Treatment of myeloid leukemia: the hunt for the Philadelphia chromosome
Stopping the production of damaged leukocytes allows patients with myeloid leukemia to lead a normal life.
22.10.2008Stopping the production of damaged leukocytes allows patients with myeloid leukemia to lead a normal life.
22.10.2008Resistance or susceptibility to certain diseases can be encoded in our genes. And in many ways it depends on the place of permanent residence of the people to which a person belongs. The direction in science that studies this problem is called "ethnogenomics".
20.10.2008Scientists want to create a complete picture of autoantibodies and give doctors a tool that will allow predicting the development of diseases long before the first clinical signs appear.
20.10.2008The experience opens up tempting prospects for paralyzed patients with spinal column injuries.
20.10.2008New genetic companies for about $ 1 thousand will scan the genome of anyone who wishes and inform the customer of the information they are interested in. But does commercial DNA scanning contribute to improving the health of individuals and the nation as a whole?
16.10.2008Science often discovers completely new properties in seemingly well-studied objects.
15.10.2008Antibiotics are as "more effective" than bacteriophages as carpet bombing is a carefully planned special operation.
07.10.2008Enzymes instead of antibiotics, yeast instead of opium poppy, synthetic heparin and prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
07.10.2008Pain is more than just a symptom of osteoarthritis. Pain impulses arising in the affected joints and biochemical signals triggered by them in the spinal cord aggravate the course of the disease and contribute to its spread throughout the body.
02.10.2008According to scientists, smoking "strengthens memory and the ability to concentrate."
15.07.2008Natural habitat conditions sometimes demonstrate almost unique capabilities of animals to neutralize toxins or infections.
11.07.2008Despite great success in the creation of synthetic medicines, today interest in the plant and animal world as a source of biologically active substances is constantly increasing.
11.07.2008The use of natural diversity for therapeutic purposes is not limited only to fungi and actinomycetes that produce antibiotics.
11.07.2008The use of biotechnology of the potential of living organisms in the vital interests of man, his research and economic activities allows solving various problems.
11.07.2008Unlike currently available vascular growth inhibitors, such as Avastin, most of which act only on one of the angiogenesis factors, for example, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and are approved only for the treatment of a small number of specific types of cancer, Lodamine prevents capillary growth under the action of all tested angiogenesis stimulants.
03.07.2008Injection of glial neurotrophic factor into a certain area of the brain relieved alcoholic rats from the desire to drink.
11.06.2008Obesity is one of the main causes predisposing to the development of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, leading to type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases.
04.06.2008By creating drugs that help patients, scientists at the same time offer means to smarten up healthy people. These drugs are commonly called "cognition enhancers" – means that stimulate cognitive abilities.
26.05.2008The review discusses the potential advantages of DNA vaccines for cancer immunotherapy compared to traditional protein vaccines and viral vectors. The proposed mechanisms of induction of the immune response developing in response to DNA immunization are described. The results of preclinical development of DNA vaccines and clinical experience of DNA immunization in the treatment of cancer are analyzed.
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