Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

Humanity can win the War against Bacteria

The action of a fundamentally new hybrid antibiotic is directed against the membrane potential of bacteria, which provides pathogenic cells with energy.

31.08.2017
Biomedicine

Double capture

The bispecific antibody directs the T-lymphocyte only to the tumor cells against which its antigen-binding center is designed. The remaining actively dividing cells do not suffer at the same time.

31.08.2017
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Danio fish instead of mice

A group of scientists from Portugal for the first time demonstrated the possibility of using their fry to test various approaches to the treatment of malignant neoplasms.

31.08.2017
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Well-forgotten old

Two new bacteriophages found by Russian scientists are capable of destroying antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cause outbreaks of infection in medical institutions.

30.08.2017
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Who is warned is armed

Analysis of the tumor DNA circulating in the blood plasma detected recurrence of lung cancer long before they could be found using computed tomography.

30.08.2017
Biomedicine

Vitamin C against leukemia

The authors of the work are going to conduct experiments not on a mouse model, but with real cases of leukemia, and find out what other types of blood cancers vitamin C can work against.

30.08.2017
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The Apocalypse is canceled

The main saviors of human civilization today and even more so tomorrow are small six–legged animals, rummaging through garbage and carrion.

29.08.2017
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A heart attack without a scar on the heart

After testing carbacycline on mice with myocardial infarction, the scientists noted that PPARδ stimulation improves cardiac function and minimizes scar tissue formation.

29.08.2017
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In a tumor on a ride

Albumin protein molecules can be used to deliver miRNA molecules to cancer cells, causing them to kill themselves or stopping their reproduction.

25.07.2017
Biomedicine

Cannabinoids in medicine

This article has nothing to do with the discussion on the legalization of marijuana. We will talk about what this plant can give to medicine.

21.07.2017
Biomedicine

A step towards developing an HIV vaccine

Injection of "dummy" immunodeficiency virus forced the immunity of cows to develop a whole set of antibodies that neutralize 96% of HIV varieties.

21.07.2017
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Alzheimer's disease: where will we cut?

Changing the location of the "cut" of the beta-amyloid precursor protein can increase the effectiveness of treatment and reduce the number of undesirable consequences.

20.07.2017
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Tomatoes protected mice from skin cancer

Horse doses (10% of the menu was tomato powder) with prolonged (35 weeks) intake reduced the risk of skin cancer in mice by 50% – but only male.

19.07.2017
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"Skulachev ions" against bacteria

SkQ1 has a strong antibacterial effect. The target of this antibiotic is the bacterial membrane, the potential difference on which it reduces.

14.07.2017
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Dual-use vaccine

The meningitis vaccine reduced the risk of infection with gonococcus by almost a third. This is the first case of its kind of vaccination that prevents infection with gonorrhea.

11.07.2017