Life Sciences

Other life sciences

Miraculous healings

Intestinal microbiota transplantation was associated with an unusually rapid disappearance of COVID-19 symptoms in two patients.

08.07.2021

Cellular technologies

Cage frames

The process of active tissue regeneration starts around them, and when the support is no longer needed, the remnants of the "structure" are removed from the body.

08.07.2021

Genetic engineering

Under the control of MRI

The volume of blood in the brain can serve as a way to track progress in gene therapy at an early stage of Huntington's disease.

08.07.2021

Genetic engineering

Covid vs Covid

Synthetic counterfeiting of the coronavirus quickly and effectively reduces the burden of the pathogenic version of the virus.

08.07.2021

Genetics

PCR test

What is it, what diseases it detects, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the analysis and what do its results mean.

08.07.2021

Genetics

A new risk factor

A variant of the GIGYF1 gene, which occurs in one person out of 3,000, increases the individual risk of developing type 2 diabetes by six times.

08.07.2021

Other life sciences

I don't have enough air…

Lack of oxygen disrupts the synthesis of proteins that normally kill the tumor.

07.07.2021

Other life sciences

Wound plug

The device consists of a mechanism for inserting a silicone plug into a knife wound and a drive with which it is inflated with air.

07.07.2021

Biomedicine

A useful supplement

The effect of treating obese people with fecal microbiota in capsules depends on the type of dietary fiber consumed.

07.07.2021

Cellular technologies

Muscles with cellulose

The structure of the extracellular matrix of grass helped dividing cells to create three-dimensional muscle tissue with a fibrous structure.

07.07.2021

Cellular technologies

Swiss-made leather

The denovoCast installation is able to make artificial skin based on the tissue of the burn patients themselves massively available.

07.07.2021

Genetics

The Da Vinci Code

Italian researchers have found the ancestors and descendants of the great Italian artist and scientist in the male line up to the 21st generation.

07.07.2021

Nanotechnology

Auditory contact lenses

The speaker of the new hearing aid is installed on the eardrum and allows you to distinguish sounds in a wide frequency range.

06.07.2021

Bioethics

Resuscitation problems

In America, a person has the right to refuse resuscitation if he does not want doctors to fight for his life. How is this issue solved in Russia?

06.07.2021

Other life sciences

Self-eating for survival

Cancer cells absorb damaged areas of the membrane. This helps them survive, and also provides energy and material for new cells.

06.07.2021

Biomedicine

Anti-stress psilocybin

Psilocybin quickly stimulated the growth of nerve connections lost under stress in mice.

06.07.2021

Bioethics

Problems of embryo selection

Some companies have already started offering couples performing IVF the choice of the best embryos using polygenic evaluation.

05.07.2021

Cloning

Hypoallergenic chick

The first cloned calf in Russia without beta-lactoglobulin protein genes, which causes an allergy to milk, is almost a year and a half old.

05.07.2021

Nanotechnology

Cortisol without intermediaries

The nanosensor detects cortisol levels without the need to use any molecules or particles as tags.

05.07.2021

Genetics

Obesity: a new target

If you find drugs that turn off the GPR75 protein receptor, scientists can offer new treatment options for obesity.

05.07.2021