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Popular about immunity

Review of the book by Maria Kondratova "The Invisible Guardian. How immunity protects us from external and internal threats."

05.12.2022

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Not even six months will pass

Elon Musk announced that Neuralink will implant the first neurointerface to a person in the next six months.

02.12.2022

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Shoot glioblastoma

Scientists have developed a safe and effective method of destroying brain tumor cells using high-voltage electrical impulses.

01.12.2022

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An insurmountable barrier

The hydrogel barrier in the vas deferens blocks the path of sperm and prevents fertilization.

30.11.2022

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Blood glucose meter under the skin

The new technology will help millions of patients forget about daily invasive tests with a blood glucose meter.

29.11.2022

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Virtual Eternity

It is not yet possible to fully recreate a person's personality, but the authors hope that the technologies of "digital immortality" will be improved.

24.11.2022

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Liver cancer: who is to blame?

The malignancy of hepatocytes is caused by two proteins that inhibit the synthesis of acetyl-coenzyme A, which is important for cellular metabolism.

24.11.2022

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Instead of hypothermia

Before operations that require stopping blood flow, the patient is put into a state of hypothermia. Japanese researchers have proposed an alternative technique.

23.11.2022

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We are going without hands

Paralyzed people using the brain-computer interface were able to control a wheelchair in a hospital ward.

23.11.2022

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Bionic Ear

Perm Polytechnic University is developing an ear prosthesis that allows restoring both the bone conduction of sound and the aesthetics of the lost organ.

22.11.2022

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Double blow to the brain

The carriage of the APOE e4 allele together with amyloid deposits in the brain contributes to the accumulation of tau protein.

21.11.2022

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Miraculous healing

A cure for cancer at an inoperable stage is an amazing rarity that happened to a patient named Jan Hilgeman.

21.11.2022

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Biology and neural networks

The leap from the cellular level to the molecular level led to the fact that the IT term "Big Data" came to biology.

21.11.2022

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The vicious circle of diabetes

Glucose metabolites disrupt insulin synthesis, leading to an increase in glucose levels and an even greater accumulation of its metabolites.

17.11.2022

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Flu and hormones

Infection with the H7N9 avian influenza virus in men, but not in women, is associated with a decrease in total and free testosterone levels.

17.11.2022

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Don't spell it

The new neurointerface recognizes the words that the patient pronounces mentally and directly turns them into understandable text.

16.11.2022

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Get ready for parthenogenesis

If sperm concentrations continue to fall at the current rate, the consequences will become irreversible in the coming decades.

16.11.2022

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Microflora of parkinsonics

Researchers from the USA and the UK for the first time studied the metagenome of a large cohort of patients with Parkinson's disease.

15.11.2022

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Metabolome, genome and microbiome

American scientists have established associations of 595 blood metabolites with the intestinal microbiome or with genetic factors of the host organism.

15.11.2022

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Virus on the screen

A new method of visualization of viral particles makes it possible to obtain a three-dimensional video recording of the journey of the virus in a layer of target cells.

14.11.2022