Life Sciences

Found results: 11545

Genetics

Why do we have big heads?

Differences in the expression of the ZEB2 gene allow human brain cells to develop longer than in our relatives – chimpanzees and gorillas.

25.03.2021
New in Gerontology

Zero point: the search continues

Biologists from Harvard measured the epigenetic age in human and mouse embryos and found that it changes non-linearly during development.

25.03.2021
Other life sciences

The Troika of Trojans

Skoltech researchers have studied new antimicrobial compounds acting on the "Trojan horse" principle.

25.03.2021
Cellular technologies

A chance to regain what was lost

The new technology of cell reprogramming contributed to the restoration of mouse brain tissue after an ischemic stroke.

24.03.2021
Nanotechnology

Each neuron has a nanoparticle

Magnetoelectric nanoparticles freely penetrate into the brain, read the signals of individual neurons and work without neural interfaces.

24.03.2021
Genetics

There is a bull, swinging…

Alcohol disrupts the coordination of movements due to the fact that it is oxidized to acetate not only in the liver, but also in the cerebellum.

24.03.2021
Other life sciences

How stress affects the body

Psychologist Anna Usenko – about the types of stress, reactions of the immune system and the general adaptation syndrome.

24.03.2021
Biomedicine

Sneeze on your health

Rhinovirus triggers an immune response that blocks the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in the human respiratory epithelium.

24.03.2021
Other life sciences

Insulin without injections

The tubeless automated insulin delivery system improves blood glucose levels and simplifies the treatment of type 1 diabetes.

23.03.2021
Genetic engineering

Zinc fingers against dementia

Gene therapy using "zinc fingers" reduced the level of pathological proteins in mice with Alzheimer's disease model.

23.03.2021
Other life sciences

Obesity, diabetes and sarcopenia

With obesity and diabetes, muscle atrophy develops, which can be reversed if the metabolism of proteins in the liver is restored.

23.03.2021
Cellular technologies

Neurons plus electronics

Bioelectronic systems combined with a miniature model of the brain allowed scientists to study the organization and functions of neural networks.

23.03.2021
Biomedicine

Stop cannibalism

Blocking the ability of pancreatic cancer cells to digest their own proteins leads to rapid and almost complete regression of the tumor.

22.03.2021
Nanotechnology

Hybrid microbots

NUST MISIS scientists have synthesized "biomicrobots" capable of finding and labeling various macromolecules in living tissues of the body.

22.03.2021
Biomedicine

Mice cured of gonorrhea

The new antibiotic requires only a single dose, which would help reduce the risk of developing bacterial resistance to the new drug.

22.03.2021
Cellular technologies

Ethical Blastocyst

An artificial pseudo-embryo, ready to attach to the uterus, can become a successful model for studying the pathologies of embryonic development.

22.03.2021
Cellular technologies

Flat brain

Brain organoids, consisting of 3D-printed skeletons seeded with stem cells, independently form convolutions.

19.03.2021
Prolonging youth

Cocktail for muscle renewal

The composition of a mixture of chemicals that stimulates the formation of skeletal muscles instead of those damaged by injury or disease has been determined.

19.03.2021
Cellular technologies

On the way to artificial lungs

With the help of new biochernils, Swedish scientists printed small airways and successfully transplanted them to mice.

19.03.2021