Life Sciences

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For the first time in Russia: ultrasound cures prostate cancer

With HIFU therapy, an ultrasound sensor is inserted into the rectum, and focused ultrasound waves completely destroy the tumor. The patient can be discharged from the hospital the next day.

27.04.2015

Cellular technologies

Stem cells will help with birth defects and skull injuries

Stem cells that ensure the plasticity of the bones of the skull of newborns and differ in origin from the cells that form the bones of other parts of the body can help with rare congenital pathology and with the restoration of craniofacial injuries.

27.04.2015

Nanotechnology

Photosynthesis without plants

A hybrid artificial photosynthesis system developed by scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley combines semiconductor chemistry with biotechnology.

27.04.2015

Biomedicine

Failed drugs for osteoporosis will help with bronchial asthma

Safe and well-tolerated calcilitics have proven to be useless in the treatment of osteoporosis, but a new study has shown that they effectively eliminate all the symptoms associated with bronchial asthma.

24.04.2015

Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of eggs instead of "three-parent" children?

An alternative technique involves the neutralization of faulty mitochondria in eggs. Whether it will be more effective and safer is still unknown, but fanatical guardians of bioethics will surely protest against such an approach.

24.04.2015

Genetics

Epigenetics will help distinguish the DNA of identical twins

A new relatively cheap and fast technology allows you to distinguish "DNA fingerprints" of identical twins for forensic purposes.

24.04.2015

Genetics

Why did mammoths become extinct?

In the last mammoths that lived on Wrangel Island, anomalies, mutations and deformities increased as a result of closely related interbreeding. The researchers came to these results by fully reading the genomes of two mammoths.

24.04.2015

Other life sciences

Will DNA computers replace hardware?

By 2020, the volume of data created and stored by humanity will reach 40,000 exabytes. Less than 100 g of DNA would be enough to store this information, which makes us sincerely believe in the prospect of the development of DNA computers.

24.04.2015

Cellular technologies

24 million for the development of an "organism-on-a-chip"

The aim of the new project is to develop an "organism-on-a–chip" - a system of miniature analogues of human organs designed to simulate the body's reactions to chemical and biological agents and develop therapies.

24.04.2015

Biomedicine

A new strategy for cancer immunotherapy

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new method of cancer immunotherapy. The essence of the technology is to combine the work of the two main branches of the immune system.

23.04.2015

Genetic engineering

Editing the human genome: the first pancake lump

Chinese geneticists admitted that they tried to modify the genome of human embryos and faced insurmountable difficulties that do not allow using the popular CRISPR/CAS9 genome editor for therapeutic purposes.

23.04.2015

Genetic engineering

Gene therapy: success in the treatment of hereditary disease

Experimental gene therapy has provided a significant improvement in the condition of patients with a rare hereditary disease of the immune system – Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.

23.04.2015

Prolonging youth

Low-calorie diet rejuvenates aging muscles

In young animals, a low-calorie diet causes a decrease in muscle mass, while in middle age it has a beneficial effect on the condition of muscle tissue, improving its metabolism and muscle mass.

23.04.2015

Nanotechnology

The hydrogel will deliver the medicine to the target

For targeted drug delivery, a self-organizing hydrogel containing nanofibers capable of specific capture and release of anti-inflammatory drugs has been created.

23.04.2015

Other life sciences

Lecture on molecular evolution

On May 25, Mikhail Gelfand, a biologist, deputy director of the Institute of Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, will give a speech at the Central House of the Journalist. Lecture topic: "Molecular evolution".

22.04.2015

Cellular technologies

The law will protect the rights of embryos and the female reproductive sphere

At the discussion in the Duma of the draft law "On biomedical cell products", the representative of the Ministry of Health noted that if the use of embryonic material is legalized, the commercialization of the female reproductive sphere may occur.

22.04.2015

Genetics

Genetic indicator of aging

Scientists from MIPT and the Institute of Biology of the KNC RAS in Syktyvkar have developed a combined indicator of genetic processes associated with aging, which they called DDLD (DNA Damage Level Differential, the differential level of DNA damage).

21.04.2015

Other life sciences

I'm changing depression for atherosclerosis

An antidepressant widely prescribed by doctors increased the number of atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries of experimental primates by six times.

21.04.2015

Genetics

Eating disorders: not only psychology, but also genetics

American geneticists have found that bulimia and anorexia are associated with a breakdown in the ESRRA gene, which is associated with the female hormone estrogen and controls the work of those parts of the brain that control appetite and social behavior.

21.04.2015

Nanotechnology

Turbulence vs. Cancer

The method developed by scientists under the guidance of a professor at Moscow State University will help to effectively diagnose oncological and infectious diseases and contribute to the development of synthetic chemistry.

20.04.2015