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Other life sciences

Erebosis

This is the name of a new type of programmed cell death, which provides constant tissue renewal in the intestine of the fruit fly.

27.04.2022

Other life sciences

Contactless needle

The magnetic needle, controlled remotely, can deliver medicines, take tissue samples and suture internal organs without incisions.

26.04.2022

Nanotechnology

Encapsulated gene therapy

An international group of scientists has obtained nanocapsules with a polymer shell that overcome the blood-brain barrier.

26.04.2022

Your health

Healthy lifestyle against cancer

The combination of vitamin D, omega-3 and exercise reduced the overall risk of tumor development by 61% – more than twice.

26.04.2022

Prolonging youth

Hungry microflora

Low-calorie nutrition changes the composition of the intestinal microbiota, which mediates many positive effects on the body.

26.04.2022

Biomedicine

Bandage for diabetics

To give their products biological activity, the authors impregnated them with plasma (a liquid component of blood) with platelets.

26.04.2022

Other life sciences

Dangerous microbe

Formate secreted by the intestinal bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum affects the metabolism of colorectal cancer cells.

26.04.2022

Cellular technologies

Enhanced chimerism

With the help of interspecific chimerism, it was possible to grow functional human blood cells.

25.04.2022

Genetics

The Era of DNA technology

Molecular biologist and popularizer of science Elena Kleshchenko – about how DNA-related technologies have changed our lives.

25.04.2022

Other life sciences

Provocateurs of parkinsonism

It is possible to determine the risk of developing and diagnose Parkinson's disease at an early stage by the composition of the microbiota.

25.04.2022

Your health

Intervals are optional

Calorie restriction explains most of the positive effects of interval fasting.

25.04.2022

Other life sciences

Lick the virus

The effectiveness of the "electronic language" was confirmed by using it to identify influenza A viruses and Newcastle disease.

25.04.2022

Other life sciences

Aristocratic spleen

Researchers have discovered an intriguing link between the immune system of naked diggers and their social status.

25.04.2022

New in Gerontology

Age and oxytocin

Caring for others, empathy, the desire to volunteer and life satisfaction often increase with age.

25.04.2022

Prolonging youth

On parallel paths

Rapamycin and calorie restriction slow down age-related changes in muscles, but different mechanisms are involved.

22.04.2022

Other life sciences

The time of obesity

People who are psychologically focused on the past have a higher risk of food addiction than people who are focused on the future.

22.04.2022

Biomedicine

Anti-inflammatory nanoteles

In preclinical models, experimental treatment with alpaca antibodies led to a decrease in the symptoms of rheumatism and gout.

22.04.2022

Other life sciences

Bacteria.no

Scientists suggest that bacteriophages help fight dangerous microorganisms, affect the work of the immune system and metabolism.

22.04.2022

Other life sciences

Telomeres of runners

If a person is used to walking fast, then by biological age he will be 16 years younger than the one who usually moves slowly.

22.04.2022

Genetics

The FDA warns

The results of non-invasive prenatal tests need to be confirmed by other methods before making medical decisions.

21.04.2022