, many genes stopped daily changes in activity, and others that had not previously responded to the instructions of the internal clock became rhythmic.

27.02.2017
Genetics

The cause of autoimmune diseases is point mutations

English geneticists have discovered mutations associated with autoimmune diseases of the mucous membrane of the digestive tract: ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and celiac disease.

22.02.2017
Cellular technologies

Multiple sclerosis was "frozen" for 5 years

The development of the disease was completely stopped in 73% of patients with recurrent multiple sclerosis and in 33% of patients with a progressive form of the disease.

22.02.2017
New in Gerontology

How a low-calorie diet slows down aging

Reducing the caloric content of food slows down protein synthesis, which makes it possible not to waste cell resources on the synthesis of new ribosomes, but to restore existing ones and maintain their efficiency.

20.02.2017
Nanotechnology

The first biological superlenses

To create a biological superlens for visible light, scientists from Bangor University (UK) used a cylindrical fragment of transparent spider silk.

20.02.2017
Prolonging youth

A cure for old age – soon on the shelves?

The SkQ1-based anti-aging drug is currently undergoing clinical trials. If they are successful, the "cure for old age" may appear in pharmacies in 2-3 years.

17.02.2017
Genetics

Smoking can be useful

Researchers have found a man for whom smoking has become a kind of "cure" for anemia. Scientists advise using special antioxidants in similar cases.

17.02.2017