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Biomedicine

Cancer Treatment: Good news

Several medicines that have proven themselves well in the fight against common forms of cancer set a new standard for the treatment of many types of cancer.

07.06.2017
Your health

Should I get vaccinated or not?

In Russia, and throughout the world, a heated discussion has recently unfolded on the need and benefits of vaccination. What arguments can be drawn in favor of vaccines?

07.06.2017
Nanotechnology

Interactive tattoo

Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have synthesized inks that respond to metabolic shifts.

07.06.2017
Cellular technologies

Stem cells against blood clots

Scientists of the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS have established the ability of stem cells to restore blood flow in thrombosed limbs.

06.06.2017
Nanotechnology

Vaccine with an additive

A standard influenza vaccine modified with cerium dioxide nanoparticles increases the body's immune response to influenza viruses several times.

06.06.2017
Other life sciences

Algorithm for predicting mortality

The automated system is able to predict 5-year survival with an accuracy of 69% in comparison with the forecast made by specialist doctors.

06.06.2017
Genetics

Tea for cancer prevention

Tea reduces the likelihood of cancer and metabolic problems in women by changing the protein "packaging" of genes associated with these diseases, biologists have found.

05.06.2017
Genetic engineering

Learning to shoot with a slingshot

Molecular "slingshots" made of Y-shaped antibodies and "rubber bands" made of synthetic DNA will be able to deliver drug molecules exactly to the target.

05.06.2017
Controversial

Resurrection of the ReAnima Project

Scientists from BioQuark are preparing to resume dubious experiments on the "resurrection" of the brain of the deceased – this time in Latin America.

05.06.2017
Other life sciences

Minions are necessary for myogenesis

Named after the characters of the animated series of the same name, the microbe is synthesized during the growth of the muscles of embryos, and in the adult body – when they are damaged.

05.06.2017
Various

Will AI replace humans?

There are many fields of activity, many of which we cannot even imagine yet, where artificial intelligence will bring enormous benefits to society.

05.06.2017
Grants and competitions

"Bio/mol/text"-2017

The main topics of the competition are molecular biology and biophysics, biomedicine, bio- and nanotechnology and stories about the best biological research institutions.

02.06.2017
Other life sciences

Exoskeletons on the march

Exoskeletons are a very young technology. And its real heyday, as well as gaining sympathy among the population of Russia, belongs, rather, to tomorrow.

02.06.2017
Other life sciences

The roots of cancer

American scientists have for the first time investigated the role of cancer "roots" – cancer stem cells – in the development of primary tumors and metastases in colon and rectal cancer.

02.06.2017
Other life sciences

Alzheimer's and immunity

Perhaps the symptoms of the late stages of Alzheimer's disease are due not only to the presence of amyloid plaques, but also to the pathological activity of the immune system.

02.06.2017
Prolonging youth

The dispute about young blood continues

Scientists consider it premature to talk about the success of the trials, because the authors of the study did not have a control group to assess the placebo effect.

02.06.2017
Your health

Not all meditations are equally useful

It is believed that meditation does not cause side effects, addiction and addiction. However, according to a new study, everything is not so rosy at all.

02.06.2017
Other life sciences

Circadian rhythms

Circadian rhythms are closed to an external 24-hour day. The main signal for adjusting the rhythm is light, although there are other signals, for example, temperature.

01.06.2017