Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

Mice cured of AIDS

In addition to HIV therapy, it is planned to use it against cytomegalovirus and other chronic viral infections.

25.10.2021
Genetics

Mikhail Gelfand on paleogenetics

Why are scientists researching ancient genomes? Is it just an interest in the past, or can these genomes tell something about us today?

21.10.2021
Nanotechnology

Numb and destroy

Cancer cells mobilize the nervous system for their own purposes, and the administration of anesthetics suppresses tumor growth.

21.10.2021
Other life sciences

Thoughts out loud

The neurointerface recognizes 9 words from the EEG to control the prosthesis and uses the results on other people without individual adjustment.

21.10.2021
Genetic engineering

Three days with pork kidney

The recipient was a woman who was diagnosed with brain death and was going to be disconnected from life support devices.

21.10.2021
Biomedicine

Chemo- + immunotherapy

Cancer cells removed, damaged, and reintroduced into the tumor serve as triggers for the activation of the immune system.

20.10.2021
Other life sciences

Mobility and regeneration

The ability of stem cells to repair skin after injury is related to their ability to move in the direction of injury.

19.10.2021
Genetics

Sports genes

From 10 to 72 percent of the differences in the response to exercise in different people are determined by genetic characteristics.

19.10.2021
Biomedicine

Not only against viruses

The antiviral drug alisporivir can normalize the state of mitochondria in Duchenne myodystrophy.

19.10.2021
Other life sciences

The placebo effect

Can faith in the drug cure a person, how the patient is affected by the situation in the doctor's office and why you should not scare him with side effects.

19.10.2021
Biomedicine

Diuretic against Alzheimer's

The diuretic bumetanide eliminates the signs of Alzheimer's disease in mice and can prevent it in humans.

18.10.2021
Theories of aging

Mechanisms of aging and longevity (2)

The second part of the interview with the world-famous researcher of aging processes, Professor of Harvard School of Medicine Vadim Gladyshev.

18.10.2021
Other life sciences

Alternative method

Researchers from Spain and Portugal have discovered a mechanism for restoring muscle tissue that does not involve stem cells.

18.10.2021
Prolonging youth

Senolytics of the new generation

The new antibodies associated with the cytotoxic drug target only the aging cells without affecting the rest.

15.10.2021
Theories of aging

Mechanisms of aging and longevity (1)

Interview with the world-famous researcher of aging processes, Professor of Harvard School of Medicine Vadim Gladyshev.

15.10.2021
Biomedicine

Without spoiling the microflora

For each of the studied 144 antibacterial drugs, a substance can be found that protects beneficial intestinal bacteria from death.

15.10.2021
Biomedicine

Instead of vaccines – antibodies

The new antibodies completely protected the hamsters for 4-6 months, even against the background of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in high concentrations.

14.10.2021
Other life sciences

All about cheaters

An overview of the techniques by which viruses force an infected cell to synthesize its proteins instead of those that it needs itself.

14.10.2021