Life Sciences

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Genetics

Sketch of DNA analysis

So far, it is impossible to reproduce a face from a DNA sequence based on the five genes found. Nevertheless, the researchers emphasize, in the future it will become quite simple.

14.09.2012
Other life sciences

Chemotherapy causes cognitive impairment

Side effects of breast cancer chemotherapy can manifest as mild disorders of cognitive functions, including speech capabilities and the ability to navigate in space.

13.09.2012
Cellular technologies

Stem cells restored hearing in gerbils

Successful testing of stem cells on rodents allows us to hope for success in the treatment of people suffering from sensorineural hearing loss.

13.09.2012
Biomedicine

New molecule will neutralize cancer cells

By changing the state of the cytoskeleton, the newly identified molecule deprives cancer cells of two of the most dangerous abilities at once: to divide and move.

12.09.2012
Genetics

Ancient genome reveals its secrets

The results of the genome analysis of the girl, whose remains were found in 2008 in the Denisov cave in Altai, shed light on the kinship between the "Denisov man" and modern people.

11.09.2012
Biomedicine

The brain is wide open

The experimental treatment method, tested so far on laboratory rats, increases the saturation of the brain with low-molecular therapeutic compounds several times.

10.09.2012
Genetic engineering

Alzheimer's disease: a new target

Removal of the gene of one of the enzymes in mice with the Alzheimer's disease model led to a record improvement in all typical symptoms and objective indicators of the disease.

10.09.2012
Genetics

New genes of predisposition to glaucoma

Three genetic variants associated with primary angle–closure glaucoma, a disease that is the leading cause of blindness in the population of Asian countries, were found.

07.09.2012
Other life sciences

Walking with an exoskeleton

The Kessler Foundation charity has released preliminary results of a clinical trial of the Ekso wearable robotic exoskeleton for patients with spinal cord injury.

07.09.2012
Genetics

Fanconi cancer and anemia

Data on the genetic mechanisms of DNA repair disorders in a rare hereditary disease – Fanconi anemia – can provide important information about various types of cancer.

07.09.2012
Genetics

DNA is not "junk"

Billions of genome nucleotides considered "junk" play an important role in human biology: for example, they help determine when a gene is turned on or off.

06.09.2012
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: a black streak

Despite the failure of two trials, three studies of antiamyloid drugs will begin next year on patients with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease or high levels of beta-amyloid.

06.09.2012
Biomedicine

Target for oncologists: cancer stem cells

The assumption of the presence of cancer stem cells that give rise to tumors and trigger the disease, after the publication of articles in the journals Nature and Science, received official confirmation.

06.09.2012
Other life sciences

Brain Diabetes: An Absolute Food Nightmare

This is the title of an editorial in the latest issue of New Scientist magazine devoted to the link between diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease.

05.09.2012
Cellular technologies

Hierarchy of skin stem cells

Two populations of skin stem cells are differently involved in repairing damage and regulating the balance between the death of old epidermal cells and the growth of new ones.

04.09.2012