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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
Your health

One glass at a time, a small one at a time…

The authors of the new work have shown that chronic daily alcohol consumption in terms of the development of cravings for alcohol is about as dangerous as binge drinking.

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
Healthy skepticism

Rally, don't rally…

Reasonable people sit at their workplace, working for the good of the Motherland, and go to rallies and demonstrations only at the call of the party and the government.

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
Biomedicine

A disco instead of a bar?

UK scientists are preparing to conduct the first clinical trials of the therapeutic effect of MDMA on people struggling with alcohol addiction.

05.07.2017
Genetics

Clarifying the evolution of Homo sapiens

In the DNA of the oldest Neanderthals in Europe, traces of a population of ancient people, relatives of the ancestors of Cro-Magnons, who penetrated into Europe at least 220 thousand years ago, have been found.

05.07.2017
Nanotechnology

Neurotransmitter

The new "transistor neuron" operates at speeds from 0.01 to 15 Hz, which will allow in the future to create a number of high-speed neuromorphic hardware based on it.

05.07.2017
Healthy skepticism

Tolerasm grows stronger

Perhaps, uterus transplantation to transsexuals, gays and even heterosexual (I can't call them normal) men will be at the state expense.

04.07.2017
Biotechnologies - into life

Bigfarma-2017, the first half of the year

We present to your attention the traditional semi-annual review of the most important news of the pharmaceutical industry and medical biotech, prepared by expert Ilya Yasny.

04.07.2017
New in Gerontology

Gait speed will help predict dementia

A group of scientists from the USA has shown that slowing down gait in combination with a decrease in the gray matter of the hippocampus allows predicting dementia.

04.07.2017
New in Gerontology

A common enemy

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases have different risk factors and clinical manifestations, but the formation of pathological accumulations of proteins in both cases stimulates the same enzyme.

04.07.2017
Genetics

Beta blockers alter gene expression

Popular antiarrhythmic drugs are able to fight potentially dangerous genetic changes associated with cardiovascular diseases.

04.07.2017
Biomedicine

Two-faced STING

The STING protein, a promising model of cancer immunotherapy, can lead to the death of T-lymphocytes. This side effect can be used to treat autoimmune diseases.

04.07.2017
Genetics

RNA instead of telomerase

In the absence of telomerase, non-coding TERRA RNAs can restore shortened yeast telomeres. They are found not only in yeast, but also in other organisms, including humans.

03.07.2017