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Cellular technologies

"Iron" polymer

Russian scientists have successfully tested spongy bone implants based on ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE): 100% of the implanted samples have successfully taken root.

28.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells cured impotence

Clinical studies have shown that 8 out of 15 men with erectile dysfunction were able to have sex six months after a single injection of stem cells.

28.03.2017
Various

Journey to Mars

While some scientists are developing ways to deliver humans to Mars, others are studying the possible dangers that await astronauts and colonists on their way to the goal.

28.03.2017
Genetics

New "obesity genes"

Previous authors have identified approximately 20 to 30 genetic syndromes that cause obesity. A new study has revealed the existence of 79 such syndromes.

28.03.2017
Note to the businessman

Venture Market Navigator 2016

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Russian Venture Company present the sixth annual review of the Russian venture industry "MoneyTreeTM: Navigator of the Venture Market" for 2016.

28.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells and neurodegenerative diseases (8)

The above discussion contains up-to-date information on the wide applicability of stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells in the field of neurodegeneration.

27.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Complete Red Blood Cell Bioreactor

Biologists have come up with a way to produce viable red blood cells in quantities suitable for clinical use. To do this, they created an "immortal" line of progenitor cells.

27.03.2017
Genetics

Extracellular DNA: A Story in five questions

DNA can be detected not only inside cells, but also outside – such molecules are called extracellular DNA (vcDNA). They exist by themselves and affect the surrounding cells.

27.03.2017
Genetics

Dangerous copying

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University claim that the main cause of cancer are mutations caused by errors in copying DNA during stem cell division.

27.03.2017
Other life sciences

HIV biomarker at rest

A new approach that will lead to a complete cure for HIV infection can be developed based on the results obtained by a group of French scientists.

27.03.2017
Other life sciences

Virus resistance

Biologist Georgy Bazykin – about experimental evolutionary biology, HIV, mutations of the influenza virus and how to determine the strain of the influenza virus to create a vaccine.

24.03.2017
Other life sciences

The PCR laboratory was placed on a microchip

The microfluidic chip, which checks for the presence of pathogen DNA in a blood sample, is small in size, works quickly and without electricity and is very cheap to produce.

24.03.2017
Genetics

All cells are equal, but some are more equal

Previously, it was believed that the cells resulting from the first divisions of the human embryo are absolutely equivalent. Apparently, this is not quite true.

24.03.2017
Your health

In search of antibiotics

Biochemist Peter Sergiev – about antibiotics, from sulfonamide and penicillin to the most modern methods of searching and developing new means of combating pathogenic microorganisms.

23.03.2017
Your health

Contraceptives will protect against cancer

The probability of getting bowel cancer in comparison with the control group was 19% lower. The chances of endometrial cancer decreased by 34%, and ovarian cancer – by 33%.

23.03.2017