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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
Other life sciences

Instead of hypothermia

Before operations that require stopping blood flow, the patient is put into a state of hypothermia. Japanese researchers have proposed an alternative technique.

23.11.2022
Other life sciences

We are going without hands

Paralyzed people using the brain-computer interface were able to control a wheelchair in a hospital ward.

23.11.2022
Cellular technologies

Pacemakers from cardiomyocytes

Scientists from the University of Houston reprogrammed cardiomyocyte cells into Purkinje fiber cells.

23.11.2022
Genetics

Aging and the economy

People born during the Great Depression of the 1930s in the United States have markers of accelerated aging.

23.11.2022
Other life sciences

Bionic Ear

Perm Polytechnic University is developing an ear prosthesis that allows restoring both the bone conduction of sound and the aesthetics of the lost organ.

22.11.2022
Genetics

"Genes of myopia"

Five genes have been found, variants of which increase the risk of myopia in people of European origin with higher education.

22.11.2022
Genetics

Diabetes and bile acids

Bile acids act as signaling molecules that control various functions in the body, including blood sugar levels.

22.11.2022
Cellular technologies

Organoids with Usher syndrome

Retinal organoids give hope for the creation of methods for the treatment of genetic visual disorders.

22.11.2022
Cellular technologies

Treat not only the head

Restoration of the intestinal epithelium can reduce the risk of dementia after a stroke by reducing the amount of molecules toxic to neurons in the bloodstream.

22.11.2022
Other life sciences

Double blow to the brain

The carriage of the APOE e4 allele together with amyloid deposits in the brain contributes to the accumulation of tau protein.

21.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Three out of fourteen

Treatment of one of the forms of Leber's amaurosis with CRISPR-Cas9 slightly improved vision in only a small part of patients.

21.11.2022
Other life sciences

Miraculous healing

A cure for cancer at an inoperable stage is an amazing rarity that happened to a patient named Jan Hilgeman.

21.11.2022