Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

Early diagnosis of cancer and other diseases: immunoprofiling

The new immunoprofiling technology, which analyzes the composition of the entire population of antibodies circulating in the patient's bloodstream, makes it possible to diagnose various types of cancer and other diseases at an early stage with almost 100 percent accuracy.

18.07.2014
Biomedicine

Microchip for differential diagnosis of diabetes

A portable device based on a biochip will make it possible to reduce the cost and speed up the differential diagnosis of the type of diabetes mellitus, as well as to study the processes underlying its development.

15.07.2014
Biomedicine

With a kind word and a gun...

Plasters and medications in the fight against smoking can achieve more than just medications.

14.07.2014
Biomedicine

Targeted drugs in oncology

Biophysicist Nikolay Borisov – about personalized medicine, targeted medicines, classes of medicines and breast cancer.

14.07.2014
Biomedicine

Antitumor drugs in your first aid kit

An increasing amount of data suggests that widely used inexpensive drugs exhibit antitumor effects and can be used as part of complex cancer therapy.

11.07.2014
Biomedicine

Cholesterol and breast cancer

A large-scale statistical study revealed the relationship between high blood cholesterol and a more than one and a half times increased risk of breast cancer.

08.07.2014
Biomedicine

Remote-controlled contraceptive

MicroCHIPS specialists have developed an ideal contraceptive – a biochip implanted under the skin, effective for 16 years and activated/inactivated at the request of a woman.

07.07.2014
Biomedicine

Method of prevention of deep vein thrombosis

Suppression of the activity of blood clotting factor XIII reduces the number of red blood cells in a blood clot, which reduces its size by 2 times. This discovery is of great importance for people at high risk of developing deep vein thrombosis.

07.07.2014
Biomedicine

Modified red blood cells for drug delivery

With the help of genetic and enzymatic modifications, erythrocytes were turned into carriers suitable for the targeted delivery of a wide range of therapeutic compounds.

02.07.2014
Biomedicine

Stroke at gunpoint

American scientists have discovered a target for a future neuroprotective drug in the acute period of stroke – Cdk5 protein kinase.

01.07.2014
Biomedicine

Experimental drug against Alzheimer's disease

Rockefeller University researchers have identified a compound capable of stopping the progression of Alzheimer's disease by blocking the process of blood clots formation triggered by beta-amyloid.

01.07.2014
Biomedicine

Noninvasive graft rejection test

By analyzing extracellular DNA in the blood, it is possible to determine the rejection of a transplanted heart with greater efficiency and several weeks or even months earlier than using a biopsy.

24.06.2014
Biomedicine

You will walk, and not under yourself

The discoveries made by scientists and new technologies in the field of medical equipment in the last 15-20 years allow doctors not only to cure patients and significantly prolong their lives, but also to make this life better.

23.06.2014
Biomedicine

Omega-3 against macular degeneration

Polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids and their metabolic products inhibit the formation of new vessels in the eye membrane characteristic of macular degeneration, as well as the release of fluid from the vessels into the surrounding tissues.

18.06.2014