Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

Throw the joint, roll the wheels!

Oral administration of cannabinoids has a more long-term analgesic effect than that which occurs when smoking marijuana.

24.04.2013
Biomedicine

A promising candidate for drugs against neurodegenerative diseases

Researchers have synthesized a compound whose oral administration significantly slows down the progression of Parkinson's disease, and possibly other neurodegenerative diseases caused by the formation of toxic protein aggregates in brain tissue.

24.04.2013
Biomedicine

A new method of delivering radioisotopes to metastases

An unusual method of cancer treatment: Listeria bacteria selectively infect cancer cells, acting as couriers for the delivery of radioisotopes, the radiation of which destroys tumor metastases.

23.04.2013
Biomedicine

New anti-cancer antibodies

Experiments on animal models have demonstrated the ability of new monoclonal antibodies to suppress the growth of triple-negative breast cancer and angiosarcoma by inhibiting angiogenesis.

23.04.2013
Biomedicine

How does "Homunculus" work?

In six cells of the "Homunculus", cells of organs (intestines, liver, lungs, heart, brain, skin) are cultivated, washed by the culture medium. In a closed system, conditions have been created that simulate the "life" of one hundred thousandth of a person.

22.04.2013
Biomedicine

A bolt with a left thread was found on the tricky microbes

A new broad–spectrum antibiotic, active against "super-microbes" - microorganisms resistant to the action of other antibacterial agents, and not addictive to bacteria, has been successfully tested on animals.

17.04.2013
Biomedicine

Two - faced interferon

Contrary to popular belief, type I interferons do not always help in the fight against viruses. In cases of pathogens prone to chronization, they contribute to the formation of persistent infections.

16.04.2013
Biomedicine

A new candidate for cancer drugs

A molecule with the classification number AGI-6780 has been named as a promising candidate for the role of a possible targeted (that is, directed against well-marked molecular targets) anticancer drug.

15.04.2013
Biomedicine

RNA interference against cancer

The results of the first phase I clinical trial of the drug, which is based on the phenomenon of RNA interference, indicate the safety and potential effectiveness of drugs of this class.

12.04.2013
Biomedicine

Two-stage immunotherapy for ovarian cancer

According to the results of the phase I clinical trial, 75% of patients with the last stages of recurrent ovarian cancer responded to the new two-stage immunotherapy. At the same time, one of them went into full remission.

12.04.2013
Biomedicine

A potential approach to creating an effective HIV vaccine

Observing the joint evolution of HIV and antibodies directed against it allowed scientists to make valuable observations that give hope for the development of a long-awaited effective vaccine against this disease.

09.04.2013
Biomedicine

A vaccine from a dummy virus

Vaccines based on "empty" viruses – synthetic shells without genetic material – are safer and cheaper to produce than vaccines made from weakened or killed viruses, and can be stored outside the refrigerator for longer.

05.04.2013
Biomedicine

T-cell therapy against B-cell leukemia

T-cell therapy, which consists in injecting the patient with his own T-lymphocytes reprogrammed to destroy malignant blood cells, allowed 2 children and 4 adults with severe forms of leukemia to go into remission.

01.04.2013
Biomedicine

Can Salmonella cure Alzheimer's disease?

A solution of modified lipopolysaccharide of the cell wall of the salmonella bacterium reduces the number and area of amyloid plaques in the brain of transgenic mice and improves their ability to remember.

29.03.2013
Biomedicine

Wound healing gel: from virtuality to reality

Initially, the drug Veti-Gel was developed under the working name Medi-Gel – as a therapeutic gel in the Mass Effect video game series. Now the creation of such a gel can become a reality – its prototype was developed by a student of the University of New York.

26.03.2013