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Cellular technologies

Unfrozen

A woman who became infertile due to chemotherapy gave birth to a child from an immature egg, which was frozen in nitrogen for several years.

20.02.2020
Genetic engineering

Keep it forever

The DNA of a microbe that lives in rock salt deposits was proposed for the role of an ideal "time capsule".

19.02.2020
Genetics

To the brain through the intestines

The introduction of the glucocerebrosidase gene into the cells of the intestinal wall can be a good way to treat Parkinson's disease in the early stages.

19.02.2020
Your health

Only by appointment of a doctor

Doctors have published updated recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases with aspirin.

19.02.2020
Bioethics

Against prohibitions

The ban on patenting genomic editing technologies makes it difficult to conduct research in this area, Denis Rebrikov believes.

19.02.2020
Controversial

It's not about wrinkles

Surprisingly, the longer we study old age, the worse we can determine what it is.

19.02.2020
Healthy skepticism

The Seventh Commandment and cancer

The article that the number of sexual partners is associated with the risk of developing cancer raises many questions about the methods and conclusions used.

18.02.2020
Nanotechnology

Crotoxin in nanodoses

Encapsulated in silicon dioxide nanoparticles, the venom of the Brazilian rattlesnake has been learned to be used to treat chronic pain.

18.02.2020
Genetics

Genes from "garbage"

Genes resulting from mutations of "junk" DNA can be very useful and give their carriers important evolutionary advantages.

18.02.2020
Other life sciences

Which organ appeared first?

Biologist Dmitry Alekseev – about the evolution of human organs, the technology of studying DNA and intestinal bacteria.

18.02.2020
Other life sciences

"This is not even a pre-pandemic situation"

Interview with a member of the international group for the development of a vaccine against the Chinese virus – is it so scary and could it have been launched on purpose.

18.02.2020
Other life sciences

Did you call the cleaners?

In an emergency, the brain lets in external immune cells, which gather in the damaged area and begin cleaning.

18.02.2020
Cellular technologies

A time machine for cancer

A method has been developed to observe the beginning of the growth of pancreatic cancer cells and assess their tendency to germinate into other tissues.

17.02.2020
Nanotechnology

Better than animal models

Synthetic scaffolds for growing cells can replace animals when testing drugs for the treatment of cancer.

17.02.2020
Biomedicine

Wait twenty years

In the coming decades, cervical cancer may disappear completely in developed countries. The United States is likely to be the first among them.

17.02.2020
Genetic engineering

Fully synthetic

Bioengineers have learned how to write bacterial genome codes on a computer and synthesize long DNA molecules using them.

17.02.2020