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Biomedicine

The Marburg Vaccine

A drug based on a human monoclonal antibody developed by American and Austrian scientists prevented the death of 100% of experimental animals from Marburg fever.

06.04.2017
Your health

The Ministry of Health warned you…

Progress in the fight against tobacco is noticeable, but a global victory is still far away. This is especially well illustrated by the fact that every tenth death is associated with smoking.

06.04.2017
Other life sciences

Antibiotic resistance on the world map

ResistoMap will help identify national characteristics in the consumption of antibiotics and monitor drug resistance on a global scale.

06.04.2017
Nanotechnology

Revolution in dentistry

Scientists from MISIS and other Russian research centers have created a nanomaterial that prevents the development of caries and protects the tooth from microbes almost forever.

05.04.2017
Various

Artificial intelligence in medicine

We are beginning to understand that our health and quality of life depend on the speed and quality of medical data analysis. And that all this is work for artificial intelligence.

05.04.2017
Genetics

Adaptation to the highlands at the genetic level

Genetic analysis conducted by Australian and Chinese scientists revealed variants of the genes that allowed Tibetans to settle the high-altitude plateau, and clarified their origin.

05.04.2017
Genetics

How a cell untangles entangled RNA

Transposons can turn cellular RNA into a tangle from which it is impossible to extract information. However, the cell has proteins that can easily unravel such a tangle.

05.04.2017
Various

Should surrogacy be banned in Russia

Wouldn't it be more productive not to ban, but to strive to reasonably improve the lives of families and children, or at least not to prevent them from solving these issues on their own?

04.04.2017
Other life sciences

Cancer retreats

Compared with 1975-77, in 2006-12, the five-year survival rate after diagnosis increased for all oncological diseases, except for cervical and uterine body cancer.

04.04.2017
Cellular technologies

Artificial vessels for microsurgery

Collagen tubes will allow connecting small vessels during transplantation of donor and bioengineered organs, as well as repairing damage to the circulatory system.

04.04.2017
Your health

Metformin and hypovitaminosis

People taking metformin should check the level of vitamin B12 in the body annually: its hypovitaminosis can also manifest itself when taking multivitamins.

04.04.2017
Grants and competitions

Competition "Medicine-2017"

The result of the project should be a new product in the field of medicine, ready for commercialization immediately after receiving the registration certificate of Roszdravnadzor.

04.04.2017
Genetics

A new mechanism of appetite regulation

Korean scientists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism of regulation of eating behavior associated not with the "satiety hormone" – leptin, but with the coenzyme tetrahydrobiopterin.

04.04.2017
Various

Is Metformin the cure for everything?

Information in the media can give the impression that metformin defeats any disease. Unfortunately, this is not quite true and almost every good news is accompanied by a "yes, but".

03.04.2017
Nanotechnology

Chemotherapy drugs in microcapsules

Microcapsules developed at the University of Alabama are both a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic contrast agent.

03.04.2017