Biomedicine

Biomedicine

Personal vaccine

Biomedical startup Moderna has started testing a personalized cancer drug on the first patient.

17.11.2017

Biomedicine

And to defeat cancer, and to preserve immunity

A new method of treating lymphoma can improve the prognosis in patients with aggressive forms of the disease.

16.11.2017

Biomedicine

Prevention of liver cancer

Synthetic double-stranded RNA can be used to prevent primary liver cancer.

15.11.2017

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New biomarker of Alzheimer's disease

It can also be used as a guidance tool for medications for diseases and brain injuries.

14.11.2017

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Insect parasites against cancer

A substance from the fungi Lecanicilium lecanii, which naturally infect insects, prevents the growth of tumor blood cells.

14.11.2017

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Enhanced anti-cancer vaccines

A new experimental vaccine based on the skin pigment melanin has strengthened the body's immune response to tumors.

13.11.2017

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Anti-cancer sea cucumber

The property of a substance from the Far Eastern sea cucumber (cucumaria) to kill tumor cells was revealed by a group of international scientists.

13.11.2017

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Stop glycolysis

A combination of drugs aimed at inhibiting the CDK8 oncogene and glycolysis can significantly reduce the chances of developing tumors.

09.11.2017

Biomedicine

Anticancer thrombolytic

Norwegian researchers have shown that the anticoagulant warfarin is able to reduce the risk of cancer among patients over 50 years old.

08.11.2017

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Cancer treatment and microflora

Taking antibiotics reduces, and the "correct" composition of the intestinal microbiota enhances the effectiveness of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer.

07.11.2017

Biomedicine

Radiofrequency ablation against arthritis

A non-invasive procedure for osteoarthritis of the knee joint gives a better effect than steroid injections.

07.11.2017

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Hunting for antibiotic-resistant microbes

A computer algorithm allows you to find the genes of "superbugs" in the DNA of the intestinal microflora.

03.11.2017

Biomedicine

Children's tumor cells will be prevented from repairing DNA

The new method of fighting tumors is based on the violation of DNA repair mechanisms in cancer cells.

03.11.2017

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Dementia prognosis

The presence of nonspecific biomarkers of inflammation in the blood makes it possible to predict the state of the brain in 20 years.

03.11.2017

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Treatment of tremor without surgery

There is a prospect of treating hand tremor in Parkinson's disease with focused ultrasound of high intensity.

02.11.2017

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"Self-guided" medicine

We can say that this idea is "borrowed" from nature, which created "self–guided" drugs - protein antibodies.

01.11.2017

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Save the mitochondria

If an organ has stopped being supplied with blood, cells die massively due to lack of nutrition. And this process of cell death starts in the mitochondria.

26.10.2017

Biomedicine

Aptamers will protect against HIV

Russian biochemists have managed to develop a new aptamer that prevents the fusion of the immunodeficiency virus with the cell.

25.10.2017

Biomedicine

Goodbye, pneumonia?

A new type of pneumonia vaccine, unlike other vaccines, does not create immunity, but prevents the transition of pneumococci into a dangerous state.

25.10.2017

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Potential super vaccine

The new vaccine could lead to a drug to treat autoimmune diseases and even to protect against Alzheimer's disease.

24.10.2017