Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

Hunting for metastases

Scientists have developed an implant in the form of a disk with a diameter of about 5 millimeters from a biodegradable inert porous material that is already used in medical devices for various purposes.

12.09.2015
Biomedicine

Immunosuppression will help with hypertension

Stimulation of the immune system can lead to the development of hypertension, while suppression of immune reactions, on the contrary, can lower blood pressure to normal values.

09.09.2015
Biomedicine

Aspirin against cancer

The effectiveness of cancer drugs can be greatly enhanced with a simple supplement – aspirin, whose molecules suppress the ability of cancer cells to hide themselves from the immune system.

08.09.2015
Biomedicine

Everything is poison and everything is medicine

The venom of Brazilian wasps has become an ideal "killer" of cancer cells for the reason that its molecules are "tuned" to work with those fats that are present only on the surface of cancer cells.

08.09.2015
Biomedicine

How Bacteria and Viruses Help Create Antibodies to Treat Humans

The invention of the phage display method made it possible to use the properties of bacteriophages in the search for new antibodies, which are extremely in demand for improving the diagnosis and therapy of many dangerous diseases.

08.09.2015
Biomedicine

Will beta-carboline get rid of alcoholism?

According to the researchers, the introduction of a new drug to the market may take from five to six years, while the new drug will be somewhat cheaper than existing "anti-slaughter" drugs.

01.09.2015
Biomedicine

Bioinformatics – Medicine

Why obesity is "contagious", the microbiota is our everything and how important it is to study the genetic composition of the bacteria around us, St. Petersburg scientists have investigated.

11.08.2015
Biomedicine

Victory over Ebola

A clinical study conducted in Guinea showed that people who were given one dose of the vaccine receive one hundred percent protection from infection with Ebola when they come into contact with patients starting from the 10th day after injection.

09.08.2015
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: new perspectives in treatment

Solanezumab (solanezumab) for the first time was able to slow down the deterioration of cognitive functions in people with early Alzheimer's disease. Previous clinical trials of beta-amyloid-destroying drugs have been unsuccessful.

23.07.2015
Biomedicine

A potential cure for three neurodegenerative diseases

American researchers have announced the successful completion of preclinical trials of the drug for several neurodegenerative diseases at once – Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases.

21.07.2015
Biomedicine

The cure for celiac disease

An employee of the University of Alberta, Hoon Sunwoo, has developed pills that will allow patients suffering from gluten allergies to consume "prohibited" foods.

20.07.2015
Biomedicine

The tumor can be re-educated

Restoring the activity of the APC gene returns colon cancer cells to their normal state, curing the disease and preventing its recurrence.

16.07.2015