Life Sciences

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Genetics

Brittle X chromosome syndrome

In this article we will talk about one of the severe hereditary diseases – the syndrome of the brittle X chromosome - and about the difficulties of studying it.

26.10.2016
Other life sciences

Helpers of metastases

Trapping nets, which make neutrophil immune cells from their DNA, help metastatic tumor cells penetrate into healthy tissues.

26.10.2016
Prolonging youth

Muscle strength and mental strength

Australian scientists have for the first time shown a link between adaptation to power loads and brain functioning in people over 55 years of age with symptoms of mild cognitive impairment.

26.10.2016
Genetics

Racial immunology

Afromericans have stronger immunity against bacterial infections than their white fellow citizens. The reasons for this are mostly genetic in nature.

25.10.2016
Genetics

Why did snakes lose their legs

American researchers using CRISPR-Cas9 technology have proved the role of an enhancer mutation (a sequence in DNA that regulates gene activity) in the fact that snakes have no legs.

25.10.2016
Other life sciences

Hormones, part 2

Female sex hormones not only guide puberty and reproductive functions. They are associated with the work of the brain and the regulation of the immune and cardiovascular systems.

25.10.2016
Cellular technologies

Cardiogram "hearts on a chip"

Researchers from Harvard University have created the first "organ on a chip" with integrated sensors by printing it entirely on a 3D printer.

25.10.2016
Other life sciences

False targets for an antibiotic

British researchers not only explained the mechanism of staphylococcus resistance to daptomycin, but also identified a way to restore the effectiveness of the antibiotic.

25.10.2016
Genetics

Genes and schizophrenia

The researchers studied the cells of the cerebral cortex of patients with schizophrenia and found that disorders in the regulation of gene activity are associated with the development of the disease.

24.10.2016
Genetic engineering

Stem cell gene therapy: faster and cheaper

The compact semi-automatic system is designed to produce individual genetically modified hematopoietic cells of patients in medical institutions.

24.10.2016
Bioethics

New children from three parents

While experts in reproduction and bioethics criticized the creators of the first "three-parent" child, several more reports of similar experiments appeared.

24.10.2016
Other life sciences

Protein motors

These amazing molecules, the importance of their normal functioning for human health and their potential application in nanotechnology will be discussed in this article.

24.10.2016
Nanotechnology

RUSNANOPRIZE Finalists

The International RUSNANOPRIZE 2016 Award Committee, which is awarded for the best nanotechnology developments introduced into mass production, has identified three finalists.

21.10.2016
Genetics

Evolution continues

In a new study, an international group of geneticists reconstructs human evolution that took place not in the Stone Age, but literally in recent centuries.

21.10.2016
Prolonging youth

The Immortality of Elizabeth Parrish

In September 2015, Elizabeth Parrish, director of the American pharmaceutical company BioViva, was the first in the world to change her genes in order to delay old age.

21.10.2016
Cellular technologies

Let's practice on chips

New drugs can be tested on animals, it is possible on human volunteers, but it is much more convenient and humane to use cellular models for this.

21.10.2016
Genetics

Do not put tomatoes in the refrigerator

Hypothermia reduces the activity of hundreds of genes in heat-loving plants, including those responsible for the synthesis of substances that make tomatoes taste sweeter and give them an attractive aroma.

21.10.2016
Nanotechnology

Antitubercular aerosol

Novosibirsk has developed an innovative method of delivering drugs to the foci of infection – not by pills or injections, but by inhaling nanoparticles 10-100 nm in size.

20.10.2016