Articles

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DNA Repair Award: details

Scientists who shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry independently described and explained the mechanisms by which cells "repair" their DNA and, thus, protect genetic information from damage.

07.10.2015

Cellular technologies

Buy mini-brains – 4 pieces for a dollar!

The cost of growing one "mini-brain" is only a quarter of a dollar, and in the near future they will be able to become a convenient and affordable object for conducting a lot of different research and experiments in the field of neurobiology, medicine, etc.

07.10.2015

Cellular technologies

Embryonic stem cells restore vision

Scientists from the University of Montreal propose using human embryonic cells to grow retinal cells from them that can perceive light, and then implant them into the eye.

07.10.2015

Various

The first state House of Mercy in Russia is being built in St. Petersburg

You can find out about the work of the institution and the rules of admission to it by contacting the integrated center for social services of the population or the department of social protection of the population of the Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg.

07.10.2015

Genetics

Mutant neurons

A research team from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute found out that the genome of a single neuron can contain more than a thousand point mutations.

07.10.2015

Biomedicine

Injection instead of castration

If the DNA vaccine works on cats and dogs in the same way as on mice, then in the future developments can be used to create long-acting contraceptives for humans.

06.10.2015

Genetic engineering

A new method of gene therapy for Leber's amaurosis

The results exceeded expectations: gene therapy not only prevents the development of blindness, but also restores almost completely lost vision.

06.10.2015

Innovative Russia

Kazan robopatients at Tokyo University

As part of a partnership with the Japanese research center RIKEN, the Kazan company "Eidos-Medicine" will open a simulation center, which has seven robot simulators for laparoscopic, endovascular, hysteroscopic and endourological interventions.

06.10.2015

Innovative Russia

Spinal Cord Injury Treatment: Cellular gene therapy

In addition to spinal cord injury therapy, gene-cell technologies can be used to treat injuries of the peripheral nervous system, neurodegenerative diseases, ischemic diseases and lesions of the musculoskeletal system.

06.10.2015

Various

The Ministry of Health took up the elderly

In 2016, a full-fledged medical and social service may appear in Russia, dealing with a complex of problems of elderly and not very healthy people.

06.10.2015

Cellular technologies

In search of cells for IPSC

There is still a major problem between the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells and saving the world from all ailments – methods of inducing pluripotency in cells.

06.10.2015

Genetics

Perfect genetic knowledge

Genomics is just the beginning: the total mass of all DNA on Earth is 50 billion tons. What will happen when we get our hands on the whole biocode?

06.10.2015

Note to the businessman

The pharmaceutical extortionist made excuses for a long time and tongue-tied, and lied all the time (With)

About how mr. Shkreli acquired the rights to the drug daraprim and immediately raised the price for it 55 times and about the reaction of American society to this, from doctors and their patients to the presidential candidate.

05.10.2015

Genetics

"The binge gene"

Scientists have found a possible genetic and biological explanation for why some people often go into binge drinking – their fault may be special mutations in the ALDH1a1 gene responsible for the withdrawal of alcohol from the body.

05.10.2015

Healthy skepticism

Don't listen to fools!

M. Gelfand – about the "Dynasty", science and its popularization, the incompetence of some scientists and all lawmakers, the prohibition of GMOs, psychics, plagiarists of All-Russian scale, poorly flying rockets and much more.

05.10.2015

Various

Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology – 2015

This year, the award was awarded to American parasitologist William Campbell and Japanese microbiologist Satoshi Omura. The second half of the award will be given to the Chinese doctor Yu Tu.

05.10.2015

Cellular technologies

Hidden risks of mitochondrial donation

While there are doubts about the safety of combining genomic DNA with arbitrary mitochondrial DNA, it is possible to select a donor with mtDNA of the same haplogroup as the recipient. British doctors are going to do just that.

05.10.2015

Cellular technologies

New materials and fabric engineering

MIT Professor Robert Langer on the ways of forming new tissues, polymer frameworks and the use of computer technology in biology.

02.10.2015

Other life sciences

How neurons recover

The expression "nerve cells do not regenerate" is one of the leaders among the commonly used statements about the human brain, although its falsity has been proven for 20 years.

02.10.2015

Other life sciences

British women are preparing to give birth after a uterus transplant

Out of 300 women who expressed a desire to participate in the project, 104 met all criteria. Only 10 of them will be able to participate in the first experiment.

02.10.2015