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Genetic engineering

DNA on the conveyor

The process of producing DNA strands several hundred bases long using genetically modified microorganisms is much cheaper and more accurate than existing methods.

10.06.2013
Genetic engineering

The canaries suggested a way to restore neurons

"The information we needed to understand how to achieve the formation of new neurons in the adult brain tissue was essentially given to us by our work with canaries," says the head of the work.

10.06.2013
Nanotechnology

Nanocontraception

If such a method of male contraception is safe for a person, gold nanorods can become an alternative to vasectomy.

10.06.2013
Cellular technologies

Cartilage from stem cells: a new recipe

Bioengineers are actively looking for innovative ways to grow new cartilage from the patient's own stem cells, and thanks to a new study by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, this treatment method has become a step closer to clinical practice.

07.06.2013
Various

Two news about cancer: the bad one first…

The number of UK residents who will get cancer during their lifetime will make up almost half of the country's population by 2020, but the likelihood of a fatal outcome in cancer patients will decrease.

07.06.2013
Cellular technologies

iPSCs were turned into blood cells

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have managed to differentiate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into erythrocytes and platelets.

07.06.2013
Cellular technologies

Release the cells from the cage!

The law on the circulation of biomedical cell products will allow large-scale clinical trials of the most promising developments to begin. Centers for the development of cellular technologies and regenerative medicine are expected to open in the near future.

07.06.2013
Other life sciences

At what rate are nerve cells restored?

Counting of neurons with carbon-14 embedded in DNA in the period from 1945 to 1963, when countries conducted nuclear tests on earth, showed that up to 700 new neurons appear in the hippocampus in adults per day

07.06.2013
Various

Get it and sign it

In Spain, they came up with the idea of sending dog excrement to their owners. As a result of the campaign launched in early 2013, the amount of dog waste in the settlement decreased by 70%

06.06.2013
Cloning

Cloning a mammoth: an optimist's opinion

After the recent discovery of the carcass of an adult female mammoth, the extinct animal may still be cloned. Semyon Grigoriev, head of the Mammoth Museum, talks about the prospects of such a project.

06.06.2013
Genetics

DNA prints: to take or not to take?

The idea of DNA as a universal bioidentifier is not to everyone's liking. Alarmists warn: let the state and corporations dig into your genes – and a society like "Gattaca" will be built by itself.

06.06.2013
Cellular technologies

Safe cells

Australian scientists have developed the first test to identify human induced pluripotent stem cell lines capable of forming tumors.

06.06.2013
Note to the businessman

How much are smokers today?

Smoking employees cost the employer on average almost $6,000 more per year than non-smokers.

06.06.2013
Cellular technologies

About bioprinting – first-hand

The author of the first publication about 3D bioprinting, Professor V. Mironov, tells about how to print organs with living cells without solid frames, on which printer and with what "ink".

06.06.2013
Genetics

An ordinary miracle of genetics

The lecture by D.B.N. D.Rebrikov "An ordinary miracle of genetics" will begin at 19-00 on 13.06.2013 at cafe ZaVtra (Moscow, Sretenka str. 26/1). Admission is free, and video streaming is available for those who cannot walk.

06.06.2013
Biomedicine

Will an antibiotic help to give up cocaine?

The use of ceftriaxone, a third–generation cephalosporin antibiotic, during the withdrawal period, reduced the degree of cocaine dependence in rats who were "hooked" on the drug.

05.06.2013
Your health

Two more reasons to take care of your health

Compliance with the four basic rules of a healthy lifestyle reduces the likelihood of memory problems by more than two times. And British scientists (TM) have calculated that an unhealthy lifestyle ages a woman's appearance by 10 years.

05.06.2013
Cellular technologies

Cellular technologies in Russia: details

A draft law regulating the use of cellular medicine in our country has been approved and will be submitted to the government in the near future.

05.06.2013