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Genetic engineering

Mice will be caught

Genetically modified mice for testing the COVID-19 vaccine are sold from one to three thousand dollars apiece.

16.03.2020
Biomedicine

Close the second door

CD147 is a target not only for coronaviruses, but also for malaria. Antibody-blocker CD147 has long existed in the form of several drugs.

16.03.2020
Other life sciences

Interval fasting and liver

Scientists from the University of Sydney have found out what happens in the body and, in particular, in the liver during intermittent fasting.

16.03.2020
Genetic engineering

Successes and challenges

Gene therapy of heart failure, the main cause of death in Barth syndrome, has shown high efficiency, but so far – only in mice.

13.03.2020
Genetics

Not just garbage

Probably, some areas of non-coding DNA are involved in the regulation of genes, while others are genetic garbage.

13.03.2020
Other life sciences

Short- and long-livers

Mankind's envious interest in long-lived species is completely understandable: suddenly it will be possible to learn something that will allow us to live longer.

13.03.2020
Biomedicine

Check the donor stool!

Six patients became ill after intestinal bacteria transplantation. Two of them were cured at home, two more – in the hospital. Two died.

13.03.2020
Nanotechnology

Fast and cheap

Scientists have proposed a simple and effective method for obtaining water-soluble fullerene compounds for use in medicine.

13.03.2020
Biomedicine

The lollipop vaccine

A storage-stable film can revolutionize the process of distributing medicines worldwide.

12.03.2020
Genetics

And the latter will be the first

Scientists believe that the influence of parents, peers, teachers, as well as simple luck are no less important for academic success than DNA.

12.03.2020
Various

We waited

WHO has officially recognized the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic and warned of an imminent increase in the number of dead and infected around the globe.

12.03.2020
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy against clostridium

CRISPR/Cas3 can cope with the destruction of clostridium, a pathogen that causes the development of pseudomembranous colitis.

12.03.2020
Biomedicine

Against all strains

The vaccine containing 4 sections of proteins characteristic of almost all strains of the influenza virus has passed the 2nd phase of clinical trials.

12.03.2020
Nanotechnology

Packaging for container

Peptoid coatings effectively protect DNA origami containers and the molecules loaded into them under various physiological conditions.

12.03.2020
Other life sciences

Help defeat the coronavirus!

To do this, it is enough to install a program to identify targets for drugs at the expense of unused resources of your computer.

11.03.2020
Biomedicine

Anti-cancer duo

A new combination of drugs helps the immune system to find and destroy cancer cells, and also forms a long-term immunity.

11.03.2020