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The propeller in the heart

The tiny Heartmat heart pump is inserted into the femoral artery, along which it is moved to the left ventricle, where it maintains blood flow, helping the heart to recover.

28.09.2016
Cellular technologies

The first "child from three parents"

The boy was born on April 6 of this year, but doctors decided to notify the general public about his birth only now, when it became clear that Ley syndrome was not threatening him.

28.09.2016
Cellular technologies

Cellular gene therapy

Experiments on an animal model have shown the possibility of treating Duchene's myodystrophy by delivering therapeutic genes in stem cells.

27.09.2016
Nanotechnology

Therapeutic tattoo

Carbon nanoparticles can selectively suppress the activity of T-lymphocytes and reduce the symptoms of autoimmune diseases. At the same time, it is preferable to inject them under the skin.

27.09.2016
Other life sciences

Neurotransmitters, part 1

In the first part of a small educational course, Atlas talks about three of the most famous neurotransmitters, without which our life would be simply disgusting.

26.09.2016
Biomedicine

Nanoteranostics – the future of oncology

Professor of the MEPhI National Research Institute and the University of Aix-Marseille, Andrey Kabashin, in an interview with RIA Novosti correspondent Yulia Osipova, about the global prospects of nanoteranostics.

26.09.2016
Genetic engineering

RNA against metastases

Modified regulatory RNA molecules sent to the tumor in nanoparticles discourage cancer cells from traveling.

26.09.2016
Nanotechnology

Micro-robots-infusoria

The micro robot created by Korean specialists, raking cilia under the influence of an electromagnetic field, floats eight times faster than its closest competitors.

26.09.2016
Genetics

Greetings to the descendants

Three stories about non-classical methods of inheritance that can pass for telegony: how inheritance can occur that is not related to the transmission of their parents' genes to descendants.

26.09.2016
Other life sciences

Man and his microbiome

There are a lot of bacteria and viruses living in each of us, they help digest food and assimilate medications, affect the hormonal and immune systems and even the brain.

23.09.2016
Genetic engineering

Regeneration of the optic nerve

Restoration of severed nerve pathways is an important achievement in the search for treatment of glaucoma and other eye diseases associated with damage to the optic nerve.

23.09.2016
Biomedicine

$3 billion to fight diseases

The main goal of the foundation created by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chen is to radically reduce the frequency of dangerous diseases and reduce their impact on the human body.

23.09.2016
Other life sciences

Can nicotine protect the aging brain?

American researchers have demonstrated the ability of nicotine to protect the aging brain and even prevent the development of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases

22.09.2016
Genetics

The slow walkers continue to reveal their secrets

Tardigrades protect their DNA from ionizing radiation by stabilizing it with a special protein. A number of other protective mechanisms were also found in the genome of slow walkers.

21.09.2016
Bioethics

They are terribly far from the people

Ethicists disagree with doctors and ordinary people – this is the conclusion reached by scientists from the Swiss Higher Technical School of Zurich.

20.09.2016
Genetics

The evolutionary tree of elephants has been rewritten

DNA analysis from the remains of extinct animals has forced scientists to reconsider the evolutionary history of elephants. In the past, elephants have crossed with mammoths more than once.

20.09.2016
Other life sciences

Biorobots

In this article, the main ways of developing the direction of bioengineering for the creation of biobots are considered in detail and the achievements already available in this field are analyzed.

20.09.2016
Other life sciences

Negative results are publicly available

The regulations adopted by the FDA obliges pharmaceutical companies to publish information about the results of clinical trials, even if the drugs have proved ineffective.

19.09.2016