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Nanotechnology

Neuroimplant with self-winding

The devices will be powered by electricity generated in the generator due to friction during normal breathing.

09.11.2022
Other life sciences

Light and sound brain stimulation

Exposure to acoustic and visual signals has a positive effect on the mental health of the elderly.

09.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy for the brain

Scientists have demonstrated the first promising results on a mouse model of epilepsy, but the potential of therapy is not limited to this.

09.11.2022
Genetics

Survivor

By the age of 36, a resident of Spain had suffered the formation of 12 different tumors, 5 of them malignant. What did the sequencing of her genome show?

08.11.2022
Biomedicine

Driving to suicide

Russian scientists have proposed a new way to trigger apoptosis in malignant tumor cells.

08.11.2022
Biomedicine

Competitors of opiates

Checking more than 301 million molecules from the virtual library revealed two promising analgesics tested so far on animals.

08.11.2022
Biomedicine

Respite for six months

The T-cell therapeutic vaccine against HIV allowed the first volunteers to do without antiretroviral therapy for 6 months.

07.11.2022
Cellular technologies

Red blood cells from a test tube

Laboratory-grown red blood cells will make blood of rare groups more accessible and reduce the number of transfusions to patients with blood diseases.

07.11.2022
New in Gerontology

Muscle aging and chromatin

In old muscle stem cells, chromatin is characterized by greater openness, that is, a chronic activated state.

07.11.2022
Genetics

A unique patient

A 36-year-old woman was repeatedly diagnosed with malignant tumors in different parts of her body, but each time they disappeared.

07.11.2022
Biomedicine

Blocker for Blocker

The new drug neutralizes a protein that prevents androgen blockers from binding to prostate cells.

07.11.2022
New in Gerontology

Another factor of aging

Lipids that prevent chronic inflammation in the brain and the development of neurodegenerative disorders are destroyed with age.

03.11.2022
Genetics

Four-legged witnesses

Pets often become eyewitnesses to crimes, and now they will be able to witness the presence of a particular person in the house.

03.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Green filter

A genetically modified houseplant effectively cleanses the air from volatile organic substances harmful to health.

03.11.2022
Nanotechnology

Cargo red blood cells

Red blood cells will deliver a potent antibiotic to pathogenic bacteria without affecting beneficial microorganisms and body cells.

03.11.2022
Other life sciences

Production growth

With the help of synthetic biology, it was possible to significantly increase the production of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of various diseases.

03.11.2022
Biomedicine

And against covid, too

Blocking of immune control points PD-1 is used in the treatment of cancer and, as it turned out, is effective in severe forms of COVID-19.

02.11.2022