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Genetics

A new target for the treatment of alcoholism

To get rid of alcohol addiction, you need to prevent the formation of an interneuronal connection "drinking – pleasure". This can be achieved using the enzyme PRDM2.

31.08.2016
Biomedicine

Antisense RNAs against psoriasis

At the conference of the American Chemical Society, a report was made on the upcoming trial of a method of treating psoriasis using antisense RNAs.

31.08.2016
Cellular technologies

Cookies

The organoids grown by American scientists are not similar in shape and structure to a normal human or rodent liver, but they contain all its key components.

31.08.2016
Biomedicine

Bio-seals for tooth regeneration

The new material not only protects the pulp 100%, but also helps it to restore dentin, contributing to more active regeneration of stem cells.

31.08.2016
Various

A new public initiative

A proposal has been published on the ROI website to recognize aging as a serious deadly disease with a progressive course leading to disability.

30.08.2016
Innovative Russia

Internet for Medicine

The Internet Development Institute announced the launch of a new direction "Internet+ Investments", in which medical applications of information technologies will play a significant role.

30.08.2016
Nanotechnology

Telepathically controlled nanorobots

The technique of releasing drugs from nanocontainers is designed to help patients with mental illness, but its scope can be much wider.

30.08.2016
Note to the businessman

Immortality as an investment asset

In recent years, new classes of anti-aging investment assets have been formed, which can provide both high returns and radical life extension.

30.08.2016
Cloning

Resurrect the northern penguin?

The wingless loon, the only modern representative of the genus Pinguinus, nested 200 years ago on the coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Greenland, parts of Spain and New England.

30.08.2016
Other life sciences

Edible batteries

A melanin battery is not as powerful as a lithium-ion battery, but it is enough to supply energy to a drug delivery device or sensor.

30.08.2016
Biomedicine

Scars in a test tube

Although the main goal of the researchers is to help patients with severe or extensive scars, the method can also be used in cosmetic medicine.

29.08.2016
Various

Casein and pectin instead of plastic

Edible packaging film passes 500 times less oxygen than plastic, and completely decomposes in the environment without the formation of toxic substances.

29.08.2016
Biomedicine

Created an opioid with no side effects

An international team of scientists has synthesized a low-molecular-weight opioid that does not have the serious side effects characteristic of this class of drugs.

29.08.2016
Cellular technologies

A new method of cell therapy for stroke

Researchers from the University of Southern California have found a way to stimulate the transformation of nerve stem cells into adult neurons and their migration to the focus of stroke.

29.08.2016
Note to the businessman

Electroceutics

A new strategy perpendicular to pharmacology is being born before our eyes – bioelectric medicine, a very intriguing field and on the rise. The market volume will grow rapidly.

29.08.2016
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy will help the treatment of parkinsonism

In the next phase of clinical trials of gene therapy for Parkinson's disease, patients will be injected with a triple dose of the drug VY-AADC01, delivered directly to the brain.

26.08.2016
Genetics

Genes and diseases: new data

DNA analysis of more than 60 thousand people allowed us to identify more than three thousand mutations indicating a high probability of a number of diseases. Most of the identified mutations are described for the first time.

26.08.2016