Life Sciences

Genetic engineering

So that there is no relapse

A new target for multiple myeloma immunotherapy, which destroys stem cancer cells and prevents tumor recurrence, has been tested.

11.02.2020

Nanotechnology

Chemobrionics in action

The new method allows you to create structures that can be used for bone regeneration.

11.02.2020

Prolonging youth

Immunity against brain aging

With age, a certain type of immune cells accumulates in the brain, the activation of which improved memory and learning in old mice.

11.02.2020

Biomedicine

Prognosis of macular degeneration risk

The risk of developing blindness can be predicted long before the first symptoms appear by observing the blood test indicators

11.02.2020

Cellular technologies

Live Yarn

Fibroblast filaments can be used to "repair" various tissues and organs – for example, stitching wounds, as well as creating valves or vessels.

11.02.2020

Other life sciences

Instead of a syringe and a pump

The microneedles in the "smart" patch are made of a glucose-sensitive polymer, which contains insulin inside.

11.02.2020

Biomedicine

Cancer: who is to blame and what to do?

Interview with Alexander Panchin, Candidate of Biological Sciences, member of the RAS Commission on Combating Pseudoscience, winner of the Enlightener Prize.

11.02.2020

Nanotechnology

Platelet Couriers

Platelet fragments successfully deliver the drug to the infarction zone, allowing you to achieve the effect of treatment at a much lower dosage.

10.02.2020

Nanotechnology

Smartphone lab assistant

A compact device the size of a credit card connects to a smartphone and diagnoses infectious diseases from a saliva sample.

10.02.2020

Genetic engineering

Mutational substitution

A new method of gene therapy allowed mice blind from birth to partially regain their sight. It will be tested on humans in the coming years.

10.02.2020

Genetic engineering

Ordered to survive

Modified CAR-T lymphocytes were able to multiply in tumors, and all their "offspring" retained the edited genes.

10.02.2020

Other life sciences

Activator for macrophages

Putrescine may be a potential drug against atherosclerosis and possibly other conditions associated with chronic inflammation.

10.02.2020

Genetics

Mitosis or meiosis?

Both male and female mice became infertile if the meiosin gene discovered by Japanese scientists was artificially turned off.

10.02.2020

Biomedicine

Brain Cleansing

The drug bexarotine activates the retinoid X-receptor and enhances the action of phagocytes, which remove dead cells after a stroke.

07.02.2020

Genetics

Cancer Secrets

Analysis of non-coding DNA will help to identify cancers that are difficult to detect now, and decades earlier than existing methods.

07.02.2020

Other life sciences

Oncotripsy

This is how the developers called the method of gentle application of low-intensity ultrasound pulses for the treatment of cancer.

07.02.2020

Genetics

We don't need too much

To disable the active genes of the "extra" X chromosome in female mammals, the regulatory protein SPEN is required.

07.02.2020

Cellular technologies

An inexhaustible source

Kidneys would ideally be treated with precursor cells of kidney tissues. Researchers from Germany have learned to isolate them from urine.

07.02.2020

Cellular technologies

Ink on the wound

The new portable device is designed for three-dimensional printing of the skin at the site of surgical removal of burned tissue.

06.02.2020

Genetics

How respiratory viruses hide

The diseases they cause are usually easy, but children and the elderly are at risk of developing complications.

06.02.2020