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Biomedicine

Passive antibody therapy

The blood of people who have had Covid-19 can protect those who have not yet been infected. This method has been successfully used since the 90s of the XIX century.

17.03.2020
Nanotechnology

The DNA Trap

Experts from Rice University have developed a technique for capturing the DNA of superbugs freely circulating in wastewater.

17.03.2020
Your health

Stopcoronavirus

The portal provides up-to-date information about the real situation with coronavirus in Russia and the world. The portal is constantly updated.

17.03.2020
Genetics

Multi-armed CRISPR

The CHyMErA method, created by researchers from the University of Toronto, allows you to edit several fragments of the genome at once.

17.03.2020
Genetic engineering

Mice will be caught

Genetically modified mice for testing the COVID-19 vaccine are sold from one to three thousand dollars apiece.

16.03.2020
Biomedicine

Close the second door

CD147 is a target not only for coronaviruses, but also for malaria. Antibody-blocker CD147 has long existed in the form of several drugs.

16.03.2020
Other life sciences

Interval fasting and liver

Scientists from the University of Sydney have found out what happens in the body and, in particular, in the liver during intermittent fasting.

16.03.2020
Genetic engineering

Successes and challenges

Gene therapy of heart failure, the main cause of death in Barth syndrome, has shown high efficiency, but so far – only in mice.

13.03.2020
Genetics

Not just garbage

Probably, some areas of non-coding DNA are involved in the regulation of genes, while others are genetic garbage.

13.03.2020
Other life sciences

Short- and long-livers

Mankind's envious interest in long-lived species is completely understandable: suddenly it will be possible to learn something that will allow us to live longer.

13.03.2020
Biomedicine

Check the donor stool!

Six patients became ill after intestinal bacteria transplantation. Two of them were cured at home, two more – in the hospital. Two died.

13.03.2020
Nanotechnology

Fast and cheap

Scientists have proposed a simple and effective method for obtaining water-soluble fullerene compounds for use in medicine.

13.03.2020
Biomedicine

The lollipop vaccine

A storage-stable film can revolutionize the process of distributing medicines worldwide.

12.03.2020
Genetics

And the latter will be the first

Scientists believe that the influence of parents, peers, teachers, as well as simple luck are no less important for academic success than DNA.

12.03.2020
Various

We waited

WHO has officially recognized the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic and warned of an imminent increase in the number of dead and infected around the globe.

12.03.2020
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy against clostridium

CRISPR/Cas3 can cope with the destruction of clostridium, a pathogen that causes the development of pseudomembranous colitis.

12.03.2020