Life Sciences

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Prolonging youth

Biomarkers of anti-aging gene therapy

A more detailed study of the results of the effects of gene therapy on E. Parrish's body suggests a real decrease in her biological age.

05.12.2016
Nanotechnology

Nanoimplant for precise drug delivery

The implant ensures the uniform release of drugs for several days to two weeks, without creating significant concentrations of the drug throughout the body.

05.12.2016
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of pseudoarthrosis

KFU scientists for the first time in the world applied the method of gene therapy in a patient with a so-called false joint, which is formed at the site of a long-existing dislocation or fracture.

05.12.2016
Prolonging youth

Geroscope – automated search for geroprotectors

Russian scientists from MIPT, in collaboration with the company Insilico Medicine, developed an algorithm for searching for geroprotectors and tested ten substances found with its help.

02.12.2016
Cellular technologies

Russian scientists have grown the retina of the eye

The development will allow treating patients, for example, with macular degeneration – a disease that is one of the most common causes of blindness in people over 55 years old.

02.12.2016
Biomedicine

A patch for the prevention of thrombosis

The "smart patch" reacts to an increase in the concentration of thrombin in the patient's blood by releasing heparin, preventing the formation of blood clots and the development of vascular thrombosis.

02.12.2016
Bioethics

Scissors for the genome

The heads of the company "Genotek" – about how genes are modified, what ethical issues this may raise and whether they will use gene technologies to create "children to order".

02.12.2016
Other life sciences

Transcranial libido stimulation

American scientists have discovered that electromagnetic stimulation of the reward center of the brain can regulate people's sexual desire and the degree of their pleasure from sex.

02.12.2016
Genetic engineering

Mice cured of hemophilia

The introduction of two vectors with a gradual increase in doses led to the appearance of stable activity of factor IX at a normal level and above for four months.

01.12.2016
Biomedicine

"Ecstasy" by prescription?

The FDA has approved large-scale clinical trials of Ecstasy. A potential indication for its use was post-traumatic stress disorder.

01.12.2016
Other life sciences

Epidemics under control

An international group of scientists has developed a free online platform for visualizing and monitoring the results of scientific research in the field of epidemiology.

30.11.2016
Biomedicine

The plague of the XX century: a look from the XXI

HIV is the most studied virus by humans. We know almost everything about him, but it does not always help with treatment, and even more so with the prevention of the disease.

30.11.2016
Genetic engineering

CRISPR-epic and its heroes

Details of the discovery and study of CRISPR-Cas systems are described in Eric Lander's investigation, which covered a 20-year biography of CRISPR – "the history of ideas and the history of people."

30.11.2016
Other life sciences

Embryos in suspended animation

Drugs that suppress the activity of the main regulator of cell growth, the mTOR protein, can immerse embryos in a stable and reversible state of suspended animation.

30.11.2016
Prolonging youth

Went to overtime

What if old age is a disease and you can fight it? A detailed analysis of advanced research shows that such a hypothesis is not far from the truth.

30.11.2016
Other life sciences

Is the cause of schizophrenia "defective" RNA?

Scientists have discovered an unusual signaling RNA molecule in the human brain, the absence of which leads to the development of schizophrenia and the appearance of "voices in the head".

29.11.2016
Other life sciences

Social status and immunity

Despite a large number of studies demonstrating a correlation between social status and health, this relationship has not been confirmed experimentally until recently.

29.11.2016
Genetic engineering

Transport RNA against nonsense mutations

Researchers from the University of Iowa used artificial tRNA to restore the production of a protein that is usually missing or spoiled in people with cystic fibrosis.

29.11.2016