Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

A long conversation about vaccines

Not all vaccines are good, and not all antibodies are the same. Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Pyotr Chumakov helps to understand this.

04.03.2021
New in Gerontology

Transcriptomic Aging Clock

For the first time, German biologists managed to create a method for accurately determining biological age by gene expression.

04.03.2021
Biomedicine

Prevent plaque formation

A drug has been developed that can inhibit one of the key elements of Alzheimer's disease.

04.03.2021
Other life sciences

Stress and the heart

In experimental rats, post-traumatic disorder leads to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases.

03.03.2021
Biomedicine

Incite lymphocytes on the tumor

In the presence of bispecific antibodies, T-lymphocytes exhibit cytotoxicity and destroy cancer cells.

03.03.2021
Other life sciences

What does glaucoma sound like?

Scientists from the University of Birmingham have conducted successful experiments on the use of sound waves in the early diagnosis of glaucoma.

03.03.2021
Genetics

Do I need chemotherapy?

It can be dispensed with if there are no stem cell induction genes in the tumor DNA.

03.03.2021
Other life sciences

"Transformer"

The program developed at MSU has enough amino acid sequence of a protein to generate molecules binding to it.

02.03.2021
Other life sciences

History of HIV

Humanity has been familiar with HIV for a long time, but the disease it causes is still incurable, and there is no vaccine in sight.

02.03.2021
Other life sciences

Shall we talk?

When did speech appear as a form of human communication and was it peculiar to other species other than Homo sapiens, for example, Neanderthals?

02.03.2021
Other life sciences

Without immunosuppressants

Long-term treatment with steroids after kidney transplantation may not be required in patients with low or medium risk of rejection.

01.03.2021
Genetic engineering

The new success of gene therapy

Several patients with Fabry's disease have been doing without regular visits to medical institutions for several years.

01.03.2021
Biomedicine

Ecstasy instead of booze

MDMA in alcoholism has shown the safety and good tolerability of such therapy, as well as a pronounced long-term effect.

01.03.2021
Cellular technologies

Muscles in the frame

Myocyte precursors attached to a framework of porous polycaprolactone fibers developed well and formed muscle tissue.

01.03.2021
New in Gerontology

A dead end on the road to immortality?

Telomeres are often talked about as a kind of secret of longevity, which can add one or two decades to our life. Is it so?

01.03.2021
Other life sciences

Heavy particles on tumors

This method works best in the treatment of neoplasms that have not had time to spread through the body in individual organs.

01.03.2021
Other life sciences

Micro-rockets against arthritis

Magnesium-based "micromotors" generate hydrogen, which neutralizes reactive oxygen species and reduces the severity of rheumatoid arthritis.

26.02.2021
Other life sciences

Sports, immunity and stem cells

Bone stem cells under the influence of stress stimulate the growth of immune cells in the bone marrow.

26.02.2021
Biomedicine

Encephaloduroarteriosinangiosis

An operation with such an unpronounceable name reduces the risk of repeated strokes by 4 times, especially in patients with severe atherosclerosis.

26.02.2021