Life Sciences

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Prolonging youth

Eternal life for solving problems

Is it possible to put a person's consciousness in a test tube when it will be possible to create an avatar for people and why potentially possible immortality is not the most attractive scenario of human life.

26.01.2016
Genetic engineering

Rabies virus modified to study brain connections

Researchers from the USA and the UK have improved one of the methods of studying the connections between neurons. To do this, they genetically modified the rabies virus.

25.01.2016
Nanotechnology

Test strip instead of enzyme immunoassay

A new technology based on the use of magnetic nanoparticles instead of fluorescent markers will make the procedure of biochemical analysis of liquids many times more accurate – and at the same time as easy to use as a pregnancy test.

25.01.2016
Genetics

Michurinsky epigenetics

The graft does not just take root on the rootstock plant, but also actively exchanges epigenetic information with it. The scale of this process has been greatly underestimated before.

25.01.2016
Other life sciences

Oh my intestines!

The Atlas biomedical holding, together with the Knomix company and the experts of the FHM Research Institute, launched the OhmyGut research project (for those who do not know English: the name of the project is a pun that sounds almost like "Oh my God").

22.01.2016
Genetic engineering

A library in a handful of seeds

According to the scientist, the use of a four-letter DNA language in the form of a binary code will allow storing huge amounts of information in plant DNA.

22.01.2016
Nanotechnology

Exoskeleton for paralyzed sperm

The sperm, dressed in an exoskeleton, reaches the egg with "dizzying" speed, and the microdrive even helps it to get inside, making the fertilization process as easy as possible

17.01.2016
Other life sciences

BRAKER1 – a new gene search algorithm

A group of scientists from Germany, America and Russia has proposed an algorithm that automates and makes the search for genes more efficient. In the 2 months since the publication of the article, the computer program has been downloaded by more than 1,500 different centers and laboratories around the world.

14.01.2016
Other life sciences

Our cells have been counted

Researchers from the Weizmann Institute have revised the popular opinion about the ratio of the number of cells of the human body and its symbiont bacteria.

13.01.2016
Genetics

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13.01.2016
Bioethics

Chimeras are real and ethical

So far, there is no question of growing full–fledged "chimeras" - current experiments should show whether the development of a human organ in an animal's body is possible in principle.

11.01.2016
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of retinitis pigmentosa

Bioengineers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center using the CRISPR/Cas9 system cured retinitis pigmentosa in rats – a dangerous hereditary disease that leads to blindness.

11.01.2016
Biomedicine

Will vitamin D help with multiple sclerosis?

Vitamin D and fish oil may be one of the most effective ways to combat multiple sclerosis, say scientists who have observed people taking "horse" doses of this vitamin.

30.12.2015
Cloning

The cloned Boxer

The main difference between the "copies" of Dylan is that the genetic material for their cultivation was collected not immediately after the death of the boxer, but 12 days after the heart attack and death.

24.12.2015
Nanotechnology

Mysterious Anti-cancer Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles from the shells of the virus that infects legumes in mice with melanoma and other forms of cancer stimulated the immune system, which destroyed not only the tumor itself, but also metastases. But the mechanism of this effect is still unknown.

24.12.2015
Biomedicine

Will buffer solution cure Alzheimer's disease?

The compound, which in biochemistry and biology is used as a buffer solution, when taken orally penetrates the blood-brain barrier and grinds amyloid plaques in the brain of mice.

22.12.2015
Biomedicine

Pills for the mind (2)

In the first part, we talked about the so-called racetams, as well as about B vitamins and substances close to them. Today we will consider some more medications that can (or supposedly can) improve what is commonly called cognitive functions.

21.12.2015
Theories of aging

Molecular and cellular biology of aging

The Society of Gerontologists of the USA has published a unique e-book “Molecular and Cellular Biology of Aging” available for download, containing detailed reviews of all levels of the aging process of many organisms, from microbes to humans.

18.12.2015
Biomedicine

Bile acid will cure obesity and fatty degeneration of the liver

One of the bile acids prevents and eliminates the manifestations of fatty liver infiltration in mice. Moreover, this compound can help in the treatment of a number of metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes and obesity.

18.12.2015