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Your health

To the village, to Grandpa!

A new study confirms the "hygienic hypothesis": Belgian scientists have found out why children who grew up in the countryside suffer less from asthma and some types of allergies than urban children.

04.09.2015
Your health

Autoimmune diseases (3)

Some strategies for treating autoimmune diseases can be quite successful, but their side effects are unpleasant and sometimes dangerous. Many developments never reach the stage of clinical research.

04.09.2015
Genetics

Antibodies against the "stone man syndrome"

Researchers from the Regeneron group of biotech companies have uncovered the mechanism of transformation of muscle and connective tissue into bone growths in a rare hereditary disease and have developed antibodies that protect mice from this disease.

04.09.2015
Innovative Russia

Breakthrough technologies for health preservation

Theranostics is the global trend of medicine of the future. The term has appeared relatively recently in modern science. Theranostics combines the entire cycle of medical services: from early diagnosis of diseases to therapy and subsequent monitoring of treatment.

02.09.2015
Exhibitions and conferences

Future of Biomedicine 2015

The purpose of the conference is to develop international cooperation and research in the field of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry and biomedical technologies.

02.09.2015
Other life sciences

Glue for submariners and surgeons

The new glue with the name "Voltaglue" has many possible practical applications, ranging from underwater repair of ships and pipes to a universal tool for surgery.

02.09.2015
Other life sciences

For the first time in Russia: silicone heart model

The first domestic model of the heart, "grown" from silicone with the help of three-dimensional printing technology, will be able to make life much easier for resident surgeons, who to this day practice their skills on pig hearts.

02.09.2015
Genetic engineering

Bizontyatina

It's just a fetish that allows geneticists and other scientists who work in similar fields to develop their techniques and develop successfully. This is a training ground that can later be used in various studies.

01.09.2015
Other life sciences

Brain obesity

Abnormal fatty deposits in the brain may cause the development of Alzheimer's disease or accelerate its course.

01.09.2015
Biomedicine

Will beta-carboline get rid of alcoholism?

According to the researchers, the introduction of a new drug to the market may take from five to six years, while the new drug will be somewhat cheaper than existing "anti-slaughter" drugs.

01.09.2015
Nanotechnology

Microfishing robots

A tiny figure in the form of a fish will be able to deliver medicines to certain parts of the body, remove toxins from various liquids and perform a lot of other useful actions.

01.09.2015
Other life sciences

The best bionic prosthesis

A prototype of a 3D-printed mechanical prosthetic arm brought its creators, the British robotics company Open Bionics, a victory in the James Dyson National Award.

31.08.2015
Bioethics

"The Macchiarini case" is closed

The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm made a decision according to which the surgeon Paolo Macchiarini was found innocent of scientific dishonesty and the unsuccessful outcome of the treatment of three patients with an artificially grown trachea.

31.08.2015
Other life sciences

HIV and AIDS: new data

The killers of T-lymphocytes are infected cells, not a free-floating virus. The transmission of HIV from cell to cell triggers the development of AIDS.

31.08.2015
Your health

Workaholics, give up the bad habit!

Too long a working week can have truly disastrous consequences for human health, repeatedly increasing the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and often leading to premature death.

31.08.2015
Various

Global burden of disease: details

Over the past two decades, life expectancy in most countries of the world has increased markedly, however, people have become much more ill. What diseases are the scourge of modern humanity?

31.08.2015
Other life sciences

Tumor modeling

The new mathematical model takes into account both mutational modifications of tumor cells and its three-dimensional structure, including cell mobility.

31.08.2015