Biomedicine

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Biomedicine

Predator bacteria treat pneumonia

Despite the demand for non-antibiotic approaches to the treatment of infections, the proposal to introduce some bacteria to patients that kill others sounds too innovative.

11.11.2016
Biomedicine

Flash drive for HIV diagnosis

British scientists have developed a compact device for rapid diagnosis of HIV infection, which is connected to a standard USB connector.

11.11.2016
Biomedicine

Cancer treatment: virotherapy

Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences, leading oncologist of the Clinical Diagnostic Center "Medsi" V.V. Keshelava told about virotherapy – one of the latest achievements of oncology.

10.11.2016
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: a new hope

Verubecestat is currently being tested on 1,500 patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease and 2,000 people with the earliest form of the disease.

03.11.2016
Biomedicine

We don't need such a contraceptive

Despite the almost 100% effectiveness of the new hormonal male contraceptive, it needs to be improved due to frequent and serious side effects.

31.10.2016
Biomedicine

Special purpose virus

The smallpox vaccine virus has saved humanity from smallpox, but it is too early for him to "retire": scientists have high hopes for him in the field of cancer treatment.

28.10.2016
Biomedicine

I know you know…

A placebo has a positive effect on a person's well–being even if he knows that the drug he is taking is a dummy, and not a real medicine.

19.10.2016
Biomedicine

Is it impossible to defeat cancer?

Science in the future is unlikely to find a way to completely defeat cancer. Probably, the disease will become chronic, with which you can live for decades.

18.10.2016
Biomedicine

Analgesic restores nerve fibers

The operation of the mechanism that interferes with the regeneration of nerve endings can be controlled with the help of pregabalin, an analgesic drug that is prescribed for spinal cord injuries.

13.10.2016
Biomedicine

A new method of selecting anti-cancer drugs

A device called a "suspension microchannel resonator" can determine the reaction of cells of a specific tumor to various chemotherapy drugs in 15 hours.

11.10.2016
Biomedicine

What to do with the Zika virus?

The phenomenon of the Zika virus can be used in epidemiology textbooks as a vivid example of an underestimated threat. There is only one question on the agenda – what to do?

05.10.2016
Biomedicine

Two polyvalent influenza vaccines

The first one was created for the USA and is effective against 95% of influenza virus strains common in this country. The second protects against 88% of the world's existing strains.

03.10.2016
Biomedicine

Rhinovirus vaccine

Scientists have tested such a vaccine on cell cultures and found out that it provokes the development of an immune response and the formation of antiviral antibodies.

29.09.2016
Biomedicine

Nanoteranostics – the future of oncology

Professor of the MEPhI National Research Institute and the University of Aix-Marseille, Andrey Kabashin, in an interview with RIA Novosti correspondent Yulia Osipova, about the global prospects of nanoteranostics.

26.09.2016
Biomedicine

$3 billion to fight diseases

The main goal of the foundation created by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chen is to radically reduce the frequency of dangerous diseases and reduce their impact on the human body.

23.09.2016
Biomedicine

"Smoke detector" for early cancer diagnosis

The new test detects cancer by reacting to "smoke" – mutant proteins on the surface of red blood cells, the number of which increases by an order of magnitude in the presence of cancer pathology.

08.09.2016