Life Sciences

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Prolonging youth

Fast for your health

A regular five-day diet, imitating fasting, not only significantly reduces the likelihood of cancer, diabetes and other diseases, but also prolongs life.

19.06.2015
Biomedicine

The next HIV vaccine was tested on animals

Virologists have taken a big step towards creating a "vaccination" against HIV, successfully teaching the body of mice, rabbits and some species of monkeys to produce antibodies capable of neutralizing a large number of different strains of the immunodeficiency virus.

19.06.2015
Other life sciences

The age of parents and the risk of autism in children

The results of the largest study showed that a large age difference between parents increases the risk of developing autism in children, and confirmed the fact that the older the parents, the higher the risk of having a child with autism.

19.06.2015
Other life sciences

On the way to telepathy

Further development of the ‘Brain-to-Text’ technology can be the first step towards creating systems of mental control of computers and other equipment, new technologies of communication between people and much more.

19.06.2015
Biomedicine

Mice were protected from chlamydia

The new vaccine is Chlamydia trachomatis inactivated with ultraviolet light and nanoparticles with an adjuvant, which binds to the causative agent of infection. An experiment on mice showed that such a vaccine works effectively.

19.06.2015
Biomedicine

What technologies will defeat cancer?

There are 2.5 thousand medicinal molecules with a point effect under consideration by regulatory authorities in the world. 10-15 similar drugs are registered annually. We are facing an era of complete drug treatment of cancer.

18.06.2015
Biomedicine

Stimulator of tissue regeneration

Experiments on animal models have demonstrated the ability of the new drug to significantly accelerate the recovery of damage to the colon, liver and bone marrow, and possibly other tissues.

18.06.2015
Other life sciences

The Mystery of Prions

Researchers face a very difficult task, which will not only help to find a cure for serious diseases, but also, perhaps, help to discover the secret of longevity. To do this, you need only one thing – to understand prions.

18.06.2015
Cellular technologies

The mammary gland is another "organ in a test tube"

The authors of the study believe that such organoids will help in studying the functions of normal breast stem cells and clarify the mechanisms of the occurrence of malignant neoplasms in the organ.

18.06.2015
Other life sciences

Brain implant against parkinsonism and tremor

The FDA has approved the clinical use of the Brio Neurostimulation System, an implant for stimulating deep brain tissues that relieves the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and idiopathic tremor.

17.06.2015
Biomedicine

Avocatin B against blood cancer

The compound identified in avocado fruits precisely affects "broken" bone marrow stem cells and can be used without causing damage to surrounding healthy cells.

17.06.2015
Genetics

Lecture on molecular evolution

Transcript of the ProScience Theater production with the participation of biologist, Deputy Director of the Institute of Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Gelfand on the topic "Molecular Evolution".

17.06.2015
Cellular technologies

The first bioengineered lymph node

The three-dimensional synthetic immune organ surpasses existing two-dimensional analogues and produces active B lymphocytes 100 times faster.

16.06.2015
Biomedicine

Another useful property of aspirin

Doctors from Kansas found out that aspirin is an effective means to fight breast cancer cells, which also protects a woman's body from metastases and from the "resurrection" of cancer 5-10 years after chemotherapy.

16.06.2015
Bioethics

Chimpanzees received additional rights

The new legal status almost completely excludes any invasive research on captive chimpanzees, which outlaws the vast majority of biomedical experiments with them.

16.06.2015
Nanotechnology

The optomechanical chip will analyze anything

An ultra–compact, highly sensitive nanomechanical sensor allows analyzing the chemical composition of various substances, as well as detecting biological objects - for example, cancer markers or markers of viral diseases.

11.06.2015
Cellular technologies

Bioengineered trachea according to a new technique

A unique operation for prosthetics of the trachea was performed in St. Petersburg, at the N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology. The original technique of autotransplantation of the trachea was developed by Professor Evgeny Levchenko.

11.06.2015
Other life sciences

The prosthetic arm feels the temperature

If the microcontroller built into the prosthesis believes that the object is too hot, then it unclenches its fingers, preventing it from taking the object, and shocks the carrier of the bionic hand.

11.06.2015
Nanotechnology

Injection of electronics

A grid of flexible wires and electronic components that can be injected directly into the brain with a syringe can be connected to nerve cells without harm to their health.

11.06.2015