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Genetic engineering

Progeria and telomeres

American scientists have managed to reverse the premature aging of cells taken from patients with Hutchinson-Guilford progeria by lengthening telomeres using RNA therapy.

25.08.2017
Other life sciences

Cyborgization – to the masses!

On June 15, Russia took the first step towards mass cyborgization: the first Russian competition of people with high–tech prostheses - Cybathletics - was successfully held in Moscow.

25.08.2017
Genetic engineering

Upgrade of paws

In mice with the synthesis of a protein called plexin A1 disabled, the brushes begin to work better: they are better at handling food that needs to be grabbed and held in a fist.

25.08.2017
Innovative Russia

"Biocad" expands the database

The unique data warehouse contains more than 600 billion molecules, which were obtained from 1,758 donors. The project has been implemented by the biotech company BIOCAD since 2014.

25.08.2017
New in Gerontology

Sixteen "longevity genes"

14 genetic variants out of 16 markers of life expectancy, which were discovered during large-scale sequencing of genomes, were not previously known.

25.08.2017
Genetic engineering

You can, you can…

The answer to the question of whether extinct species need to be resurrected is no, it is not necessary. Now environmentalists have more pressing tasks that would be worth spending our limited resources on.

25.08.2017
Other life sciences

No worse than an atomic war

With gradual irradiation, unlike instantaneous, stem cells slow down their division cycle and use this delay to repair DNA.

28.07.2017
Genetic engineering

"Ribocomputer" in E. coli

Geneticists have created biocomputers from bacteria with a record-breaking complex logic circuit. The role of electrical signals in them is played by short RNA molecules.

28.07.2017
Other life sciences

DNA will protect against melanoma

Researchers from Binghamton University have shown that the absorption of ultraviolet radiation by DNA films can increase with repeated exposure.

28.07.2017
Your health

The water used to be wetter too…

Over the past two decades, the sperm concentration in Western men has decreased by more than 50%. This is not the case in South America, Asia and Africa.

28.07.2017
Controversial

Straight ahead

British scientists have criticized the truism: according to the authors of the article in the BMJ, a course of antibiotics in many cases can be drunk not to the end, but to relieve symptoms.

28.07.2017
Your health

When good bacteria become Bad

The "duplicity" of some gastrointestinal bacteria is due to the fact that during the disease they begin to behave not as symbionts, but as pathogens.

27.07.2017
Genetic engineering

Huntington's disease in vitro

Scientists of the institutes of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences use gene editing methods to create a cellular model of Huntington's disease.

27.07.2017
Other life sciences

Fractured the skull?

Focusing on the results of computed tomography, doctors created a 3D model of the patient's skull and an implant that could replace the missing piece.

27.07.2017
Prolonging youth

Cell therapy extended the life of mice

Rodents, in whose brains biologists introduced new stem cells, aged noticeably slower and lived 19% longer than normal mice.

27.07.2017
Genetic engineering

Blue chrysanthemums

After many years of failures, Japanese scientists have managed to create a genetically modified variety of chrysanthemums with flowers of all shades of real blue.

27.07.2017
Your health

Paste for the brain

The Mediterranean diet is associated with an increased likelihood of maintaining mental clarity in old age and avoiding neurodegenerative diseases.

26.07.2017
Nanotechnology

Nanocurcuma against cancer

Ordinary turmeric can be used to create nanoparticles that cause mass death of cancer cells in the brain and other parts of the body, scientists say.

26.07.2017