Other life sciences
Sex protects against infections
Why is sexual reproduction so common if it is much easier to reproduce by division or budding? One of the answers is the "Black Queen hypothesis".
21.12.2016- English version
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Other life sciences
The illusion of a rubber hand turned the prostheses into a part of the body
Electrostimulation of the somatosensory cortex bypassing the peripheral nerves in combination with the illusion of a rubber hand creates the feeling of a real hand for the owners of prostheses.
21.12.2016
Cellular technologies
Amniotic fluid rejuvenated bones and joints
Amniotic fluid stem cells will help not only the elderly, but also astronauts whose musculoskeletal system is seriously suffering from prolonged weightlessness.
21.12.2016
Biomedicine
The salmonellosis vaccine can be simply swallowed
Scientists from the Medical Department of the University of Texas at Galveston have developed an oral vaccine that protects against salmonellosis.
21.12.2016
Various
Human touch for a robot
Scientists from Cornell University's Organic Robotics Lab have developed a robotic arm that has a level of tactile sensitivity close to human.
20.12.2016
Cellular technologies
A "patch" of stem cells restores menisci
The results of the clinical study demonstrate an alternative to the removal of the injured meniscus, which ensures the restoration of the functions of the knee joint.
20.12.2016
Your health
Cirrhosis steals unnoticed
Therefore, British doctors, according to the new recommendations, should refer all patients who drink alcohol in "dangerous" quantities to a liver scan.
20.12.2016
Various
Robots will have hairy hands
Scientists from China have created a prototype of artificial "skin with hair" – a highly sensitive sensor that allows you to feel a wide range of influences.
20.12.2016
Your health
Sauna can reduce the risk of dementia
Men who went to the sauna 4-7 times a week were 66% less likely to develop dementia than those who visited the sauna once a week.
20.12.2016
Note to the businessman
The most active venture funds of 2016 have been identified
According to the results of the annual rating of the activity of venture funds in Russia, in 2016 the funds made 390 transactions – a quarter more than in the previous year.
19.12.2016
Prolonging youth
Polymorphism that can protect against the "diseases of aging"
The discovery of the possibility to block the pathological activation of NADPH oxidase can theoretically form the basis for the creation of new means to combat such diseases.
19.12.2016
Genetics
How many chromosomes do you have?
Great apes have 2 more chromosomes than we do. How did it happen that during the evolution of humans, chromosomes were lost? Is something like this happening now?
19.12.2016
New in Gerontology
The British described the aging of the brain in the largest sample
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Texas at Austin conducted the largest study of age-related changes in the white matter of the brain.
19.12.2016
Biomedicine
If you become an embryo for a short time…
Periodic inclusion of "Yamanaka genes" in the whole body improved the condition of ordinary elderly mice, and extended the life of mice with progeria by 30%.
16.12.2016
Biomedicine
What is molecular medicine?
Changes at the molecular level often occur even before the first symptoms of the disease appear. This can be used for both early and preventive diagnostics.
16.12.2016
Cloning
Cloning animals can become more effective
Scientists from the USA and France studied gene expression as clones develop and found out why most cloned embryos die in the early stages of development.
16.12.2016
Genetics
Genetics of diabetes and obesity
Epidemiologist Nick Warham – on the connection between diabetes and obesity, the study of the genetic causes of these diseases and the development of personalized treatment.
16.12.2016
Cellular technologies
ESCs are getting old too
Human embryonic stem cells from a culture rejuvenated with the help of a chemical "cocktail" are much more successfully transformed into tissues suitable for transplantation.
15.12.2016
Other life sciences
A new hope for the paralyzed
Technologies for restoring the connections between the brain and the nerve nodes of the limbs of the body that have been severed as a result of injury or illness are getting closer to reality.
15.12.2016
Biomedicine
Emulsion was taught to bombard cancer with drugs
The authors of the new work have created a platform for drug delivery based on a double emulsion of water-in-oil-in-water using safe surfactants and sesame oil.
15.12.2016