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Genetics

We are indigenous!

Genetic evidence has been obtained that some peoples, in particular, representatives of the Ulchi people from the Amur region, have been living in one place for almost eight thousand years.

03.02.2017
Genetic engineering

Rejuvenate and die of cancer?

Researchers have tested a new technique to rejuvenate the body of mice. However, its use leads to the formation of tumors, from which rodents die.

03.02.2017
Biotechnologies - into life

Gene and cell therapy in Kazan

A seminar was held on the territory of the Republican Clinical Hospital, which was attended by researchers of the IFMiB KFU, doctors of the university clinic and the RCB.

03.02.2017
Cellular technologies

Three-dimensional printing by weight

The method of 3D printing of complex biological structures with different types of cells in a gel medium allows you to clearly observe their morphology, mechanical and chemical properties.

03.02.2017
Biomedicine

Antitumor platelets

The new platelet delivery system for the destruction of micro-tumors remaining after surgery has been successfully tested on animals.

03.02.2017
Biomedicine

Cellular Special Forces

Scientists from the USA reprogrammed skin cells so that they could fight a brain tumor. The first successful experiment was conducted on laboratory mice.

02.02.2017
Healthy skepticism

Raw food session followed by exposure

Adherents of raw food are convinced that a raw diet can treat any disease. On account of this "teaching" a number of criminal cases and tortured patients.

02.02.2017
Other life sciences

Diagnosis of influenza by analysis of exhaled air

The developers of the prototype sensor believe that the production of such devices does not require large monetary costs, and after some improvements it may appear in pharmacies.

02.02.2017
Genetic engineering

Tuberculosis-resistant cows have been created

Scientists from the Chinese Northwest Scientific and Technical University of Agriculture and Forestry have bred transgenic cows with increased resistance to tuberculosis.

02.02.2017
Grants and competitions

ERA CoBioTech Program

The Foundation for the Promotion of Innovation has joined the new ERA CoBioTech initiative, a multilateral European program under the auspices of the new EU Horizon 2020 Framework Program.

02.02.2017
Biomedicine

Will melanoma medicine help with bladder cancer?

Pembrolizumab has proven effective already in the first clinical trials and has been approved for the treatment of melanoma. Now the possibilities of expanding the list of indications of the drug are being studied.

01.02.2017
Biomedicine

Hybrid antibodies against HIV

Researchers at Duke University and the Scripps Research Institute hope that broad-spectrum antibodies can help create a vaccine that protects against HIV.

01.02.2017
Other life sciences

Stem cell exosomes protect the retina

The introduction of exosomes into the eyes of mice with damaged optic nerves allowed about 70% of retinal ganglion cells to be preserved; in the group that did not receive injections, up to 90% of these cells died.

01.02.2017
Genetics

DNA of gemini astronauts

The twins have almost identical genomes and similar life experiences, so NASA experts decided to compare samples of their biological material before and after the flight.

31.01.2017
Genetics

Mitochondrial Medicine Conference

A mini-conference on mitochondrial medicine was held at the I. Kant BFU in Kaliningrad. The results of the research were presented by prominent Russian and foreign scientists.

31.01.2017