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Other life sciences

An implant that prevents gluttony and obesity

Swiss biotechnologists have created an implant containing genetically modified cells that automatically controls the level of satiety and hunger hormones in the blood, forcing experimental mice to eat less.

27.11.2013
Controversial

Is screening for mutations in cancer not effective enough?

The editor-in-chief of the Medscape Internet portal Eric Topol expressed his opinion, according to which the existing methods of screening for mutations associated with cancer risk generally do not meet the objectives.

27.11.2013
Genetics

About the benefits of archived data

Having collected a huge number of electronic case histories of various patients, it was possible to establish new coincidences between nucleotide variations in DNA and numerous diseases, including oncological ones.

26.11.2013
Various

FDA vs. 23andMe

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered 23andMe to stop selling home-made genetic tests until they pass FDA licensing.

26.11.2013
Biomedicine

Four-fold increase in the effectiveness of glioblastoma treatment

Half of the participants in the second phase of clinical trials of the experimental method of immunotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme lived more than five years after diagnosis, which is four times higher than the average with standard therapy.

26.11.2013
New in Gerontology

Aging embryos

The authors of two studies published in Cell are convinced that the phenomenon of senescence, previously associated only with pathological conditions, including aging and cancer, is a normal and important process of embryogenesis.

25.11.2013
Genetics

Suicide markers

American scientists have found "suicide markers" that allow not only to identify people who are prone to suicide, but also to track the emotional state of the patient in dynamics.

25.11.2013
Biomedicine

Anticancer microflora

Two groups of researchers simultaneously published articles showing that the presence or absence of the "right" bacteria in the intestine affects the effectiveness of anti-cancer therapy.

25.11.2013
Biomedicine

A new era in oncology

At the European Cancer Congress, discoveries and developments in the field of immunotherapy were called a new era in oncology. However, targeted therapy, which became a revolution 15 years ago, also continues to develop rapidly.

25.11.2013
Genetic engineering

Only two genes can replace the Y chromosome

Researchers from the University of Hawaii have shown that genetically modified mice with a Y-chromosome containing only two genes are able to develop normally and can even have offspring.

25.11.2013
Other life sciences

Short encyclopedia "-omik"

Briefly and clearly – about what new disciplines appeared in the era of big biology and what development the "classical" -omics received.

22.11.2013
Biomedicine

A wounded oncogene

Researchers from California managed to do what scientists have not been able to do for the last 30 years: identify an inhibitor of the mutant oncogene K-Ras, which is most involved in malignant processes and has a reputation for invulnerability to pharmacotherapy.

22.11.2013
Genetics

Our unknown cousin

A refined DNA analysis of the Denisovans showed that they interbred not only with Neanderthals and our direct ancestors, but also with a hitherto unknown extinct population of ancient people who lived in Asia more than 30 thousand years ago.

22.11.2013
Various

Eternal life for the eternal president

According to his former personal doctor, the aging Great Leader of North Korea, Kim Il Sung, was obsessed with the idea of immortality.

22.11.2013