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Soft-boiled neurons
Aggregation of beta-amyloid molecules (one of the causes of Alzheimer's disease) causes strong heating of neurons.
02.06.2022- English version
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Biomedicine
Antiangiogenic immunotherapy
The vaccine, aimed at the angiogenic protein vimentin, has shown efficacy against different types of cancer in several animal species.
01.06.2022
Biomedicine
Innate immunity against cancer
Immunotherapy, capable of activating innate immunity, induces infiltration of T-killers into cancer cells.
01.06.2022
Genetics
Genes and life expectancy
Molecular biologist Niklas Brandborg explains why genes do not play a significant role in life expectancy.
01.06.2022
Genetic engineering
Switch for "gene scissors"
The operation of CRISPR/Cas9 systems with modified guide RNA can be stopped at the right moment with the help of soft ultraviolet light.
01.06.2022
Nanotechnology
Poison in the package
Combined therapy with nanoparticles and radiation therapy contributed to the long-term survival of 67% of mice with glioblastoma.
01.06.2022
Genetic engineering
Gene therapy of myodystrophy
The authors of the work undertook to treat mice at the 35th week of life - at that moment half of their relatives had already died from dystroglycanopathy.
01.06.2022
Biomedicine
Melanoma: preclinical success
Experimental treatment reduces the growth and metastasis of melanoma, increasing the survival rate of mice by 25%.
30.05.2022
Other life sciences
Intestines without chicken
Russian scientists have created a unique nutrient medium that mimics the composition of chicken intestines to search for lactobacilli-probiotics.
30.05.2022
Biomedicine
A promising couple
Combination therapy has shown good results in the treatment of several types of late-stage cancer.
30.05.2022
Biomedicine
Against HIV and dementia
Perhaps maraviroc can be taken in the early stages of cognitive decline. Now scientists are planning to launch clinical trials.
30.05.2022
Other life sciences
Heat stroke
On cultures of mouse testicles, Japanese scientists have demonstrated which stages of spermatogenesis are disrupted at elevated temperatures.
30.05.2022
Genetic engineering
Effective editing
The new CRISPR-Combo method allows multiple genes to be manipulated in different ways at the same time.
27.05.2022
Other life sciences
Warm - blooded tyrannosaurs
Analysis of the end products of lipoxidation in fossils allowed us to make assumptions about the metabolic rate of dinosaurs.
27.05.2022
Cellular technologies
Store eggs in a biobank
The use of frozen eggs taken from a woman at a young age, and not right before IVF in 30-40 years, improves the results.
27.05.2022
Genetics
Homo hybridus
Interview with the authors of the new book "Human Evolution. Bones, genes and culture" by Doctors of Biological Sciences Alexander Markov and Elena Naimark.
27.05.2022
Cellular technologies
Cartilage under load
A robotic joint that mimics the movements of a human shoulder has helped create payloads for the cartilage tissue growing on it.
27.05.2022
Other life sciences
Turning over provocateurs
Immune cells that cause an inflammatory process in the arteries leading to atherosclerosis can be used to fight the disease.
26.05.2022
Genetics
Tweezers for chromosomes
Laser tweezers will reveal chromosomal rearrangements – the main cause of spontaneous abortions and many diseases.
26.05.2022
Cloning
Vain efforts: details
Even if the efforts of genetic engineers and breeders are crowned with success, they will receive not an extinct species itself, but a kind of hybrid.
26.05.2022