Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

Capsules for obesity

Implantation of capsules with cells that trigger fat burning relieved mice on a high-calorie diet from obesity.

21.09.2012
Biomedicine

Snips will help prevent a graft-versus-host reaction

The results of the study showed that the mismatch of only two single nucleotide polymorphisms (snips) in the donor and recipient is associated with an increased risk of acute GVHD and death of the patient.

17.09.2012
Biomedicine

New molecule will neutralize cancer cells

By changing the state of the cytoskeleton, the newly identified molecule deprives cancer cells of two of the most dangerous abilities at once: to divide and move.

12.09.2012
Biomedicine

The brain is wide open

The experimental treatment method, tested so far on laboratory rats, increases the saturation of the brain with low-molecular therapeutic compounds several times.

10.09.2012
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: a black streak

Despite the failure of two trials, three studies of antiamyloid drugs will begin next year on patients with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease or high levels of beta-amyloid.

06.09.2012
Biomedicine

Target for oncologists: cancer stem cells

The assumption of the presence of cancer stem cells that give rise to tumors and trigger the disease, after the publication of articles in the journals Nature and Science, received official confirmation.

06.09.2012
Biomedicine

A promising drug against prostate cancer

After 21 days under the action of G202, the size of the prostate tumor grown in mice from human cells decreased by more than 50% in 7 out of 9 cases, compared with only one out of eight tumors when using docetaxel.

20.08.2012
Biomedicine

Will men finally get birth control pills?

American scientists have developed an effective non-hormonal male contraceptive. The drug, which was originally created as a cure for cancer, has been successfully tested on mice.

17.08.2012
Biomedicine

Rejected neurodegeneration drug partially rehabilitated

Latrepiridine, a promising drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, rejected after the failure of a phase III clinical trial, was rehabilitated as a result of a study that revealed two mechanisms of its action.

16.08.2012
Biomedicine

Against everyone!

An antibody active against all types of influenza virus has been found. It attacks an element common to all strains, forbidding the key protein of the virus to change shape and thus blocking the penetration of infection into cells.

13.08.2012
Biomedicine

Obesity vaccines show promise

Do you want to lose weight? Hurry up to enroll in clinical trials: two obesity vaccines have demonstrated good results in experiments on mice.

10.07.2012
Biomedicine

Anti-cancer nanocreme

Therapeutic nanoparticles mixed with ordinary moisturizer not only penetrated the skin, but also attacked cancer cells without causing any side effects.

10.07.2012
Biomedicine

Healthy cells Help Cancers Resist Chemotherapy

The ability to resist chemotherapy is determined not by the cells of the tumor itself, but by healthy "neighbors". This finding will improve the effectiveness of cancer treatment.

09.07.2012