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Your health

Monitor your glucose levels

A normal but elevated amount of glucose in the blood increases the risk of cancer by 17%, in combination with prediabetes – by 50%, and with diabetes – by 2 times.

25.07.2019
Nanotechnology

Nanogel against hyperglycemia

Researchers from Canada suggest a way that does not require insulin injections to cope with high blood glucose.

25.07.2019
Other life sciences

The first case in Russia

After transplantation of ovarian tissue frozen before chemotherapy, the woman gave birth to a child conceived naturally.

25.07.2019
Exhibitions and conferences

Tech Week 19

On October 29, Moscow will host the annual conference on the introduction of digital technologies in business – Tech Week 19.

24.07.2019
New in Gerontology

Age is a hindrance to autophagy

Failures in autophagy processes caused by cell aging can be the cause of the development of many neurodegenerative diseases.

24.07.2019
Biomedicine

Hope for cancer patients

Therapy for the late stages of two deadly types of cancer has been tested on mice. Next year, scientists plan to test it on humans.

24.07.2019
Healthy skepticism

Network Killers

They promise to cure cancer with diets, good thoughts and meditation. They are exposed, but the problem remains – they are believed.

24.07.2019
Genetics

Genocide in the genome

Epigenetic inheritance potentially creates problems for healthcare and raises not only scientific, but also ethical issues.

24.07.2019
Biomedicine

Reverse vaccinology

Researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine have developed a vaccine from DNA and recombinant proteins that helps fight HIV.

24.07.2019
Genetics

DNA and its man (2)

Another excerpt from the book published by Alpina non-fiction is about finding criminals using DNA databases.

24.07.2019
Various

Test tube meat and psychology

In the matter of meat from a test tube, the disgust factor plays a big role. Most consumers consider it disgusting in advance.

24.07.2019
Genetics

DNA and its man (1)

An excerpt from a book published by Alpina non-fiction publishing house is about consumer tests by which one can judge the origin of a person.

24.07.2019
Your health

Women's heart and diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is accompanied by a higher risk of heart failure in women than in men.

23.07.2019
Biomedicine

Carrier or patient?

An algorithm that predicts the features of the immune response to a pathogen can improve the early diagnosis of diseases such as tuberculosis.

23.07.2019
Other life sciences

Intestinal infection and parkinsonism

In studies on mice, the role of intestinal microflora in the development of Parkinson's disease has been proven, even if contact with the bacterium occurred at a young age.

23.07.2019
Other life sciences

Cyber Trainer

Esports clubs have already become interested in the neural interface developed at Moscow State University for training gamers.

23.07.2019
Nanotechnology

Tattoo biosensors

They change color depending on changes in glucose, albumin and pH levels in the body.

23.07.2019
Genetics

Genes and environment

Geneticist Steve Jones – about the importance of the environment, mutations of Siamese cats and the process of obesity.

23.07.2019
Biomedicine

A cake with a poisonous filling

A new method of treating oncological diseases is masking the drug in a tasty morsel for cancer cells, a molecule of fatty acid.

22.07.2019