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Genetics

How flies and people age

Comparative analysis of RNA allowed us to identify 50 evolutionarily conservative genes associated with brain aging in humans and drosophila.

26.08.2021

Nanotechnology

Acupuncture for balding

The first results clearly demonstrate that the effect of the patch with microneedles exceeds the results of existing topical preparations.

26.08.2021

Genetics

Against HIV and aging

Reverse transcriptase inhibitors suppress the increased activity of retrotransposons associated with aging.

25.08.2021

Other life sciences

Nothing superfluous

Some malignant cells manage to survive after therapy without mutations, with the help of enhanced antioxidant protection.

25.08.2021

New in Gerontology

Four seasons

The periods of life determined by the energy consumption of the body are not at all similar to childhood, youth, maturity and old age in the everyday sense.

25.08.2021

Prolonging youth

Fecal therapy for the brain

Transplantation of intestinal microbes in the form of feces from young mice to old ones can turn back the clock of an aging brain.

25.08.2021

Other life sciences

Glioblastoma Organoid

The new method makes it possible to obtain in the laboratory an accurate model of a brain tumor in a natural cellular environment.

25.08.2021

Other life sciences

Superglue

Bio-glue, created on the basis of sea acorns glue, stops bleeding in 15 seconds.

25.08.2021

Cellular technologies

Organoids with eyes

Brain organoids spontaneously form eye glasses – embryonic precursors of eyes that react to light.

24.08.2021

Biomedicine

Contraceptive antibodies

Antibodies delivered to the sheep's vagina along with the ejaculate reduced the number of motile sperm by 99 percent.

24.08.2021

Other life sciences

Pump for diabetics on dialysis

The developers are already testing the device in patients with type 2 diabetes without complications of the disease, as well as in difficult situations.

24.08.2021

New in Gerontology

Microflora of centenarians

Bacteria that metabolize primary bile acids help maintain the balance of the intestinal microbiota and prevent inflammation.

24.08.2021

Other life sciences

While Neuralink is experimenting…

Synchron has announced that it has received FDA approval for testing its main product – Stentrode (Stentrode, "stent" + "electrode").

24.08.2021

Genetics

We remove fat through the skin

A seemingly unremarkable observation – shiny hair – showed how the immune system fights obesity.

23.08.2021

Exhibitions and conferences

DIGITALIZED

The International Congress "Digital Medicine and Information Technologies in Healthcare" will be held on October 12, 2021.

23.08.2021

Biomedicine

This beast is called a lama

Nanoantibodies created on the basis of alpaca immune proteins against four variants of coronavirus are 1000 times more effective than all existing ones.

23.08.2021

Nanotechnology

Boiled eggs

Experiments on mice have confirmed that a short and weak heating of the testicles by nanoparticles makes it possible to stop the production of healthy sperm.

23.08.2021

Other life sciences

Anti-cancer helmet

It is too early to talk about the absolute success of using a magnetic helmet in the treatment of brain cancer, since only one patient participated in the trial.

23.08.2021

Biomedicine

Antibiotics against melanoma

In tumors that no longer respond to targeted therapy, antibiotics prolonged the life, and in some cases even cured mice.

23.07.2021

Biomedicine

Virologists from veterinarians

The drug, which 99% suppresses the replication of three strains of SARS-CoV-2, is now used to treat cancer in dogs.

23.07.2021