Bioprinting: another achievement
Ganglion and glial cells, which make up one of the retinal layers, were able to pass through a bioprinter so that they remained alive.
18.12.2013Ganglion and glial cells, which make up one of the retinal layers, were able to pass through a bioprinter so that they remained alive.
18.12.2013This year, the number of amazing scientific papers devoted to stem cells in one way or another is breaking all records.
18.12.2013The study of the genome of family members suffering from pathological obesity has shown that the cause of its development may be the loss of functionality of a single gene.
18.12.2013Scientists from the University of Queensland have grown a mini-kidney. This breakthrough opens the way to improving the effectiveness of the treatment of patients with kidney diseases and foreshadows a good future for such an area as medical bioengineering.
18.12.2013The presence of a dog in the house in a special way changes the composition of the intestinal microflora of the child, reducing the severity of the immune response to allergens and increasing resistance to respiratory viral infections.
18.12.2013Scientists from the University of Michigan have discovered a genetic defect that can provoke the development of the most common type of liver cancer – hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as type 2 diabetes in men.
17.12.2013A poorly functioning blood–brain barrier, in which pericytes play a leading role - special cells surrounding the capillaries of the brain, detains pathogenic proteins in the nervous tissue, which allows the disease to unfold in full force.
17.12.2013Coffee and cigarettes can protect against the development of a rare liver disease – primary sclerosing cholangitis, which is one of the main causes of liver transplantation.
17.12.2013The combination of mutations affecting two signaling mechanisms that ensure longevity increases the life expectancy of nematodes by 5 times, which in terms of human age corresponds to about 400-500 years.
17.12.2013Large-scale clinical trials of the drug "Anastrozole" have shown that a five-year preventive course of the drug reduces the chances of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal women from the high-risk group by more than half.
17.12.2013TPU scientists are developing technologies for obtaining materials and products for "gentle" regenerative medicine. Biocompatible coatings for implants discovered by polytechnics are not rejected by the body, which accelerates regeneration.
16.12.2013Blocking TGF-beta– a protein that controls cell proliferation and differentiation, initiates the development of stem cells into cardiomyocytes. A potential TGF-beta blocker is already being tested on animals with a model of myocardial infarction.
16.12.2013On December 12, the winners of the scientific prize for "Breakthrough in Fundamental Physics and in the Life Sciences" were awarded in Silicon Valley.
16.12.2013New methods of cell therapy of blood diseases that do not respond to traditional therapeutic approaches demonstrate efficacy and safety for patients.
13.12.2013The All–Russian Intellectual Forum - The VIII All-Russian Internet Olympiad on Nanotechnology continues the traditions of the Internet Olympiad held since 2006.
13.12.2013The publication RealClearScience has made a selection of the main anti–science stories of the year - stories that caused irritation and disgust.
13.12.2013This is told by the Deputy director for scientific work of the Research Institute of Uronephrology and Human Reproductive Health of the First Moscow State Medical University named after Sechenov, Professor Andrey Vinarov.
13.12.2013German scientists have proposed using spermatozoa as the basis for microscopic "robots" whose movement can be controlled using a magnetic field.
13.12.2013Some patients went into complete remission, some had partial improvement. If we consider that classical medicine with its chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation could no longer help these people, then this is an amazing result.
12.12.2013With the help of careful genetic analysis, it is possible to accurately distinguish the DNA of identical twins.
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