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Your health

We treat one thing…

Medications for relieving pain and relieving inflammation in osteoarthritis may worsen the course of this disease in the future.

29.11.2022

Other life sciences

Blood glucose meter under the skin

The new technology will help millions of patients forget about daily invasive tests with a blood glucose meter.

29.11.2022

Biomedicine

Bad "good" cholesterol

Low HDL levels are not always associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, and high levels do not always reduce this risk.

28.11.2022

Genetic engineering

CRISPR with high load capacity

The new method allows the introduction of giant DNA fragments several thousand nucleotides long into genomes.

28.11.2022

Prolonging youth

The fragrance of a woman

Female mice that sniffed the scent of adult females lived on average eight percent longer than females from the control group.

28.11.2022

Genetic engineering

Tobacco instead of coca

Biologists have "taught" tobacco plants to produce small amounts of cocaine.

28.11.2022

Biomedicine

Triple blow

The experimental drug activates lymphocytes, lets them inside the tumor and restricts the nutrition of prostate cancer cells.

25.11.2022

Genetic engineering

Proteins to order

With the help of artificial intelligence, Swedish scientists have developed synthetic DNA that controls the production of protein by cells.

25.11.2022

Genetic engineering

Covid mice

The Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS has created a line of mice that are affected by coronavirus.

25.11.2022

Genetic engineering

Recombinant vectors

Researchers from the USA have developed viral vectors to deliver genes to the primate brain using "directed evolution".

25.11.2022

Biomedicine

Against twenty strains

Experimental RNA vaccine successfully protected experimental rodents from twenty varieties of influenza virus type A and B.

25.11.2022

Genetics

Evolution and genes

Regulatory fragments were found in the genome, which developed rapidly after the separation of our ancestors from the great apes.

25.11.2022

Biomedicine

Blood + AI = diagnosis

A new blood test using artificial intelligence detects liver cancer with 88% sensitivity and 98% specificity.

24.11.2022

Biomedicine

Protection against Zika fever

Antibodies isolated from the blood of women infected with the Zika virus, but who have given birth to healthy children, can neutralize this pathogen.

24.11.2022

Other life sciences

Virtual Eternity

It is not yet possible to fully recreate a person's personality, but the authors hope that the technologies of "digital immortality" will be improved.

24.11.2022

Other life sciences

Liver cancer: who is to blame?

The malignancy of hepatocytes is caused by two proteins that inhibit the synthesis of acetyl-coenzyme A, which is important for cellular metabolism.

24.11.2022

Exhibitions and conferences

Regenerative Medicine at MSU

The V National Congress on Regenerative Medicine has started its work in Moscow.

24.11.2022

Biomedicine

Partial protection

Activation of the TAAR1 receptor may partially improve memory and prevent the development of psychoses in mice with Alzheimer's disease.

24.11.2022

Genetic engineering

A new record

The FDA has approved the first therapy against hemophilia B from UniQure. The drug will become the most expensive in the world with a price of $ 3.5 million.

24.11.2022

Prolonging youth

Against cancer and sarcopenia

Antibodies against the CD47 membrane protein not only fight cancer, but also restore the muscle mass of old mice.

23.11.2022