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Genetic engineering

Pigs with human immunity

How pigs with a "humanized" immune system help to find a method of treating severe combined immunodeficiency.

29.04.2021
Cellular technologies

Mice with human cones

Transplantation of photoreceptors grown from human cells restored vision to mice predisposed to retinal degeneration.

29.04.2021
Nanotechnology

Patch-electric generator

The new development will help in the future to create new autonomous health sensors, as well as wearable electronic devices without batteries.

28.04.2021
Biomedicine

Without unnecessary biopsies

A new biomarker test in urine analysis determines the presence of prostate cancer and shows the risk of its aggressiveness.

28.04.2021
Genetics

Let's check the biological clock

BioAgeCalculator allows you to determine the biological age of a person based on a biochemical blood test and by means of an "epigenetic clock".

28.04.2021
Biomedicine

Tablets with insulin

The work of Japanese scientists opens up new opportunities for creating an effective oral remedy for millions of diabetics.

28.04.2021
Other life sciences

Against presbyopia

A transparent intracorneal implant will allow patients with age-related hyperopia to see well at close, medium and long distances.

27.04.2021
Other life sciences

Stress and life expectancy

Scientists have found out how the level of adrenal hormones affects the life expectancy of baboons.

27.04.2021
New in Gerontology

Better sleep – better sex

Lack of sleep and its poor quality negatively affect the quality of sexual life of women during menopause.

27.04.2021
Biomedicine

Immunity for rent

About preparations based on human immunoglobulin and the process of creating "COVID-globulin" – a unique development for the treatment of coronavirus.

27.04.2021
New in Gerontology

How muscles age

Scientists have compiled a comprehensive scheme of muscle aging in mice, which can be used to find treatments for sarcopenia in the elderly.

26.04.2021
Other life sciences

Almost one and a half times faster

The prototype exoskeleton is attached to the lower leg and increases the speed of movement by about 40% compared to the usual one.

26.04.2021
Your health

Eat more fish!

High levels of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in tissues and blood can reduce the likelihood of death from all causes by an average of 13%.

26.04.2021
Genetic engineering

Not to darn, but to change the whole

The CRBR method does not correct a separate section of DNA, but inserts a new fully functional copy of the gene instead of the mutated one.

26.04.2021
Biomedicine

The reason is cellular "garbage"?

Scientists hope that the medicine with which they saved mice from Alzheimer's disease will be able to be used by humans.

23.04.2021
Genetics

The poisonous chromosome

The short life of men was associated with the "toxic" effect of the Y chromosome. However, so far biologists have studied this only by the example of fruit flies.

23.04.2021