Articles

Found results: 16336

Genetics

Cell model helped to find anorexia gene

An international team of scientists has created the first "cellular" model of anorexia nervosa and concluded that the disease is associated with increased expression of the TACR1 gene.

15.03.2017
Genetic engineering

Instead of complete blindness – "chicken"

The removal of the Nrl gene in mice doomed to complete blindness led to the transformation of rods into cone analogues. As a result, the mice lost their night vision, but retained their daytime vision.

15.03.2017
New in Gerontology

All geroprotectors in one database

The largest database of promising chemical compounds and drugs with geroprotective properties will help in improving existing and discovering new drugs in this category.

14.03.2017
Genetic engineering

Distance learning for biohackers

The French Center for Interdisciplinary Research, with the participation of other institutions, has launched free online courses in English on synthetic biology for everyone.

14.03.2017
Other life sciences

A three-dimensional DNA map has been created

Cambridge scientists have created the first three-dimensional map of the mammalian genome in a single cell. It shows how all the DNA of a mouse cell is folded inside the cell nucleus.

14.03.2017
Exhibitions and conferences

Pharma’s cool – 2017

The fourth annual Pharma's cool – 2017 educational program will open new horizons in the discovery, development and introduction of modern medicines to the market.

14.03.2017
Other life sciences

Bioengineering future

About 30 years ago, a mobile phone cost $4,000 and weighed a kilogram. In 20-30 years bionic prostheses, implantation of chips and artificial organs will be available in almost any clinics.

13.03.2017
Genetic engineering

Elite flash drive

The gene chain can record 60 times more information than today's carriers. However, we are unlikely to copy music or photos into DNA.

13.03.2017
Your health

Infertility treatment and cardiovascular diseases

During the observation period, cardiovascular diseases were diagnosed in women for whom infertility treatment did not help, 2.5 times more often than in those for whom it was successful.

13.03.2017
Other life sciences

How to please a vampire…

The main role in the fact that malaria mosquitoes prefer infected people is played by their smell, but the mechanism of its appearance has not been disclosed. Until recently.

13.03.2017
Prolonging youth

Rejuvenation of the bone marrow niche against aging

The aging of hematopoietic stem cells of the bone marrow is aggravated by the aging of their microenvironment. This process can be partially reversed by increasing the concentration of the protein osteopontin.

13.03.2017
Other life sciences

Alcohol spoils the reward system

Under the influence of alcohol, dopaminergic neurons transmit stimuli associated with it as "useful", regardless of whether they coincide with the expected result or not.

10.03.2017
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy for "normal" embryos

Correction of genetic mutations in viable human embryos works more effectively than in "abnormal" embryos that geneticists have worked with before.

10.03.2017