Life Sciences

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Other life sciences

The cardiogram will be decoded by a computer

The neural network does not yet recognize many heart diseases, including myocardial infarction, but it can be improved in the course of further research.

11.07.2017
Other life sciences

Concentration camp is harmful to health

Holocaust victims have a small but consistently increased risk of developing cancer. Previously, such studies were conducted for other diseases.

11.07.2017
Genetics

The fourth Denisovan

The girl whose tooth was found in 1984 in Denisova Cave belonged to Denisovans, not Neanderthals, and she lived much earlier than three other Denisovans.

10.07.2017
Biomedicine

How are humans different from mice?

Diabetes medications have different effects on mice and humans due to differences in beta cell receptors, so drugs tested on mice often do not help people.

10.07.2017
Genetics

Psychogenetics

Psychogeneticist Robert Plomin – about the role of genes and upbringing in the formation of personality, the ability to foreign languages and gemini studies.

10.07.2017
Other life sciences

Apple trees won't bloom on Mars

Scientists believe that at the moment the surface of Mars has a detrimental effect on microorganisms. Even liquid water is harmful to cells if it contains perchlorates.

10.07.2017
Other life sciences

A new type of dendritic cells

Their main task is to get infected with the virus, die and spread information about it among other components of immunity.

10.07.2017
Biomedicine

Hypotensive oligonucleotides

Novosibirsk scientists have created a fundamentally new method of combating hypertension, experimenting with short DNA chains of 10-20 "letters"-nucleotides.

07.07.2017
Other life sciences

The problem of resistance is getting worse

Currently, only three new drugs for the treatment of gonorrhea are being developed, and there are no guarantees that they will successfully pass clinical trials.

07.07.2017
Genetics

Stop colorectal cancer

The development of colon and rectal cancer can be suppressed by blocking the work of the STRA6 protein associated with the transfer of vitamin A and the growth and reproduction of stem cells.

07.07.2017
Theories of aging

Aging – the program

The fact that we will break this program, the author has no doubts. A matter of time. And I would really like it to happen not in 50 years, but in 20.

07.07.2017
Genetics

White, brown, cave…

Millions of years ago there were no white, brown, or Himalayan bears, but thanks to evolution, their ancestors adapted to environmental conditions, dividing into the species we know.

06.07.2017
Biomedicine

Melanoma vaccines

Two research groups from different countries conducted clinical studies of individual melanoma vaccines, which confirmed their effectiveness and safety.

06.07.2017
Other life sciences

I eat what I want and don't get fat

When a mouse cannot smell its food, it may "think" that it has eaten more than it actually has, and this encourages it to expend more energy.

06.07.2017
Other life sciences

Metastases, I can see right through you!

A Japanese team of scientists has developed a new method of tissue processing that allows us to examine cancerous tumors in mice with an accuracy of individual cells.

06.07.2017
Other life sciences

Can atherosclerosis be reversed?

In the course of a new study, scientists have found that "therapeutic" macrophages of type M2 are necessary to reduce atherosclerotic inflammation and "dissolve" plaques.

06.07.2017
Genetic engineering

Gene delivery to neurons

New viral vectors solve this problem: one of them penetrates the blood-brain barrier, and the second is selectively absorbed by peripheral neurons.

05.07.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells identical to natural ones

Induced pluripotent stem cells differ little from natural ones in the microRNA profile, which means that the technology for their production is quite reliable.

05.07.2017