Genetics
Genes of the future
A boom in DNA testing of children has begun in China, although from a scientific point of view such tests are no better than fortune-telling on coffee grounds.
25.11.2019- English version
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Other life sciences
Is it worth spending money?
Artificial intelligence will help determine which lung cancer patients will benefit from expensive immunotherapy.
25.11.2019
Genetic engineering
Nothing new
What was discussed at the meeting of the international commission on genetic editing of future children.
22.11.2019
Genetic engineering
One more step
The company, which last year released the first drug based on RNA interference, received approval for the second.
22.11.2019
Genetic engineering
Almost 20 years
Bangladesh may become the first country to allow the cultivation of "golden rice", the first article about which was published in 2000.
22.11.2019
Your health
Lose weight without pills
Weight loss pills increase the risk of diseases of the digestive system by almost 2 times, and taking laxatives for the same purpose – by 4.
22.11.2019
Cellular technologies
Organoids with vessels
German scientists have managed to improve organoids created from pluripotent stem cells in a Petri dish.
22.11.2019
Bioethics
Make way for "designer kids"!
Bioethicist Kevin Smith is sure that gene editing of embryos is not just permissible, but also necessary.
21.11.2019
Other life sciences
Killers in check
The protein that natural killer cells use to destroy target cells inhibits the antitumor activity of the immune system.
21.11.2019
Your health
The main risk of IVF is pregnancy
The chances of getting cancer in women who become pregnant as a result of IVF are exactly the same as with natural fertilization.
21.11.2019
Other life sciences
While I'm in suspended animation…
The FDA has approved trials of a rapid cooling method for a patient with life-threatening injuries. At least one experiment was successful.
21.11.2019
Bioethics
Not to prohibit, but to regulate
The creator of CRIPSR proposes to introduce regulation of the technology – quite strict, but not interfering with its development.
21.11.2019
Your health
Just one day a month
The practice of regularly refusing to eat and drink for short periods of time can lead to better health.
20.11.2019
Genetic engineering
Updated Blood
A patient with beta-thalassemia does without blood transfusion, and another, with sickle cell anemia, has stopped vascular blockages.
20.11.2019
Healthy skepticism
Ask me how
Russians encountered Herbalife in the 1990s, when people with distinctive badges appeared in transport and on the streets.
20.11.2019
Genetic engineering
The art of cutting and sewing
An improved version of the CRISPR/Cas method allows you to carefully cut and insert any number of nucleotides in a row into DNA.
20.11.2019
Cellular technologies
Neuron transplantation
Cellular therapy to restore memory and prevent seizures after traumatic brain injury has been tested on mice.
19.11.2019
Nanotechnology
Breathe nanoparticles
Inhaled nanoparticles successfully turn lung cancer that is poorly infiltrated by immune cells into a tumor that is noticeable to the immune system.
19.11.2019
Genetic engineering
Cheap and targeted
American scientists have created a technology that makes treatment with genetically modified cells more effective and cheaper.
19.11.2019
Genetics
Mutation vs. Mutation
Two copies of a mutant variant of the APOE3 gene protected a resident of Colombia from early familial Alzheimer's disease.
19.11.2019