Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

My DNA was hacked

It is expected that in 7-10 years, the cost of technology for DNA synthesis will fall so much that there will be talk about the possibility of development conditionally "in the garage". It is possible that in 7 years we will be talking about the fact that "my DNA was hacked."

18.02.2015
Biomedicine

Clostridium clostridium wolf

The fight against the bacterium Clostridium difficile is complicated by its resistance to most known antibiotics. But C.difficile can be successfully suppressed not with drugs, but with the help of a related species – C.scindens.

17.02.2015
Biomedicine

Will blocking interleukin-10 help with Alzheimer's disease?

In the absence of this cytokine, the body's immune system is able to clear the brain of toxic plaques, which are a characteristic sign of Alzheimer's disease, and reverse the process of memory loss and damage to neurons.

12.02.2015
Biomedicine

Ebola: vaccines ready for trials

In February, large-scale clinical trials of Ebola vaccines will begin in West Africa. At the moment, trials of two vaccines, the most ready for use, are planned.

19.01.2015
Biomedicine

Brains with curry sauce

In experiments on mice with an Alzheimer's disease model, researchers have shown that delivering curcumin, the main component of the popular curry sauce, to the brain in the form of an aerosol is more effective than its intravenous administration.

15.01.2015
Biomedicine

Superantibiotic against superbugs

Teixobactin has proven effective against a wide range of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant ones. At the same time, attempts to remove Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to theixobactin in laboratory conditions were unsuccessful.

12.01.2015
Biomedicine

Insulin spray improves memory

A synthetic analogue of prolonged-acting insulin in the form of a spray for intranasal administration improves the cognitive functions of adults with moderate cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

12.01.2015
Biomedicine

A pill for the fat and lazy

A promising molecule capable of turning white fat into brown has been found by scientists from Harvard together with employees of the pharmaceutical giant Roche. The search for other candidates continues.

30.12.2014
Biomedicine

Correspondence courses on "-omics" and personalized medicine

The first educational project for doctors, consisting of an online magazine "Personalized Medicine" and a training course of online lectures "Genomic and postgenomic technologies in medicine", is being launched in Russia.

22.12.2014
Biomedicine

Modified lymphocytes against blood cancer

At the annual meeting of the American Hematology Society in San Francisco, much attention was paid to the use of modified lymphocytes for the treatment of lymphomas and leukemias.

16.12.2014
Biomedicine

Triple Whammy on Diabetes and Obesity

A new experimental drug with unprecedented effectiveness cured laboratory animals of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, as well as associated disorders of fat metabolism.

15.12.2014
Biomedicine

A new oncolytic virus

It has been established that the M1 virus, safe for humans and laboratory animals, is capable of causing destruction and lysis of cells of various malignant human tumors.

02.12.2014