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The herpes virus will help in the creation of antiviral vaccines

Biotech in the Chemical Farm

The Scientific and Educational Center for Molecular and Cellular Technologies has been opened on the basis of the St. Petersburg Chemical and Pharmaceutical University.

The elderly are dear to us everywhere

The creators of "robobriuk" hope that they will help the elderly and people with disorders in the musculoskeletal system to walk independently.

Are people stupid or are the tests outdated?

Most likely, in a changed world, the "ruler" that measures intelligence is outdated.

A small gadget diagnoses sleep apnea

Built-in sensors measure blood oxygen saturation, heart rate, respiratory effort, sleep duration and changes in body position.

Patent for CRISPR in Europe

The European Patent Office intends to grant a patent with a wide scope of protection for the use of the popular genome editor – the CRISPR system – to the University of California.

A kidney instead of flowers

On the eve of the March 8 holiday, which is widely celebrated in the Apennines, the 52-year-old Italian decided to give his girlfriend not a traditional bouquet of mimosa, but his own kidney.

"Green" ammunition

The US Department of Defense has announced a tender for the development of new biodegradable training ammunition that will be used at all US military training grounds.

Tetanus vaccine unexpectedly protected against Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease

Biohackers were recognized as dangerous to society

The possibility of experimenting with the genetic code at home creates a risk of organisms with undesirable properties, according to the British Council for Bioethics.

Reprogram a cancer cell

Experts from Microsoft Research use their knowledge to solve one of the most difficult and deadly problems of our time – the fight against cancer.

Gloves for the mute

Two resourceful guys from the USA have invented gloves that can help mute people communicate with those who do not know sign language. However, the guys from Donetsk were ahead of them by five years, and it is still unknown who will be the first to receive a patent.

Japanese scientists have created a prosthetic tongue

Scientists from Okayama University are testing an artificial language on four volunteers – a unique prosthesis that will return the ability to speak to patients.

Gene therapy of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: the first successes

According to the data presented at the congress of the American Society of Hematology, four boys suffering from a rare hereditary disease had a significant improvement in their health after treatment.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry given for "DNA repair"

This year's laureates were Thomas Lindahl, a Swede, Paul Modrich, a US citizen, and Aziz Sankar, an American of Turkish origin, "for the study of DNA repair mechanisms."

Lactobacilli will protect babies from HIV-infected breast milk

A group of researchers has identified a special strain of lactobacilli living in the human oral cavity. This type of bacteria captures HIV viruses by attaching them to its outer shell. Since these bacteria grow and multiply in milk, it is enough to vaccinate a baby once to provide him with protection from infection until the end of the breastfeeding period.

For the first time in the world: successful penis transplantation

A young man who has undergone a unique penis transplant operation will soon become a father.

Quantum dots increase the efficiency of RNA interference

Existing miRNA tracking tags glow for no more than a minute, while quantum dots emit light for many hours. Moreover, the new approach is 5-10 times less toxic to living cells than the chemical compounds currently used to monitor the course of RNA interference.

Gene therapy will help with deafness

Scientists from the Japanese Juntendo University with the help of gene therapy were able to partially restore the hearing of a mouse with congenital deafness.

Two new ways to fight atherosclerosis

Harvard researchers have deciphered the mechanisms underlying the fact that the ROCK1 protein significantly suppresses inflammation of the vascular walls in atherosclerosis, which is the main cause of heart attacks and strokes. The authors found that ROCK1 is necessary for immune cells – macrophages – to clean the walls of blood vessels from fat deposits. A normal side effect of such cleansing is inflammation, but often this process gets out of control, which causes the opposite result - the growth of atherosclerotic plaques and blockage of arteries.