Biomedicine

Biomedicine

Salmonella can help in the fight against glioblastoma

Scientists have genetically modified salmonella, a bacterium that causes food poisoning. Now these microorganisms will be engaged in the search and destruction of tumors.

12.01.2017

Biomedicine

A sealant has been created for wounds that cannot be clamped

Chemists from Boston University and Beth Israel Medical Center, USA, have created a gel that helps stop bleeding in wounds when it is impossible to apply a tourniquet or clamp the blood flow.

11.01.2017

Biomedicine

A new method for creating an antimalarial vaccine

The first experimental tests of the new vaccine showed its high effectiveness. Perhaps the long-standing dream of doctors about an antimalarial vaccine is close to fulfillment.

10.01.2017

Biomedicine

Buy a domestic vaccine

The vaccine being developed by Russian scientists refers to drugs that reduce the craving for alcohol. The drug works by the method of inverse immunomodulation.

28.12.2016

Biomedicine

What biologists did in 2016 – part one

The war on cancer, ways to improve immunity, obesity, memory and brain, an attempt to cure Alzheimer's disease are the most memorable biomedical discoveries of the outgoing year.

28.12.2016

Biomedicine

Cell therapy against hypogonadism

Transplantation of testosterone-producing Leydig cells derived from skin cells into the seminal glands of rodents eliminates the symptoms of male hypogonadism.

28.12.2016

Biomedicine

Will neuregulin help with heart failure?

A new experimental drug for restoring heart function in patients suffering from heart failure has passed the first phase of clinical trials.

27.12.2016

Biomedicine

Blind the germs

Adhering inhibitory molecules do not kill pathogenic microorganisms, but interfere with the activity of molecules that some bacteria use to bind to host cells.

27.12.2016

Biomedicine

DNA methylation predicts diabetes risk

By the nature of these changes, it is possible to predict the risk of developing type 2 diabetes more accurately than by such traditional markers as the type of obesity or blood glucose.

22.12.2016

Biomedicine

A lot of noise from a moderately positive result

The publication of photodynamic therapy of prostate cancer was the reason for the appearance in the media of reports about a "revolutionary" approach to the treatment of this disease.

22.12.2016

Biomedicine

The salmonellosis vaccine can be simply swallowed

Scientists from the Medical Department of the University of Texas at Galveston have developed an oral vaccine that protects against salmonellosis.

21.12.2016

Biomedicine

If you become an embryo for a short time…

Periodic inclusion of "Yamanaka genes" in the whole body improved the condition of ordinary elderly mice, and extended the life of mice with progeria by 30%.

16.12.2016

Biomedicine

What is molecular medicine?

Changes at the molecular level often occur even before the first symptoms of the disease appear. This can be used for both early and preventive diagnostics.

16.12.2016

Biomedicine

Emulsion was taught to bombard cancer with drugs

The authors of the new work have created a platform for drug delivery based on a double emulsion of water-in-oil-in-water using safe surfactants and sesame oil.

15.12.2016

Biomedicine

Scientists have found a colorectal cancer suppressor protein

An international team of scientists has shown that a protein from the class of Nod-like receptors is able to suppress the development of colon and rectal cancer in mice.

15.12.2016

Biomedicine

After a stroke, help neurons myelinate

American scientists have achieved the restoration of brain tissue after a stroke of white matter in mice by stimulating the myelination of damaged neurons.

14.12.2016

Biomedicine

Lymphocytes against cancer

A group of doctors from the National Cancer Institute reported that their new treatment method was able to get rid of colon cancer in the first patient.

14.12.2016

Biomedicine

Diabetes medicine will help parkinsonics

A drug developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes is being prepared for trials as the first drug capable of slowing the progress of Parkinson's disease.

12.12.2016

Biomedicine

New vaccine increases the effectiveness of leukemia treatment

An experimental personalized antitumor vaccine has significantly improved the results of treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

12.12.2016

Biomedicine

Artificial blood: one step closer

Artificial blood stored in powder form will revolutionize emergency medical care in the future and increase the chances of survival of patients with severe injuries.

12.12.2016