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Genetics

RNA on membranes

RNA molecules were found on the surface of human cells for the first time. Scientists believe that they play an important role in intercellular interactions.

10.09.2020
Various

A toy for an old lady

Testing of Pepper robots in a British nursing home has shown that communicating with them improves mood and mental health.

10.09.2020
New in Gerontology

Zones of youth in the DNA

Convincing evidence has been found that the mechanism of aging lies at the intersection of the genome and epigenome.

09.09.2020
Genetic engineering

Optogenetics instead of chemicals

The new technology can be of great importance not only for the field of biotechnology, but also for other fundamental research.

09.09.2020
Controversial

The fuss around Sputnik

An international group of researchers has published a letter expressing concern about the results of the Sputnik-V vaccine trials.

09.09.2020
Various

A pandemic six months later

Interview with Irina Yakutenko, biologist, scientific journalist, author of the forthcoming book "The Virus that broke the Planet".

09.09.2020
Prolonging youth

Hunger or cold?

Lowering body temperature can increase life expectancy regardless of calorie restriction.

09.09.2020
Your health

Dangerous cholinolytics

Widely used cholinolytic agents increase the likelihood of Alzheimer's disease in elderly people with risk factors.

08.09.2020
Genetic engineering

They take such people as astronauts

The loss of bone and muscle mass in mice who lived on the ISS for a month was prevented by the myostatin protein inhibitor.

08.09.2020
Nanotechnology

Origami from twisted DNA

Chinese and American scientists have created a number of self-assembling DNA structures ranging in size from a micron to a millimeter.

08.09.2020
New in Gerontology

Deafness and dementia

A practical conclusion from the proposed hypotheses: timely hearing correction can prevent cognitive impairment.

08.09.2020
Nanotechnology

Anti-wrinkle patch

The developers of patches with soluble hyaluronic microneedles with active substances for the treatment of the eye area have proven their safety.

08.09.2020
Biomedicine

Exactly into a new heart

The hydrogel "courier" delivers a drug against graft rejection directly to the transplanted heart.

07.09.2020
Genetics

Deaf diggers

There is no sound amplification in the ears of naked diggers due to mutations in proteins that bind the hairs of the auditory receptors.

07.09.2020
Nanotechnology

Sponge for wounds

Chemists from RCTU synthesized hemostatic material based on chitosan and alginate biopolymers, as well as silver nanoparticles.

07.09.2020
Cloning

Unfrozen foal

On August 6, a clone of Przewalski's horse was born at the San Diego Zoo in California, "resurrected" from cells stored in liquid nitrogen for 40 years.

07.09.2020
Genetic engineering

Um-children will inevitably appear

We are not talking about designer babies with specified characteristics yet – there is no sufficiently reliable scientific base for this.

07.09.2020