Life Sciences

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Genetics

Glioma was replaced

The cell line, often used in the study of brain cancer, has nothing in common with the original one. However, cells from the American collection of typical cultures are probably also derived from human glioma.

06.09.2016
Biomedicine

Live laser for cancer diagnosis

To visualize the tumor, after injecting harmless indocyanine green, highlight the skin area with a conventional laser and look at it in the infrared range.

06.09.2016
Genetics

Diabolical Evolution against Cancer

Mutations in the genome of the marsupial devil have allowed some animals to acquire resistance to infectious cancer, fatal in almost 100 percent of cases.

05.09.2016
Other life sciences

Blood clots will be given a cap

Russian scientists have taken another step towards deciphering the problem of blood clotting: all the enzymes responsible for blood clotting are in the "caps" they discovered earlier.

05.09.2016
Biomedicine

Moments of enlightenment

A new scientific discipline – biophotonics – emerged at the junction of innovative disciplines of the last century, namely photonics, biotechnology and nanotechnology.

02.09.2016
Nanotechnology

"Laboratory on a chip" from IBM

The company's specialists have created a "laboratory on a chip", which provides an opportunity to determine the presence of a number of diseases even before their symptoms manifest.

02.09.2016
Bioethics

A man in a medical experiment

In the coming years, the scope of experiments in biomedicine will increase. The further science develops, the more people will become participants in experiments.

01.09.2016
Biomedicine

Potential stroke drug tested on mice

Recently, scientists from the USA and Tomsk Polytechnic University have discovered a new compound that protects the brain from the effects of ischemic and reperfusion injury.

01.09.2016
Theories of aging

Aging and nonequilibrium thermodynamics

Gerontologist B. Auxburger suggested that the key to solving the problem of aging may be a theory that describes systems that are not in a state of thermodynamic equilibrium.

01.09.2016
Genetics

A new target for the treatment of alcoholism

To get rid of alcohol addiction, you need to prevent the formation of an interneuronal connection "drinking – pleasure". This can be achieved using the enzyme PRDM2.

31.08.2016
Biomedicine

Antisense RNAs against psoriasis

At the conference of the American Chemical Society, a report was made on the upcoming trial of a method of treating psoriasis using antisense RNAs.

31.08.2016
Cellular technologies

Cookies

The organoids grown by American scientists are not similar in shape and structure to a normal human or rodent liver, but they contain all its key components.

31.08.2016
Biomedicine

Bio-seals for tooth regeneration

The new material not only protects the pulp 100%, but also helps it to restore dentin, contributing to more active regeneration of stem cells.

31.08.2016