Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

Early diagnosis of oropharyngeal cancer

Antibodies to one of the proteins of the human papillomavirus appear in the blood several years before the diagnosis of oropharyngeal cancer. Such an early diagnosis will increase the chances of patients with a favorable outcome of the disease.

18.06.2013
Biomedicine

A blood test will show chromosomal abnormalities of the fetus

The method of detecting chromosomal abnormalities using cell-free fetal DNA obtained from the blood of a pregnant woman is a serious alternative to existing methods of prenatal diagnosis of congenital fetal pathologies.

18.06.2013
Biomedicine

Will an antibiotic help to give up cocaine?

The use of ceftriaxone, a third–generation cephalosporin antibiotic, during the withdrawal period, reduced the degree of cocaine dependence in rats who were "hooked" on the drug.

05.06.2013
Biomedicine

Prostate Cancer Cure: An Exciting Start

There is still a lot of work to be done before the creation of a potential drug against prostate cancer, but, according to the head of the research team, "this is an exciting start."

04.06.2013
Biomedicine

Flu vaccine: antiviral virus

To cope with any flu virus and protect humanity from future pandemics, researchers suggest using gene therapy. In this case, the antibody gene in the viral vector can be delivered to the destination by simply dropping it into the nose.

31.05.2013
Biomedicine

Urine analysis for early and rapid diagnosis of cancer

During testing, P-scan detected breast cancer even in cases when it was not detected during mammography. The researchers hope to optimize this technique for diagnosing other types of cancer from a urine sample.

27.05.2013
Biomedicine

Universal nanovaccine against influenza

American scientists have developed and successfully tested on animals a universal flu vaccine based on the use of self-ordering protein nanoparticles synthesized in the laboratory.

24.05.2013
Biomedicine

Anti-cancer vaccine: a war on two fronts

The results of the study confirmed that the vaccine really works on two fronts and causes cancer cell lysis and antibody formation at the same time.

20.05.2013
Biomedicine

How to make cancer cells die?

The discovery of MIT scientists suggests the possibility of breaking the resistance of cancer cells: researchers have identified a key protein of an alternative pathway of programmed cell death – necrosis.

17.05.2013
Biomedicine

Will modified curcumin help with Alzheimer's disease?

A short course of treatment with the compound J147, developed by scientists at the Salk Institute based on the curcumin molecule, restores memory and slows down the progression of Alzheimer's disease in old mice.

15.05.2013
Biomedicine

Candidate for anti-myotonic dystrophy drugs

A low-molecular compound developed by researchers from the University of Illinois can penetrate into cell nuclei and destroy protein-RNA clusters that cause myotonic dystrophy.

13.05.2013
Biomedicine

Antiheroin vaccine successfully tested on rats

If the vaccine performs as well in clinical trials as in rat trials, it may become a standard treatment for heroin addiction, the authors of the experiment believe.

07.05.2013
Biomedicine

Biology: lead from the front edge

With the help of experts "Gazeta.Ru" deals with the areas of biological research that were included in the top ten "front edge" studies (front research) selected by the Thomson Reuters media company in 2013.

06.05.2013
Biomedicine

Replace insulin with betatrophin?

With the discovery of a new hormone – betatrophin – insulin-dependent diabetics have a hope to replace daily triple injections with one injection of hormone per week, or even a year.

29.04.2013
Biomedicine

HIV vaccine: another failure

American scientists have interrupted the phase II clinical trials of an experimental HIV vaccine, having become convinced of its ineffectiveness.

26.04.2013