Life Sciences

Found results: 11545

Genetic engineering

Cancer in vitro

Researchers from the USA have grown an organoid of a gastrointestinal compound derived from human tissues and turned it into a cancer model.

02.12.2022
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's Screening

Formic acid in urine is a sensitive biomarker of the early stage of Alzheimer's disease.

01.12.2022
Genetic engineering

Edited Cows

The purpose of genome editing was to obtain cattle embryos with altered genes.

01.12.2022
Biomedicine

Biomarker of myocarditis

In the presence of inflammation of the heart, T cells circulating in the bloodstream can express tyrosine protein kinase.

01.12.2022
Other life sciences

Shoot glioblastoma

Scientists have developed a safe and effective method of destroying brain tumor cells using high-voltage electrical impulses.

01.12.2022
Other life sciences

An insurmountable barrier

The hydrogel barrier in the vas deferens blocks the path of sperm and prevents fertilization.

30.11.2022
Biomedicine

Side effect?

The deaths of two patients may be linked to an experimental drug against Alzheimer's disease.

30.11.2022
Cellular technologies

Vaginosis in vitro

Scientists from the USA have developed a preclinical model for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis — a vagina on a chip.

30.11.2022
Biomedicine

Instead of antibiotics

An experimental vaccine against urinary tract infections in the form of tablets can replace taking antibiotics.

30.11.2022
Genetics

You can live without the Y chromosome

Males and females of the Ryuk mouse have 25 chromosomes in the genome, and the development of testes in them is not started in the same way as in most mammals.

29.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Traffic light for nematodes

Biologists have introduced genes encoding light-sensitive proteins into the worms' DNA. This made it possible to control them with the help of light.

29.11.2022
Nanotechnology

Electroplating

In preclinical trials, it accelerated healing by 25 percent and improved skin remodeling by 50 percent.

29.11.2022
Other life sciences

Blood glucose meter under the skin

The new technology will help millions of patients forget about daily invasive tests with a blood glucose meter.

29.11.2022
Biomedicine

Bad "good" cholesterol

Low HDL levels are not always associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, and high levels do not always reduce this risk.

28.11.2022
Genetic engineering

CRISPR with high load capacity

The new method allows the introduction of giant DNA fragments several thousand nucleotides long into genomes.

28.11.2022
Prolonging youth

The fragrance of a woman

Female mice that sniffed the scent of adult females lived on average eight percent longer than females from the control group.

28.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Tobacco instead of coca

Biologists have "taught" tobacco plants to produce small amounts of cocaine.

28.11.2022
Biomedicine

Triple blow

The experimental drug activates lymphocytes, lets them inside the tumor and restricts the nutrition of prostate cancer cells.

25.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Proteins to order

With the help of artificial intelligence, Swedish scientists have developed synthetic DNA that controls the production of protein by cells.

25.11.2022