Life Sciences

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Not only hepatocytes

An international team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time the role of cholangiocytes – cells of the intrahepatic bile ducts – in the regeneration of liver tissues.

28.08.2017
Genetic engineering

Genetically modified embryos: details

With the help of the CRISPR/Cas genetic editing system, human embryos were freed from the mutation that causes heart disease – hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

28.08.2017
Genetic engineering

Oh, it's not an easy job…

One of the first developers of the popular genome editing method from the Broad Institute came to the conclusion that CRISPR/Cas is not yet suitable for working with human genes.

25.08.2017
Genetic engineering

Progeria and telomeres

American scientists have managed to reverse the premature aging of cells taken from patients with Hutchinson-Guilford progeria by lengthening telomeres using RNA therapy.

25.08.2017
Other life sciences

Cyborgization – to the masses!

On June 15, Russia took the first step towards mass cyborgization: the first Russian competition of people with high–tech prostheses - Cybathletics - was successfully held in Moscow.

25.08.2017
Genetic engineering

Upgrade of paws

In mice with the synthesis of a protein called plexin A1 disabled, the brushes begin to work better: they are better at handling food that needs to be grabbed and held in a fist.

25.08.2017
New in Gerontology

Sixteen "longevity genes"

14 genetic variants out of 16 markers of life expectancy, which were discovered during large-scale sequencing of genomes, were not previously known.

25.08.2017
Genetic engineering

You can, you can…

The answer to the question of whether extinct species need to be resurrected is no, it is not necessary. Now environmentalists have more pressing tasks that would be worth spending our limited resources on.

25.08.2017
Other life sciences

No worse than an atomic war

With gradual irradiation, unlike instantaneous, stem cells slow down their division cycle and use this delay to repair DNA.

28.07.2017
Genetic engineering

"Ribocomputer" in E. coli

Geneticists have created biocomputers from bacteria with a record-breaking complex logic circuit. The role of electrical signals in them is played by short RNA molecules.

28.07.2017
Other life sciences

DNA will protect against melanoma

Researchers from Binghamton University have shown that the absorption of ultraviolet radiation by DNA films can increase with repeated exposure.

28.07.2017
Genetic engineering

Huntington's disease in vitro

Scientists of the institutes of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences use gene editing methods to create a cellular model of Huntington's disease.

27.07.2017
Other life sciences

Fractured the skull?

Focusing on the results of computed tomography, doctors created a 3D model of the patient's skull and an implant that could replace the missing piece.

27.07.2017
Prolonging youth

Cell therapy extended the life of mice

Rodents, in whose brains biologists introduced new stem cells, aged noticeably slower and lived 19% longer than normal mice.

27.07.2017
Genetic engineering

Blue chrysanthemums

After many years of failures, Japanese scientists have managed to create a genetically modified variety of chrysanthemums with flowers of all shades of real blue.

27.07.2017
Nanotechnology

Nanocurcuma against cancer

Ordinary turmeric can be used to create nanoparticles that cause mass death of cancer cells in the brain and other parts of the body, scientists say.

26.07.2017
Other life sciences

HIV: a new risk factor

Virologists have discovered several strains of bacteria in the microflora of male genitalia that increase the likelihood of infection with the immunodeficiency virus by 53-64%.

26.07.2017
Other life sciences

Programmable necroptosis

The results of a new study may change the current approach to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, as scientists have discovered another factor in the death of brain cells.

26.07.2017