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Biomedicine

Predator bacteria treat pneumonia

Despite the demand for non-antibiotic approaches to the treatment of infections, the proposal to introduce some bacteria to patients that kill others sounds too innovative.

11.11.2016

Biomedicine

Flash drive for HIV diagnosis

British scientists have developed a compact device for rapid diagnosis of HIV infection, which is connected to a standard USB connector.

11.11.2016

Other life sciences

Digitized Heart

Igor Efimov, Professor at George Washington University and MIPT – about implantable cardiographs, dissolving pacemakers and other breakthroughs in cardiomedicine.

11.11.2016

Biomedicine

Promising vaccines promise remission to HIV patients

Experimental vaccines in combination with an immunostimulator reduce viral load and delay HIV reactivation at the end of antiretroviral therapy.

11.11.2016

Nanotechnology

Electrically Conductive DNA

A group of German researchers managed to conduct electricity through gold-plated nanowires that independently create themselves from individual DNA strands.

11.11.2016

Genetics

Epigenetics with super resolution

MSU scientists have created a method for labeling working genes based on the differences between active and inactive sections of chromosomes during replication from DNA.

11.11.2016

New in Gerontology

Are children taking years of your life?

The telomeres of the study participants who gave birth to at least one child were on average 4% shorter than the telomeres of women who had never given birth.

10.11.2016

Biomedicine

Cancer treatment: virotherapy

Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences, leading oncologist of the Clinical Diagnostic Center "Medsi" V.V. Keshelava told about virotherapy – one of the latest achievements of oncology.

10.11.2016

Other life sciences

Wireless interface cured a paralyzed leg

This was done with the help of a chip that monitors the activity of the motor cortex and transmits signals to the nerves of the spinal cord below the injury site.

10.11.2016

Other life sciences

Glue for axons

American and German scientists have discovered in the danio-rerio fish a molecular mechanism responsible for restoring the spinal cord after injury.

10.11.2016

Your health

Organs you can do without

Removal of the appendix or tonsils has virtually no negative impact on the lives of patients. And what can be said about the removal of a lung or kidney?

10.11.2016

Biomedicine

Antibodies prevented infection of the fetus with the Zika virus

American scientists have isolated a neutralizing human antibody against the Zika virus and with its help effectively prevented intrauterine infection in mice.

10.11.2016

Theories of aging

Is it possible to program aging (4)

According to one theory, shortening life expectancy through aging and frequent generational change is an advantage for other favorable genes in the population.

09.11.2016

Various

Life expectancy and... Facebook

Scientists from the University of California, San Diego have shown a link between the activity of Facebook users and their life expectancy.

09.11.2016

Cellular technologies

Mini-lungs grown in the laboratory were transplanted to mice

American researchers from the University of Michigan have grown mini-lungs in the laboratory and transplanted them to mice. The transplantation was successful.

09.11.2016

Genetics

The fate of Neanderthal genes

Neanderthal DNA segments are gradually disappearing from human DNA under the influence of natural selection, which suggests that the second "extinction" awaits Neanderthals.

09.11.2016

Genetics

The color of a native European

Skin pigmentation and the ability to drink milk are phenotypic signs that have changed over the course of evolution due to adaptation to certain environmental conditions.

09.11.2016

Genetic engineering

Genetically modified probiotic

To normalize ammonia metabolism, it is enough to take one capsule daily containing 100 billion bacteria of genetically modified E. coli.

09.11.2016

Genetic engineering

Another method of treating sickle cell anemia

A similar, but less effective technique for removing the defective version of HBB was presented by another group of scientists from the University of Berkeley just a month ago.

08.11.2016

New in Gerontology

Provocation of aging

The method of provoking premature cellular aging proposed by MSU scientists may be in demand in further studies of this cellular phenomenon.

08.11.2016