Life Sciences

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Cellular technologies

Mini Kidneys v.2.0

Organoids with a tubular system similar to the renal one will allow studying kidney diseases and testing new methods of their treatment and recovery.

18.06.2021
Biomedicine

Up to one hundred percent

The Novavax vaccine protects against the symptomatic course of COVID-19 with an efficiency of 90.4%, and from the disease in moderate and severe form – by 100%.

18.06.2021
New in Gerontology

Anti-aging protein

The rate of brain aging largely depends on the effectiveness of the ADORA2B protein. Therefore, scientists have called it an "anti-aging protein".

18.06.2021
Biomedicine

Resurrection of Novobiocin

An outdated antibiotic has destroyed the "invulnerable" forms of breast cancer in mice. Scientists hope to continue experiments and test its effect on humans.

18.06.2021
Biomedicine

Plaque Eaters

The new treatment stops the progression of Alzheimer's disease and improves cognitive functions in monkeys.

17.06.2021
Other life sciences

Incorrect methods

The conclusions of many articles about the benefits of psychedelics need to be revised, since the results of almost all such studies are biased.

17.06.2021
Biomedicine

Fat is a cancer protector

A study on mice showed that one of the omega-3 fatty acids, accumulating in the tumor microenvironment, kills cancer cells.

16.06.2021
Nanotechnology

Prison for viruses

American and German chemists suggested using shells made of DNA molecules to bind viruses instead of protein capsules.

16.06.2021
Genetics

Overthrowing the basics

RNA segments can be written back into DNA. This discovery can affect many areas of biology.

16.06.2021
Theories of aging

You can't fool them

A new study explains why life expectancy increases – not by slowing down aging.

16.06.2021
Other life sciences

Changing atherosclerosis to dementia

Scientists from the University of California at Los Angeles have shown that taking lipophilic statins increased the risk of dementia by more than half.

16.06.2021
Other life sciences

Against your own and others '

Intracellular lipid oxidation damages both cancer and immune cells. Protecting T cells will help strengthen cancer immunotherapy.

15.06.2021
Other life sciences

Side effect of vaccination

Activation of the immune system did not suppress, but, on the contrary, increased the reproductive ability of males.

15.06.2021
Genetic engineering

Vanillin made of plastic

Genetically modified E. coli synthesizes vanillin from plastic bottles.

15.06.2021
Other life sciences

COVID-19 against cancer

Medical histories of patients whose neoplasms disappeared against the background of coronavirus infection have appeared in scientific journals.

15.06.2021
Biomedicine

Spray against COVID-19

The spray gun with hybrid antibodies significantly reduced the number of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles in the lungs of infected mice.

11.06.2021
Biomedicine

Anti-stroke protein

Tested on mice and macaques, Tat-CIRP is a good candidate for the role of neuroprotector in hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes.

11.06.2021
Other life sciences

Current instead of "chemistry"

Percutaneous electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve relieves fatigue in people who have been without sleep for a long time.

11.06.2021