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Well, for sanity!

Let's choose the best books about medicine and health: the start of the people's vote for the "Sanity-2021" award has been announced.

20.07.2021
Genetics

"The autism gene"

For the first time, there was a chance to treat such a severe form of mental disorder as autism by activating one gene.

20.07.2021
Biomedicine

A look into the future

Is eternal youth waiting for us? Is there a chance to find cures for incurable diseases? What will happen to transplantation and genetic engineering?

20.07.2021
Genetics

Just nothing

The DNA of Homo sapiens sapiens is unique in relation to other Homo species by 7, and with a stricter approach – by only 1.5 percent.

20.07.2021
Other life sciences

Scaly sensor

The new configuration gives portable tension sensors high sensitivity to skin deformation in a wide range.

19.07.2021
Other life sciences

And help out a friend

Two independent groups of scientists have discovered the same molecular mechanism that supports the integrity of body tissues.

19.07.2021
Biomedicine

Potential neuroprotectors

UrFU scientists have obtained substances that, according to them, can provide a breakthrough in the treatment of neurodegenerative pathologies.

19.07.2021
Various

These are the doctors we have…

About 20% of Russian doctors do not recommend that patients be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a survey of doctors and average medical staff.

19.07.2021
Other life sciences

Interleukin vs. Alzheimer's

Understanding that astrocytes interact with microglia using IL-3 has important implications for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

19.07.2021
Biomedicine

Snake Venom glue

Biocompatible glue under the influence of visible light promotes wound healing and stops bleeding in less than a minute.

16.07.2021
Other life sciences

Speech neuroprosthesis

The brain implant reads neural signals in the speech motor zones, and the computer composes whole phrases based on this activity.

16.07.2021
Cloning

Mom from a test tube

What stories from the world of reproductive technologies can get a new impetus if success with mice continues with rhinos and humans.

16.07.2021
Nanotechnology

The virus is trapped

Nanowells built using DNA origami technology, covered from the inside with virus-binding molecules, work as virus traps.

16.07.2021
Biomedicine

Medicine from poison

The anti-infarction drug is based on a substance contained in the venom of one of the deadliest spiders in the world – the funnel spider.

16.07.2021
Nanotechnology

In two stages

Nanoparticles with copper ions made it possible to determine the presence of a cancerous tumor and, with a positive result, its localization in the body of mice.

16.07.2021
Other life sciences

Anemia on selfies

American scientists have developed an algorithm that determines the level of hemoglobin in the blood from the image of the inner part of the eyelid of the eye.

15.07.2021
Nanotechnology

Nano - touch

The implant will be a simple and effective solution for those who have lost touch in the limbs after amputation, injury or deep cut.

15.07.2021
Other life sciences

Antirecord

In Russia, 6.0% of cancer cases are caused by alcohol, while the average worldwide is only 4.1%.

15.07.2021