Life Sciences

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Cellular technologies

Regenerative biomedicine

Regenerative medicine methods are used for diseases and injuries, especially when the chances of not only recovery, but also survival are low.

22.07.2021
Genetic engineering

On the threshold of gene therapy

Catherine Braunstein, Scientific director of the Manhattan Orphan Disease Research Center, talks about the prospects of gene therapy.

22.07.2021
New in Gerontology

Dementia and osteoporosis

Cognitive decline has a direct and inverse relationship with bone loss and the risk of fractures in women.

21.07.2021
Genetics

Stable target

German researchers have identified specific sections of the SARS-CoV-2 genome that almost never undergo mutations

21.07.2021
Nanotechnology

Transparent bandage

Inexpensive collagen-based dressing is able to treat diabetic foot ulcers and other chronic wounds.

21.07.2021
Cloning

Progress in sheep's clothing

Neither researchers nor veterinarians give an exhaustive answer to the question of who needs the technology of creating genetic copies of animals today.

21.07.2021
Genetics

"The autism gene"

For the first time, there was a chance to treat such a severe form of mental disorder as autism by activating one gene.

20.07.2021
Biomedicine

A look into the future

Is eternal youth waiting for us? Is there a chance to find cures for incurable diseases? What will happen to transplantation and genetic engineering?

20.07.2021
Genetics

Just nothing

The DNA of Homo sapiens sapiens is unique in relation to other Homo species by 7, and with a stricter approach – by only 1.5 percent.

20.07.2021
Other life sciences

Scaly sensor

The new configuration gives portable tension sensors high sensitivity to skin deformation in a wide range.

19.07.2021
Other life sciences

And help out a friend

Two independent groups of scientists have discovered the same molecular mechanism that supports the integrity of body tissues.

19.07.2021
Biomedicine

Potential neuroprotectors

UrFU scientists have obtained substances that, according to them, can provide a breakthrough in the treatment of neurodegenerative pathologies.

19.07.2021
Other life sciences

Interleukin vs. Alzheimer's

Understanding that astrocytes interact with microglia using IL-3 has important implications for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

19.07.2021
Biomedicine

Snake Venom glue

Biocompatible glue under the influence of visible light promotes wound healing and stops bleeding in less than a minute.

16.07.2021
Other life sciences

Speech neuroprosthesis

The brain implant reads neural signals in the speech motor zones, and the computer composes whole phrases based on this activity.

16.07.2021
Cloning

Mom from a test tube

What stories from the world of reproductive technologies can get a new impetus if success with mice continues with rhinos and humans.

16.07.2021
Nanotechnology

The virus is trapped

Nanowells built using DNA origami technology, covered from the inside with virus-binding molecules, work as virus traps.

16.07.2021
Biomedicine

Medicine from poison

The anti-infarction drug is based on a substance contained in the venom of one of the deadliest spiders in the world – the funnel spider.

16.07.2021