GM maggots against wound infections
New Zealand scientists have proposed genetically modifying carrion green flies and using their larvae to accelerate wound healing.
24.03.2016New Zealand scientists have proposed genetically modifying carrion green flies and using their larvae to accelerate wound healing.
24.03.2016Doctors were allowed to prescribe to terminally ill patients who had no more than six months to live, potent medical means to end their lives.
07.10.2015Liquid crystals can undergo changes in their organization in response to a slight change in the primary structure of DNA, including mutations at the level of one nitrogenous base.
01.07.2008The Center for Collective Use "Molecular Paleontology" will be the first and only place in Russia where research will be conducted on the latest equipment using unique technologies to search for living mammoth cells and study the DNA of ancient animals.
16.03.2015Despite the fact that sugar and sweeteners initiate the same taste recognition mechanisms (people are not able to distinguish their solutions by taste), sugar activates the brain regions associated with the formation of a sense of pleasure more strongly.
09.06.2008The authors suggest that human analogues of the genes they identified that control fat metabolism, regardless of the diet, have similar functions in the human body.
06.06.2008The Council for Scientific and Technical Policy under the Government of Japan will make recommendations to the Cabinet of Ministers to allow research on the cultivation of human organs in animal organisms for transplantation to patients.
18.06.2013Peptoids are synthetic analogues of fragments of amino acid sequences of natural proteins (peptides).
14.04.2008Due to a mutation of the BRCA2 gene, Linda lost her mother to breast cancer at the age of 12, a breast tumor was found in both of her sisters, and then her son complained to his mother that his breasts had become very sensitive...
22.06.2010The closing ceremony and awarding of the winners of the IV All-Russian Internet Olympiad in Nanotechnology took place in the Assembly Hall of the Fundamental Library of Moscow State University.
28.04.2010"Most studies of the effect of alcohol on health eventually produce a two–horned curve – that is, the risk is increased for people who do not drink at all and for alcoholics, and for people who drink alcohol moderately, it decreases," comments William Thies, head of the scientific and medical department of the Alzheimer's Association.
15.07.2009Tests for antibodies to coronavirus can be wrong in half of the cases, and they should not be used when lifting quarantine measures.
01.06.2020This year, the Lasker Prize recognizes the achievements of modern immunology. The names of the new laureates were announced last week.
20.09.2019Hearings on the case of the ex-heads of the Federal Compulsory Health Insurance Fund will begin on January 15. According to the investigation, the members of the group in the period from August 2005 to November 2006 received more than 27 million rubles in bribes.
15.01.2009Scientists analyzed 12 clinical studies of a popular remedy for alcoholism and found the drug ineffective.
28.02.2018The Neurochat device allows patients who have suffered a stroke or have severe speech disorders to communicate with others.
13.10.2017The word "treatment" used in the advertisement indicates the possibility of affecting the body of patients, while the drug prostamol uno can only relieve the symptoms of prostatitis, but not cure the disease.
27.11.2008The hackathon on bioinformatics LifeCode-2017 will be held at NSU from April 29 to May 1. Programmers, biologists and anyone interested in biology and bioinformatics can take part in it.
28.03.2017An oncologist explained how cancer starts and what directly affects the start of a dangerous process
26.05.2023Human rights activists and scientists are calling on the Government of Kuwait to abandon plans to create a DNA database of all citizens, expatriates and visitors to the country.
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