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Pig's Heart: Cautious optimism

Animal organs have been transplanted to people for a long time and unsuccessfully, but this time the application for success is serious.

12.01.2022

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Glue for a broken heart

CAR T-lymphocytes can slow down the growth of connective tissue in myocardial fibrosis caused by hypertension.

11.01.2022

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Sugar and the psyche

Excess sugar in the diet, especially at a young age, can negatively affect mental health.

11.01.2022

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For your friends

Just as a cellular self-destruction program kills a cell along with an infection, so innate immunity kills a sick individual along with an infection.

30.12.2021

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Heart and immunity

With high blood pressure, with atherosclerosis and after a heart attack, the bone marrow begins to produce more immune cells.

30.12.2021

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Neurons play tennis

Brain cells grown in vitro from stem cells have been taught to play a primitive two-dimensional video game.

28.12.2021

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These immortals

Scientists can name several biological species that can live almost forever if they are not destroyed by an external factor.

27.12.2021

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Running for the mind

10 minutes of comfortable running is a completely free, easily accessible and effective stimulator of mental activity.

24.12.2021

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What is more important?

T cells play a more important role, compared to antibodies, in the issue of liberation from the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

22.12.2021

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Mice with covid

A mouse model for studying coronavirus infection was proposed by researchers from the Yale University School of Medicine.

22.12.2021

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Glowing antibodies

Fluorescent immunoglobulins are a promising tool for cancer diagnosis due to their high brightness, specificity and stability.

22.12.2021

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Is the use of senolytics exaggerated?

Scientists from the Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences have refuted the generally accepted principle of action of drugs against cellular aging.

20.12.2021

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A new prosthesis from "Motorika"

Motorika, MC FEFU and Skoltech summed up the results of the first stage of the study of the possibility of integrating a bionic prosthetic arm into the body.

20.12.2021

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Intravenous cytometer

The device will be able to "view" a significant amount of blood in the patient's body in a few minutes and detect cancer cells in it.

17.12.2021

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Sports Enzyme

Scientists have discovered how sport increases insulin sensitivity, which in turn improves metabolism.

17.12.2021

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Accurate to the millimeter

Scientists of the Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS have developed a drug based on aptamers for the detection of cancerous tumors and metastases.

17.12.2021

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Liquid lenses

The FDA has approved Vuity eye drops as the first full–fledged remedy to combat presbyopia - "senile vision".

16.12.2021

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Diabetes Adjuvant

The hormone fabkin may be an important pathological link in the development of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

15.12.2021

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From hormones to embryos

Assisted reproductive technologies are a complex interweaving of purely medical, social and legal issues.

15.12.2021

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Healing Protein

Proteoglycan agrin accelerates the healing of chronic wounds in mice and can be used to treat diabetic ulcers and burns.

13.12.2021