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Sapiosexuals

Almost 10% of people are "sapiosexuals", i.e. they consider intelligence to be the most attractive sexual feature of a partner.

17.01.2018

Biomedicine

A shot in the brain will protect you from cocaine addiction

Cocaine addiction develops due to a protein produced by immune cells in the brain.

17.01.2018

Your health

Over - salted brain

Excessive salt intake provokes changes in the immune system in the intestine, which entail degradation of cognitive functions.

17.01.2018

Genetic engineering

CRISPR for gene therapy: surmountable difficulties

Can we assume that the data on the immunogenicity of Cas9 put an end to gene therapy with the CRISPR system?

16.01.2018

Genetics

I would like to learn how to turn on these genes…

Analogs of genes that allow lampreys to repair a damaged spine and severed spinal cord have also been found in humans.

16.01.2018

Biomedicine

Eat and not get fat

An experimental anti-obesity drug reduces adipose tissue by increasing metabolism in lipocytes and does not suppress appetite.

16.01.2018

Other life sciences

Don't feed the mice fast food

Even after switching to a normal diet, the immune system in mice continued to be in a hyperactive state.

16.01.2018

Note to the businessman

Pharmacy for venture

A venture investor in biotech has two ways to secure his investments: to buy more expensive at late stages or to reduce risks on his own.

16.01.2018

Other life sciences

How Bacteria Control Our Genes

Microflora can influence the activity of genes with the help of short fatty acids, such as butyric acid.

15.01.2018

Genetic engineering

Microbes and broccoli against colorectal cancer

In mice with colon cancer, a "diet" of GM bacteria and broccoli reduced the number of tumors by 75%.

15.01.2018

Your health

It's better not to try

Data from surveys involving 216,314 people showed that more than 60% of people who have ever tried smoking become smokers.

15.01.2018

Cellular technologies

Joint restoration

Phase III of clinical studies of the cartilage tissue regeneration technique with the use of donor stem cells has begun.

15.01.2018

Note to the businessman

Venture Biotech

How biotechnologists learn to "hack microorganisms" and why investors invested almost $1 billion in such startups last year.

15.01.2018

New in Gerontology

Brain Aging Protein

The discovery of a new mechanism of brain aging will help in the future to prolong the normal functioning of the central nervous system in humans.

15.01.2018

Cellular technologies

Functioning muscles from stem cells

For the first time, scientists from the USA synthesized a working muscle from blood and skin samples of patients.

12.01.2018

Nanotechnology

Nanogubki against sepsis

Nanoparticles embedded in the membranes of macrophages absorb endotoxins, reduce inflammation and improve the prognosis for sepsis.

12.01.2018

Other life sciences

Science against Old Age

There are animals that have simply turned off aging and can preserve a young organism for life.

12.01.2018

Genetics

Libraries of the future will be made of DNA

Scientists are finding out whether it is possible to use nucleic acid-based memory for storing information.

12.01.2018

Genetics

Gene fusion as a cause of cancer

The fusion of two neighboring genes significantly increases the activity of mitochondria, causing the development of certain types of cancer.

12.01.2018

Healthy skepticism

Scientific garbage for $300

A short translation of the material by The Verge author Angela Chen about a genetic study that did not meet expectations.

12.01.2018