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Cellular technologies

Life-size embryo model

Bioengineers from Cambridge have grown a blastocyst from two types of embryonic stem cells. Before a full-fledged embryo, she lacks the cells that give rise to the yolk sac.

03.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells and neurodegenerative diseases (5)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal disease that is caused by degeneration of the motor neurons of the spinal cord, brain stem and primary motor cortex.

02.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Roboreactors

According to biologist Andrew Carr and his colleagues, the design of the bioreactor should repeat the anatomy of the human body – those parts of it for which tissues are grown.

02.03.2017
Other life sciences

Cryonics: a new step

The method developed by American researchers makes it possible to evenly warm up a frozen organ at a speed ten times faster than modern defrosting methods.

02.03.2017
Other life sciences

Super-micro implants

The dimensions to which scientists are trying to reduce the size of electronic devices are a millimeter or less, which is associated with a lot of technical problems.

02.03.2017
Your health

Breast cancer is not a verdict

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Lichinitser – about what innovative antitumor therapy is, how accessible it is to Russian patients and whether generics are worth being afraid of.

02.03.2017
Other life sciences

Love the far one

Scientists from the National University of Singapore have found that the "love hormone" oxytocin increases generosity towards strangers to a greater extent than to loved ones.

01.03.2017
Genetics

Schizophrenic embryos

A study by scientists at the State University of New York at Buffalo has shown that mutations that lead to the development of schizophrenia are formed even in the embryo in the womb.

01.03.2017
Your health

Useless recommendations of nutritionists

The recommendations of the US Committee on Dietary Nutrition only slightly reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases in overweight people.

01.03.2017
Note to the businessman

Koshcheev 's secrets

Unlike gerontology, antiaging (prevention of aging) offers services, for example, xenotherapy and detox droppers, mainly to patients aged 35-55 years.

01.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells and neurodegenerative diseases (3)

Will stem cells help with Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia in an aging population and the sixth leading cause of death in developed countries?

28.02.2017
Genetic engineering

An effective way of DNA editing has been found

Scientists from South Korea have created a new technology based on the CRISPR/Cas system, which allows you to make mutations in DNA with an accuracy of one nucleotide.

28.02.2017
Various

Urgently required!

The bacteria on the WHO list are divided into three groups according to the level of need for the creation of new antibiotics: extremely priority, high priority and medium priority.

28.02.2017
Genetics

Neanderthal genes: new data

"Neanderthal" sections of DNA still affect the expression of human genes – in particular, the manifestations of signs such as growth and the risk of developing schizophrenia.

28.02.2017