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Other life sciences

Neuritosis begins in neurites

A way to preserve healthy mitochondria in the processes of neurons will help in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

26.12.2018
Prolonging youth

How to slow down cellular aging

Slowing down the assembly of new proteins in cells and accelerating their processing should prolong life most effectively.

25.12.2018
Biomedicine

Drops instead of a scalpel

Treatment of corneal injuries is possible: without surgical intervention: the new drops contain natural protein and heal damage without scarring.

25.12.2018
Biomedicine

Defeat the virus

TPU scientists have developed an unparalleled composition to suppress the expression of influenza A virus genes.

25.12.2018
Genetics

Breakthrough of the Year

The breakthrough of 2018 was called by Science magazine a combination of new methods for detailed tracking of the development of individual cells under DNA control.

25.12.2018
Biomedicine

"Hem" from cancer?

Suppression of the activity of aldehyde dehydrogenases in cancer cells leads to the accumulation of toxic formaldehyde in them.

25.12.2018
Genetic engineering

Winner of Blindness

The new treatment method gives a chance to restore vision to patients with one of the forms of congenital blindness – Leber's amaurosis.

24.12.2018
Other life sciences

Net for catching cancer

A convolutional neural network identifies various types of cancer cells from micrographs with an accuracy exceeding human capabilities.

24.12.2018
Cellular technologies

Neurons from blood cells

They resemble embryonic stem cells of the nervous system and can later become the basis for restorative therapy.

24.12.2018
Other life sciences

From UM kids to perfect sleep

In 2018, medical science has made many breakthroughs. The New Atlas edition presented its top discoveries of the outgoing year.

24.12.2018
Genetics

Age by extracellular DNA

DNA circulating in the blood can be used to determine the difference between biological and chronological age.

24.12.2018
Biomedicine

The offensive continues

Employees of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium have developed and successfully tested a new vaccine against the Zika virus on mice.

21.12.2018
Controversial

Is there a mistake?

An Australian scientist suspected that the "plateau of aging" discovered this summer is a statistical error

21.12.2018
Biomedicine

Leukemia drops

The compound, developed for the treatment of retinal diseases, is able to suppress the growth of malignant cells and at the same time not damage healthy ones.

21.12.2018
Biomedicine

Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

The multiple sclerosis biomarker has shown promising results in testing on both humans and animals.

21.12.2018
Cellular technologies

Cancer Organoids

The new method makes it possible to test drugs on mini-tumors grown from patients' cells in a short time.

21.12.2018
Your health

Don't call cancer oncology!

Today, you can often hear, for example, the phrase: "He got cancer." But a person cannot get cancer, he can get cancer.

20.12.2018