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Genetic engineering

CRISPR/Cas9: results of the year

Scientists have high hopes for CRISPR/Cas9 technology, which makes it possible to make changes to the genomes of living organisms, including humans, with high accuracy.

23.12.2016

Biomedicine

DNA methylation predicts diabetes risk

By the nature of these changes, it is possible to predict the risk of developing type 2 diabetes more accurately than by such traditional markers as the type of obesity or blood glucose.

22.12.2016

Nanotechnology

An antidote made of nanoparticles

Scientists from the University of California at Irvine have created nanoparticles that bind not one, but several common animal toxins at once.

22.12.2016

Your health

Cognitive genetics

Vladimir Taktarov, Professor, MD, geneticist of the Eurasian Clinic EA Clinic - about five genetic tests that he recommends every woman to take.

22.12.2016

Biomedicine

A lot of noise from a moderately positive result

The publication of photodynamic therapy of prostate cancer was the reason for the appearance in the media of reports about a "revolutionary" approach to the treatment of this disease.

22.12.2016

Other life sciences

New trials of the bionic pancreas

The design of a smartphone, a glucose monitoring system and two pumps was used in patients for 11 days (previously, the studies lasted 24 hours and 5 days).

22.12.2016

Cellular technologies

Stem cells for the restoration of dental pulp

The introduction of stem cells isolated from removed "wisdom teeth" into the roots of damaged teeth ensures effective regeneration of dental pulp.

22.12.2016

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

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