Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

Gene therapy of multiple sclerosis

Gene therapy that stimulates the proliferation of regulatory T-lymphocytes prevents the development and reverses the mouse equivalent of multiple sclerosis.

25.09.2017
Biomedicine

Brain cancer: a new target

By inhibiting ADAM10 protease, it is possible to reduce the amount of neuroligin-3, and thus stop the growth of malignant tumors.

25.09.2017
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Trivalent antibodies against HIV

Their developers are preparing for clinical trials with human participation. It is expected that they will begin in 2018 in one of the NIH structures.

25.09.2017
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Medicine of the near future

Will a computer replace a doctor, can editing human genes create a perfect being, and what prevents human cloning?

22.09.2017
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"The mad Man"

With Alzheimer's disease, a "reasonable person" turns into a madman: the disease erases his personality, leaving only a physical shell.

21.09.2017
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AQ-13 against malaria

Researchers have managed to create a new drug to combat resistant strains of malaria plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria.

19.09.2017
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Phage therapy

A return to phage therapy on a new scientific basis is also considered as an addition and alternative to existing antibiotics.

15.09.2017
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Melanoma: targeted and immunotherapy

Researchers from Australia have discovered a new combination of treatments that can stop the world's deadliest form of skin cancer.

12.09.2017
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So as not to cut off the excess

Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a device that, when touching tissue, distinguishes a healthy area from a tumor area in 10 seconds.

08.09.2017
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A label for a brain tumor

The fluorescent dye makes it possible to distinguish pituitary adenoma cells from healthy ones during the operation, which significantly reduces the risk of recurrence.

08.09.2017
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Rehabilitation of moles

A meta-analysis of studies on the development of melanomas has shown that this type of cancer often develops not from existing moles, but appears in new places.

06.09.2017
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Prevent relapse

Antihormonal therapy may increase the risk of recurrence of prostate cancer, but this can be avoided with the help of PARP enzyme inhibitors.

05.09.2017
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The enemy of my enemy

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis used the virus that causes Zika fever to destroy glioblastoma stem cancer cells.

05.09.2017
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Breakthrough in psychotherapy

The US Food and Drug Administration has awarded psychotherapy using MDMA the status of "breakthrough".

05.09.2017
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Restored axons

A complex of drugs tested on mice can help patients with spinal cord injury, stroke and neurodegenerative diseases.

04.09.2017
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Antibodies to repair the brain

Scientists from New York University have proposed a new approach to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases: therapy with antibodies that prevent the adhesion of pathologically altered proteins.

01.09.2017
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Cancer diagnosis by selfie

Researchers from the University of Washington have created a simple and accurate screening method for early stages of pancreatic cancer that does not require medical intervention.

31.08.2017
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Bacterial Ribosome Gag

The new antimicrobial peptide blocks the release of the synthesized protein from the ribosome, acting as a plug. In the microcin group, this is the first peptide with such a mechanism of action.

31.08.2017