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Synthetic muscles

One of the most important directions in "soft" robotics is the creation of artificial muscles that could find application not only in robotics, but also in advanced prosthetics.

28.06.2016
Cellular technologies

What is an "organ on a chip"?

"Organs on a chip" are miniature models of human organs the size of an ordinary USB flash drive. This technology could revolutionize medical research and drug development.

28.06.2016
Theories of aging

Shorten the death spiral

Perhaps studying the phenomenon that researchers have called the "death spiral" will someday give people the opportunity to stay healthy for the rest of their lives.

28.06.2016
Healthy skepticism

Crowdfunding in Russian

The Ministry of Education and Science will solve problems with venture investment, science financing and brain drain. Moreover, Russia will become an exporter, supplier of ideas and technologies for the whole world!

28.06.2016
Your health

Gale – intelligent first aid kit

If the built-in instructions are not enough, Gale can connect the host to the doctor via video link. You can order postal delivery of finished drugs using the touch screen.

28.06.2016
Healthy skepticism

"Stem cell tourism" ends with cancer

As a result of "treatment" in commercial clinics in China, Argentina and Mexico, the patient developed a tumor that covered almost the entire spinal cord, consisting mainly of foreign cells.

27.06.2016
Genetics

Error-free transcriptase

Molecular biologists from the University of Texas at Austin have created an artificial enzyme that allows you to accurately copy genetic information.

27.06.2016
Biomedicine

Multiple sclerosis will be cured by liposomes with myelin

The drug has successfully passed preclinical trials and two clinical stages, which, in case of positive results of the third stage, will allow it to be used in the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis.

27.06.2016
Cellular technologies

Bioprinting in free fall

Scientists have not only successfully produced cardiovascular structures from adult stem cells using 3D printing, but also did it in zero gravity.

27.06.2016
Various

On the way to an artificial brain

Korean scientists intend to create a computer that simulates the human brain and at the same time is comparable to a biological analogue not only in efficiency, but also in economy.

27.06.2016
Your health

Mobile technologies for life and sports

Many companies and laboratories have put mobile technologies at the service of themselves, science and medicine. Read about what you can learn from mobile apps in this article.

27.06.2016
Other life sciences

Scientists organized "cell races"

An international group of biologists conducted a "cell race" to deepen knowledge about the mechanisms of regulation of chemotaxis and stimulate work on this topic.

24.06.2016
Prolonging youth

Long happy life

Openness to new experiences, sociability, prudence, happiness. All this is good, but how can a person's worldview affect his health and longevity?

24.06.2016
Other life sciences

A new target for the treatment of muscle degeneration

It is possible that stimulation of mitofuzin-2 activity is a potential strategy for relieving the symptoms of sarcopenia and another phenomenon of muscle tissue atrophy – cachexia.

23.06.2016
Genetics

Postmortem gene expression

The method of measuring the postmortem activity of genes can be used to create new methods for preserving donor organs, predicting the success of transplantation and determining the time of death.

23.06.2016
Genetic engineering

Analog-to-digital converters based on DNA

MIT researchers have developed synthetic gene "circuits" that implement a combination of analog (continuous) and digital (discrete) computing technologies.

23.06.2016
Genetic engineering

Clinical studies of CRISPR/Cas9 technology

The experiment on the use of chimeric T-lymphocytes for cancer immunotherapy will involve 18 people with various types of oncopathology: myeloma, sarcoma and melanoma.

23.06.2016