Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

Ibuprofen for the prevention of parkinsonism?

Due to the pronounced side effects, doctors do not recommend this, although regular ibuprofen intake reduces the risk of developing parkinsonism by 40%. It is possible that studying the mechanism of action of ibuprofen at the molecular level will create a reliable and effective means of preventing Parkinson's disease.

24.02.2010
Biomedicine

Parkinson's disease: medicines are just around the corner?

Canadian scientists have for the first time found a weak link in the chain of signal transmission between nerve cells, characteristic of Parkinson's disease. New knowledge opens up wide opportunities for the development of drugs for the treatment of Parkinsonism.

15.02.2010
Biomedicine

Autoantibodies will help in the early diagnosis of cancer

The new test allows detecting the presence of autoantibodies in the blood of 20-30% of cancer patients and does not detect them in the blood of healthy people. The developers believe that over time, such screening may become a mandatory part of routine medical examinations.

10.02.2010
Biomedicine

Personalized medicine: from dreams to Reality

The book of F.Collins' "The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine" is full of optimism, but does not offer the reader a plan for implementing the benefits of personalized medicine.

08.02.2010
Biomedicine

If the cancer does not give up, change the treatment tactics

The label accumulating only in dying cells will allow determining the effectiveness of therapy for aggressive tumors already in the first days of treatment and, if necessary, to change the treatment regimen in time.

05.02.2010
Biomedicine

Citizens are alcoholics! Block the stress hormone!

Alcoholic rats voluntarily switched from heavy drinking to moderate drinking after a course of treatment with one of the corticoliberin blockers. Perhaps the suppression of this stress hormone will become one of the methods of treating alcoholism.

02.02.2010
Biomedicine

Prostate cancer vaccine: Live a little longer

A vaccine has been developed that prolongs the life of prostate cancer patients by an average of eight months. Unfortunately, there is no talk about the destruction of neoplasms, but such a result is a significant step forward.

27.01.2010
Biomedicine

microRNAs: new technologies, new drugs

microRNA-based technologies are capable of revolutionizing everything related to the development of medicines: from the identification of new targets to the creation of new ways of therapeutic effects.

27.01.2010
Biomedicine

Potential mechanism of tumor growth suppression

Three potential targets for the development of new anti–cancer drugs are factors that stimulate the division of malignant cells and tumor growth by increasing the level of the enzyme pyruvate kinase M2 in cancer cells.

26.01.2010
Biomedicine

Proper protein folding will protect neurons

A substance that activates the regulator of the synthesis of chaperone proteins that promote proper folding (folding of amino acid chains), prevents the degeneration of neurons.

25.01.2010
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: new targets

The aim of the work was to search for therapeutic targets for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; the next stage will be the search for compounds capable of neutralizing the action of kinases that cause hyperphosphorylation of tau protein.

19.01.2010
Biomedicine

Obesity and cancer: new data

The fat-splitting enzyme monoacylglycerollipase is a potential target for the treatment of particularly malignant forms of cancer. In addition, the data obtained may explain the relationship between obesity and cancer.

18.01.2010
Biomedicine

"Hormone meters" based on carbon nanotubes

Chips, on the surface of which carbon nanotubes are applied using an inkjet printer, will in the future allow, without leaving home, to quickly determine the content of hormones in the blood.

18.01.2010