Life Sciences

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Other life sciences

Color tags for biologists

Green, red, yellow, blue fluorescent proteins are a fantastic beauty and clarity tool for exploring a variety of biological processes.

16.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Anti-aging therapy and eye drops

One of the most promising projects in the field of anti-aging therapy is being successfully implemented by Russian scientists.

16.05.2013
Biomedicine

Will modified curcumin help with Alzheimer's disease?

A short course of treatment with the compound J147, developed by scientists at the Salk Institute based on the curcumin molecule, restores memory and slows down the progression of Alzheimer's disease in old mice.

15.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Young blood for an old heart

The blood of the young mouse entered the circulatory system of the old mouse for 4 weeks, after which the hypertrophied heart of the "old lady" decreased in size and outwardly began to resemble the heart of a young rodent.

15.05.2013
Other life sciences

Principles of drug development

One of the key principles of evidence-based medicine is the "double-blind method". The patient can receive either a drug or a placebo, and the attending physician also does not know which group each of the study participants will be included in.

14.05.2013
Other life sciences

Virtual Pharmacology

The computer method of molecular modeling allows you to simultaneously study tens of millions of molecules for binding them to a specific target.

14.05.2013
Nanotechnology

Diabetes: is one injection enough for a week?

A network of nanoparticles creates an effective feedback system that, by releasing insulin in response to changes in glucose levels, mimics the function of the pancreas of a healthy person.

13.05.2013
Biomedicine

Candidate for anti-myotonic dystrophy drugs

A low-molecular compound developed by researchers from the University of Illinois can penetrate into cell nuclei and destroy protein-RNA clusters that cause myotonic dystrophy.

13.05.2013
Cellular technologies

Beta cells in a package

In the experiments carried out, blood vessels effectively germinated into biomaterial and successfully "connected" to insulin-producing cells.

13.05.2013
Genetics

The two-faced "aging gene"

Disabling the p66Shc gene, as well as other "aging genes", although it leads to an increase in life expectancy, but is accompanied by negative effects.

13.05.2013
Cellular technologies

Full-fledged bones from stem cells

A group of scientists from the Research Institute of the New York Stem Cell Foundation reported on obtaining bone substitutes from skin cells suitable for eliminating large bone defects.

08.05.2013
Biomedicine

Antiheroin vaccine successfully tested on rats

If the vaccine performs as well in clinical trials as in rat trials, it may become a standard treatment for heroin addiction, the authors of the experiment believe.

07.05.2013
Cellular technologies

Liver-on-a-chip in Korean

Researchers from South Korea have developed a three-dimensional model of the liver that can reproduce the features of the cellular signaling system in this organ.

06.05.2013
Cellular technologies

Ear-radio receiver

Potentially, devices like an auricle with a receiving antenna can be used not only to "expand the auditory range into the radio frequency range", but also, for example, for remote monitoring of the state of prostheses.

06.05.2013
Theories of aging

The source of aging

While the search for the "source of youth" continues, the "source of aging" – an area of the brain called the hypothalamus – may have already been found.

06.05.2013