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Other life sciences

3D printer as a cure for all diseases

For medicine, the spread of 3D printing technologies opens up limitless possibilities for the treatment of diseases and injuries that previously caused a person's lifelong disability or even led to his death.

27.01.2015
Note to the businessman

Blockbusters and promising R&D novelties of 2015

It is expected that 2015 will be quite a favorable period for pharmaceutical companies. This will be facilitated by a large number of R&D novelties that can reach the status of blockbusters by 2020.

26.01.2015
Your health

Contraceptives and brain cancer: a justified risk

According to the head of the study, "... although we found a statistically significant association between the use of oral contraceptives and the development of glioma, the benefits of their use significantly outweigh the potential risk."

26.01.2015
Healthy skepticism

Bubble gum or science?

The effectiveness of chewing gum in the fight against pathogenic bacteria has been proven. True, readers are tormented by vague doubts…

26.01.2015
Other life sciences

Temporary lengthening of telomeres slows down cell aging

The experimental technique made it possible to increase the telomere length of cultured human skin and muscle cells by more than 10%. This makes the cells immortal (and potentially malignant), but postpones their physiological aging.

26.01.2015
Bioethics

Torment the patient with treatment or let him die in peace?

A test to determine whether elderly patients will die within 30 days after admission to the hospital will give them a chance to calmly go home and say goodbye to their loved ones. In addition, the introduction of such a survey will avoid wasting money on treatment.

23.01.2015
Various

The paradox of stem cells and the paradoxes of Russian science

On February 9, Sergey Kiselyov, Chief Researcher of the Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, will make a report on the topic "The Paradox of Stem Cells" at the ProScience Theater. On the eve of his speech, the scientist spoke about his scientific path, the connection of genetics with philology, Putin and state financing.

23.01.2015
Nanotechnology

Nanorackets in the stomach

For the first time, scientists have used nanobots with chemical micro-motors to deliver drugs inside a living organism.

23.01.2015
Other life sciences

How technology will absorb Medicine

2014 was the inflection point of the technology absorption curve of medicine. Today, it is still unknown which technological advances will actually have an impact on humanity, and which will remain nothing more than "cool" scientific experiments. However, it is obvious that we have entered the era of acceleration and we are waiting for both great prospects and great dangers.

23.01.2015
Cellular technologies

Stem cells specializing in fracture healing

A new type of stem cells – osteochondroreticulocytes – self-renew and give key bone and cartilage cells, including osteoblasts and chondrocytes. When transferred to the fracture area, they contribute to the restoration of the bone.

22.01.2015
Other life sciences

Help defeat childhood cancer

When processing the results of the Help Fight Childhood Cancer project, more potential mechanisms for the treatment of neuroblastoma were found than expected. In the near future, the second phase of the project will be launched, in which it is expected to expand the list of childhood cancers.

22.01.2015
Various

Old age: a disease without treatment

Vladimir Maksimov, head. the laboratory of molecular genetic studies of therapeutic diseases of the Novosibirsk Research Institute of Therapy and Preventive Medicine - about the genetics of aging and the possibility of inventing a "time machine" for an aging body.

21.01.2015
New in Gerontology

Living longer doesn't mean living better

Genes that increase life expectancy cannot significantly increase the so-called healthy life expectancy, which indicates the need to assess the health status of model organisms when studying the mechanisms of their aging.

21.01.2015
Your health

WHO does not get tired of warning…

Non-communicable diseases are the biggest threat to public health. And Russian men are subject to them to a much greater extent than women and the male population of Western European countries. Why?

21.01.2015
Biotechnologies - into life

Center for Neonatal Genodiagnostics in St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, for the first time in Russia, genetic testing of severe hereditary diseases in newborns will begin using high-performance genomic analysis technologies.

21.01.2015