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Prolonging youth

Oxidants slow down aging

Low levels of hydrogen peroxide can stimulate an enzyme that helps slow down the aging of yeast cells.

11.11.2020
Genetic engineering

Two birds with one stone

Myotonic dystrophy and Fuchs corneal endothelial dystrophy have a common link in pathogenesis and possibly a common treatment.

10.11.2020
Cellular technologies

Easier, faster and better

A new method of adoptive cell transfer reduces the production time of T cells for the treatment of solid tumors.

10.11.2020
Nanotechnology

BBB is not a barrier

Nanoparticles can be used to deliver drugs across the blood-brain barrier in neurodegenerative diseases.

10.11.2020
Biomedicine

Antitussive spray

Scientists from the Netherlands and the USA tested a nasal spray on ferrets that blocks the fusion of SARS-CoV-2 and host cells.

10.11.2020
Bioethics

Take my heart

Why there is still a shortage of donor organs in Russia and why not everyone will be able to become organ donors after death.

10.11.2020
Genetic engineering

Tobacco vaccine

The first seasonal influenza vaccine produced with the help of GM plants has successfully passed phase III clinical trials on volunteers.

10.11.2020
Biomedicine

COPD is reversible

Blocking of the pathological signaling pathway led to lung regeneration in mouse models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

09.11.2020
Biomedicine

Psychedelic for neurogenesis

The Indian narcotic drink Ayahuasca promotes the appearance of new neurons in the hippocampus and improves memory and spatial learning.

09.11.2020
Other life sciences

Turning thought into movement

The Stentrode implant was able to significantly improve the quality of life of patients suffering from motor neuron disease.

09.11.2020
Genetic engineering

Herpes against herpes

The prototype of the genital herpes vaccine was created on the basis of a genetically modified herpes simplex virus.

09.11.2020
Biomedicine

Just one biomarker

A rapid increase in the level of C-reactive protein after hospitalization predicts the risk of severe COVID-19.

09.11.2020
Biomedicine

Diagnosis of Alzheimer's by blood

The first test for detecting Alzheimer's disease by blood, developed by C2N Diagnostics, is available to US citizens.

06.11.2020
Other life sciences

Following the example of hookworm

Star-shaped micro-devices are attached to the intestinal lining, like parasitic worms, and gradually release the medicine into the body.

06.11.2020
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of the optic nerve

In the future, it will be possible to protect retinal neurons from death in a similar way, as well as restore them.

06.11.2020
Innovative Russia

Digital Medicine in Russia

Interview with Andrey Almazov, Director of Project Work at the Association of AI Developers and Users in Medicine.

06.11.2020
Biomedicine

Hallucinogen against depression

The use of psilocybin in people with depression quickly reduced severe symptoms; half of the volunteers achieved remission in a month.

06.11.2020
Biomedicine

Protection from covid

Taking statins reduces the risk of mortality by 22%, and if therapy continued after hospitalization, the rates reached 25%.

05.11.2020