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Other life sciences

A blood clot after a stroke will be removed by a robot

Researchers from Vanderbilt University have developed a robotic surgical system that allows for the effective and minimally traumatic removal of blood clots from the brain formed as a result of a stroke.

13.08.2013
Other life sciences

Cage Hunting: "beaters" and "numbers"

Chimeric molecules made of DNA and antibodies can recognize cells more accurately if, instead of one such molecular robot, several are sent to hunt for a cell at once.

12.08.2013
Genetics

When will the child's health stop depending on the genetic roulette?

Mark Kurtzer, a well-known obstetrician-gynecologist, professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mother and Child Group of companies, tells about whether it is possible to give birth to a healthy child despite bad heredity.

12.08.2013
New in Gerontology

Now the water is wetter...

Living people whose age is approaching 100 years, on average, have preserved their mental alertness and physical shape better than their peers who lived a decade ago.

12.07.2013
Biomedicine

In Vitro fertilization: fly – it's cheaper!

Belgian reproductologists reported on successful clinical trials of a simplified IVF procedure, with the same effectiveness reducing its cost by an order of magnitude, up to 200 euros.

12.07.2013
Other life sciences

Running from dementia

After training on the "squirrel wheel" in mice with a model of a severe hereditary disease leading, among other things, to dementia, mutant neurons fully recovered and began to create functional networks.

12.07.2013
Cellular technologies

Stem cell bones are getting closer to the clinic

For the first time, American researchers have gone all the way to transform specialized human cells (skin fibroblasts and bone marrow cells) into bone tissue cells.

12.07.2013
Nanotechnology

Will DNA nanoparticles help you quit smoking?

Scientists from the University of Arizona have created a nicotine-containing artificial "virus" that can be used as a vaccine that adjusts the immune system to fight nicotine.

11.07.2013
Nanotechnology

Nanodetectors for artificial skin are becoming more sensitive

Sensors based on gold nanoparticles still lose to human skin, but they register a mechanical load of several hundredths of a gram, a temperature change within one degree and fluctuations in relative humidity up to one percent.

10.07.2013
Genetic engineering

Immunity from the test tube

With the help of genetic engineering, it will be possible to design antibodies that do not exist in nature with unique, predetermined properties aimed at treating certain diseases.

10.07.2013
New in Gerontology

The rate of aging is determined in the womb

In the future, a blood test for biomarkers of aging will determine the level of age-related changes relative to the biological age of a person, assess the risk of developing senile diseases and develop new approaches to their prevention.

10.07.2013
Other life sciences

The system needs to be changed!

New research, especially in genomics, provides a huge amount of information that modern databases cannot process. Therefore, it is necessary to think about creating a fundamentally new global information system.

10.07.2013
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: another promising approach

Increasing the expression of the Scara1 protein is a promising approach to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. This could potentially lead to the development of methods to use the immune system to delay the progression of the disease.

09.07.2013
Biomedicine

Cancer diagnosis: glucose + MRI

Glucose will tell us about the activity of different areas of a cancerous tumor: the more intensively cells divide, the more sugar they absorb, and the difference in glucose concentrations in tissues can be detected using a conventional MRI scanner.

09.07.2013
Genetic engineering

Big sport: from genetic selection to gene doping

A new era is beginning in Russian sports: genetic technologies are being introduced to train athletes. An example to follow is China, where champions were "raised" for the 2008 Olympics…

08.07.2013
Genetics

In Vitro fertilization: choose healthy embryos

The technology of preimplantation genetic screening, which allows, among other things, relatively quickly and inexpensively to detect chromosomal abnormalities in embryos obtained as a result of IVF, has successfully passed the first test.

08.07.2013