Life Sciences

Found results: 11545

Genetics

Compulsion to commit suicide

Mitochondrial protein can become a target of drugs that induce apoptosis of cancer cells.

30.09.2013
Nanotechnology

Nanoparticles increase the effectiveness of vaccines

Encapsulation inside hardened lipid nanoparticles increases the effectiveness of vaccines designed to form immunity against diseases that enter the body through the mucous membranes.

30.09.2013
Genetic engineering

The magic word for bacteria

A rare genetic word-a triplet at the beginning of mRNA delays the movement of ribosomes, so that later they accelerate more slowly and do not collide with each other during protein production, which significantly accelerates the synthesis of the necessary molecules.

30.09.2013
Other life sciences

Be careful on the track!

The Australian company Emotiv has developed a traffic safety system that, with the help of a neural headset and head position sensors, automatically slows down the car when signs of driver inattention are detected.

27.09.2013
Other life sciences

Bionic cross-country leg

It is possible to achieve greater accuracy in the control of the prosthesis if you reconnect the nerves from the missing muscles to those that remain.

27.09.2013
Other life sciences

Siberia and America – together against cancer

International and interdisciplinary cooperation involving information technologies gives hope that humanity will receive not only reliable means of treatment and diagnosis, but also unravel the nature of cancer.

26.09.2013
Other life sciences

Lose weight with an antioxidant

The antioxidant tempol prevents the development of obesity in mice by changing the composition of bacteria in their intestines.

25.09.2013
Other life sciences

Brain Cancer Switch

Scientists from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have identified a "switch" molecule, acting on which it is possible to slow down and eventually suppress the growth of the most commonly diagnosed malignant brain tumor.

25.09.2013
Cellular technologies

Relax before the transfer

The protocol implying 3-day cultivation of donated insulin-producing pancreatic cells before their transplantation significantly improves the results of therapy.

24.09.2013
Biomedicine

Flu protection: lymphocytes instead of antibodies?

During the 2009 pandemic, people with a large number of CD8 T-lymphocytes were not infected with influenza or easily tolerated the disease. It remains to find an effective and safe method of stimulating their production in the body.

24.09.2013
Prolonging youth

Who can afford the fight against aging?

Commercial medicine is already selling youth with might and main – anti-aging clinics, or active longevity, are opening not only in capitals, but also in large cities across the country.

24.09.2013
Biomedicine

Will gonorrhea come to an end?

A new method of treating gonorrhea not only successfully eliminates the disease, but also prevents re-infection, turning the causative agent of the disease into a vaccine.

23.09.2013