Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

2-PMAP vs beta-amyloid

Scientists from the New York University Medical Center have identified a compound that reduces the level of beta-amyloid in the brain by more than 2 times.

06.06.2014
Biomedicine

New vaccine protects mice from liver cancer

A gene therapy vaccine targeting the immune system to cells with a large amount of alpha-fetoprotein on their surface prevents the development of chemically induced liver cancer in mice in 90% of cases.

06.06.2014
Biomedicine

A new target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes

The signal that promotes insulin secretion and reduces hyperglycemia in animals with a type 2 diabetes model is enhanced by inhibition of a new enzyme discovered by Canadian scientists.

05.06.2014
Biomedicine

Treatment of melanoma: two promising drugs

The results of two international studies on the fight against skin cancer give new hope to thousands of cancer patients. Both studies were aimed at helping the immune system recognize late-stage melanoma and attack it.

04.06.2014
Biomedicine

Cancer Stem Cell drug gives hope

Encouraging results of a clinical trial of an experimental drug OMP-54F28 (FZD8-Fc) selectively acting on cancer stem cells have been published.

03.06.2014
Biomedicine

Quadropeutics: a quadruple blow to the tumor

Researchers from Rice University conducted the first preclinical study of an innovative approach to cancer treatment, consisting in a combination of four existing therapies and called "quadropeutics".

02.06.2014
Biomedicine

A new method of repairing damaged bones

The complex of heparin microparticles and growth factor – bone morphogenetic protein – increases the effectiveness of the restoration of traumatic bone tissue damage.

02.06.2014
Biomedicine

Translarna vs. Duchenne myodystrophy

The European Committee on Medicinal Products for Humans has authorized the registration of the drug Translarna, or ataluren, for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

27.05.2014
Biomedicine

Peptide 1018

Consisting of 12 amino acids, the peptide successfully destroys bacterial biofilms – communities of bacteria, many of which do not respond to antibiotics at all and pose a particular threat to health.

23.05.2014
Biomedicine

Unique Russian HIV vaccine

One can argue about how good the Combivichvak vaccine developed in the Novosibirsk Vector Center is, whether it is possible to expect the necessary immune response from it, and even more so protection from the virus, but its uniqueness in design is undeniable.

21.05.2014
Biomedicine

Pork bladder helps muscle regeneration

Surgical implantation of the extracellular matrix of the porcine bladder in another clinical study provided strengthening and partial regeneration of injured leg muscles in three out of five patients.

14.05.2014
Biomedicine

Depression? Chew the mushrooms!

Specialists from the psychiatric clinic at the University of Zurich have once again confirmed that psilocybin in small doses improves the mood of healthy volunteers. The authors plan to test the results on patients with depression.

08.05.2014
Biomedicine

HIV with soy sauce

Specialists of a Japanese company in search of a flavor enhancer for soy sauces accidentally discovered a molecule that suppresses HIV replication. We hope that it is not added to sauces – the antiretroviral drug will certainly have a lot of side effects. And EFdA tests for efficiency and safety have already begun.

07.05.2014
Biomedicine

Iron nerves

For the first time in the history of science, a group of Chinese biomedical scientists used a liquid metal alloy to fuse and restore the functionality of the severed nerve tissues of experimental animals.

05.05.2014
Biomedicine

Pancreatic cancer drug ready for clinical trials

Pancreatic cancer cells develop resistance to the traditionally used doxorubicin especially quickly. A drug that suppresses the synthesis of proteins that provide this resistance significantly increases the effect of treatment.

30.04.2014