Life Sciences

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Genetic engineering

Kamikaze bacteria fight cancer

Once in the body, the bacteria self-destruct and secrete the drug into the tumor area. The new method combined with chemotherapy extended the life of laboratory mice by 50%.

22.07.2016
Other life sciences

Acceleration of protein docking calculations

Biologists and mathematicians from MIPT, Stony Brook University and other research centers have taught a computer to predict the structure of protein "couplings" in a cell 10 times faster.

21.07.2016
Nanotechnology

Nanotubes for neurosurgeons

The material made of intertwined nanotubes was developed to purify seawater from oil pollution. It turned out that it can also be useful in neurosurgery.

21.07.2016
Nanotechnology

Filaments-biosensors

Woven into ordinary medical threads, the thinnest sensors are able to measure temperature, pressure, blood acidity and glucose content in it.

21.07.2016
Other life sciences

Biorobot crawls on the bottom

To create a crawling robot, scientists connected the muscles of a sea hare – the mollusk Aplysia californica – with a 3D-printed frame and taught it to crawl.

20.07.2016
Genetics

We are what they ate

For thousands of years, man has adapted to living conditions: weather, predators, the change of day and night and, of course, food. The eating habits of those times are still hidden in our genes.

20.07.2016
Cellular technologies

Genetic engineering will help prosthetics of joints

Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have grown articular cartilage from stem cells and with the help of genetic engineering forced it to produce anti-inflammatory substances.

20.07.2016
Other life sciences

Virtual analgesic

The company AppliedVR has already created three different virtual reality applications to relieve pain, as well as one to reduce anxiety.

19.07.2016
Other life sciences

Immunity as a regulator of social behavior

According to the results of recent experiments, the immune system is directly involved in the regulation of neural connections and social behavior.

19.07.2016
Other life sciences

Max Bionic – prosthesis on enthusiasm

Will Maxim's team be able to make their bionic prosthesis publicly available? The creators complain about the lack of interest from investors, but they are not going to give up.

19.07.2016
Biomedicine

A DNA repair inhibitor will help cancer treatment

With the help of the two most effective inhibitors, the growth of the tumor vaccinated in rodents was suppressed by 60-70%, and metastasis in the lungs was completely destroyed.

19.07.2016
Genetics

The Gordian node of the X chromosome

Geneticists from Harvard University (USA) have found out what makes an extra X chromosome curl up into a ball (the so-called Barr body) and how to flexibly control its shape.

19.07.2016
Bioethics

Bioethicists and bioconservators

Interview with Ronald Bailey, an expert on the ethics of biotechnology, author of the book "Biology of Liberation: Scientific and Moral Arguments in favor of the biotech revolution."

18.07.2016
Genetics

Naked digger and cancer: who's who?

Manipulations with genes led biologists to discover the mechanism of cellular aging of diggers and to the possibility of overcoming the main problem of human cell therapy.

18.07.2016
Other life sciences

DeepMind Optometrist

The Google DeepMind artificial intelligence system will be able to independently learn to find signs of emerging diseases, primarily diabetic retinopathy.

18.07.2016
Genetics

To the last leaf

Genogeography has made it possible to turn genetic binoculars into a microscope, revealing differences between very similar gene pools and detecting traces of recent events.

18.07.2016
Other life sciences

Virtual Reality in oncology

Virtual reality technology is used in various fields of activity. In oncology, it allows doctors to get inside the tumors and individual cancer cells of the patient.

18.07.2016
Other life sciences

Low-calorie diet and intestinal microflora

The intestinal cells of nematodes contained in a low-calorie diet are characterized by elevated levels of autophagy, which significantly improves their health.

15.07.2016
Prolonging youth

Aging can be turned off

Maxim Skulachev's lecture, held within the framework of the project "Intellectual parties "Caravan + Me", was called "Aging as a malicious program that can be turned off".

15.07.2016