Life Sciences

Genetic engineering

Covid mice

The Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS has created a line of mice that are affected by coronavirus.

25.11.2022

Genetic engineering

Recombinant vectors

Researchers from the USA have developed viral vectors to deliver genes to the primate brain using "directed evolution".

25.11.2022

Biomedicine

Against twenty strains

Experimental RNA vaccine successfully protected experimental rodents from twenty varieties of influenza virus type A and B.

25.11.2022

Genetics

Evolution and genes

Regulatory fragments were found in the genome, which developed rapidly after the separation of our ancestors from the great apes.

25.11.2022

Biomedicine

Blood + AI = diagnosis

A new blood test using artificial intelligence detects liver cancer with 88% sensitivity and 98% specificity.

24.11.2022

Biomedicine

Protection against Zika fever

Antibodies isolated from the blood of women infected with the Zika virus, but who have given birth to healthy children, can neutralize this pathogen.

24.11.2022

Other life sciences

Virtual Eternity

It is not yet possible to fully recreate a person's personality, but the authors hope that the technologies of "digital immortality" will be improved.

24.11.2022

Other life sciences

Liver cancer: who is to blame?

The malignancy of hepatocytes is caused by two proteins that inhibit the synthesis of acetyl-coenzyme A, which is important for cellular metabolism.

24.11.2022

Biomedicine

Partial protection

Activation of the TAAR1 receptor may partially improve memory and prevent the development of psychoses in mice with Alzheimer's disease.

24.11.2022

Genetic engineering

A new record

The FDA has approved the first therapy against hemophilia B from UniQure. The drug will become the most expensive in the world with a price of $ 3.5 million.

24.11.2022

Prolonging youth

Against cancer and sarcopenia

Antibodies against the CD47 membrane protein not only fight cancer, but also restore the muscle mass of old mice.

23.11.2022

Other life sciences

Instead of hypothermia

Before operations that require stopping blood flow, the patient is put into a state of hypothermia. Japanese researchers have proposed an alternative technique.

23.11.2022

Other life sciences

We are going without hands

Paralyzed people using the brain-computer interface were able to control a wheelchair in a hospital ward.

23.11.2022

Cellular technologies

Pacemakers from cardiomyocytes

Scientists from the University of Houston reprogrammed cardiomyocyte cells into Purkinje fiber cells.

23.11.2022

Genetics

Aging and the economy

People born during the Great Depression of the 1930s in the United States have markers of accelerated aging.

23.11.2022

Other life sciences

Bionic Ear

Perm Polytechnic University is developing an ear prosthesis that allows restoring both the bone conduction of sound and the aesthetics of the lost organ.

22.11.2022

Genetics

"Genes of myopia"

Five genes have been found, variants of which increase the risk of myopia in people of European origin with higher education.

22.11.2022

Genetics

Diabetes and bile acids

Bile acids act as signaling molecules that control various functions in the body, including blood sugar levels.

22.11.2022

Cellular technologies

Organoids with Usher syndrome

Retinal organoids give hope for the creation of methods for the treatment of genetic visual disorders.

22.11.2022

Cellular technologies

Treat not only the head

Restoration of the intestinal epithelium can reduce the risk of dementia after a stroke by reducing the amount of molecules toxic to neurons in the bloodstream.

22.11.2022