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An exciting video from the life of synapses

Researchers from the University of California at Davis demonstrated the critical role of the neuroligin protein in the formation of synapses and filmed this process on video.

19.06.2009
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Bacteria were put on the counter

According to the researchers, the counter can be associated with any external events, the influence of which the bacterium is able to feel (for example, it regularly reacts to the presence of certain toxins), as well as with changes in the internal state of the microorganism. The bacterium can be forced to "self-destruct" after the completion of a certain number of cell divisions or after a given time.

01.06.2009
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Growing artificial organs: sheep instead of bioreactors

Scientist Yutaka Hanazono shows a journalist a sheep involved in the experiment. There is a small trace of the operation on her belly, and behind it is a "spare" pancreas grown on the basis of chimpanzee stem cells.

05.05.2009
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Cardiomyocytes from stem cells

Mesodermal cells capable of forming bone, blood, skeletal muscle and other tissues, when added to the culture medium of Baf60c, Tbx5 and Gata4 factors, turned only into cardiomyocytes, which rhythmically contracted like normal heart muscle cells.

28.04.2009
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Nanobiotechnology in Dubna

The BioGenius PLUS company plans to conduct research in the field of biotechnology in the Dubna SEZ, develop original biotechnological solutions and technologies.

13.04.2009
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Protect yourself

The developers of the COVID-19 vaccine have tested it on themselves. The result is positive: immunity has been formed, and no negative effects have been detected.

22.05.2020
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Wheelchair – telepath

Electrodes located on a special cap connected to the chair read the electrical activity of brain neurons and, thanks to the developed device and processor, translate these impulses into commands for a wheelchair.

29.01.2009
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Another effect of metformin

A new study has shown that metformin may protect against cancer – but only against liver cancer.

03.10.2018
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Chelate complexes for cancer diagnosis

Russian scientists have created a radiopharmaceutical for the accurate diagnosis of oncological diseases, labeled with the technetium-99 isotope.

25.05.2017
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Mold for $1500

A glass container with a mold sample prepared by the discoverer of penicillin, Alexander Fleming, was sold at Bonham's London auction for $ 14,617.

02.03.2017
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The history of one liver

8 months after the transplant, the donor married the recipient. May they live happily ever after with one liver for two :)

28.10.2016