Other life sciences
Hydrogel will help with heart failure
Implantable hydrogel may revolutionize the treatment of heart failure in patients with enlarged left ventricle.
21.11.2014- English version
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Note to the businessman
R&D in pharmaceuticals has gone up 2.5 times in 10 years
The cost of developing and launching a drug on the market has increased by 145% compared to 2003. The total cost of creating a new drug, including post-registration studies, reaches $2.9 billion.
21.11.2014
Cellular technologies
Artificial organ transplantation will become a common practice in 10 years
What "spare parts" for a person may appear in the near future? Liver and kidney factories – fiction or reality? What are the prospects for regenerative medicine?
21.11.2014
Other life sciences
Bacteria of completeness and forgetfulness
Gastritis – from improper nutrition, excess weight from hormonal disorders, and caries from sweets. These statements have been considered true for years, but recently scientists have found out that everything is wrong, and these and many other of our troubles are to blame... bacteria.
21.11.2014
Various
Genes, cells and biotechnologies
On November 30, Sergey Kiselyov, Chief Researcher of the Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, will speak as part of the Festival of Public Lectures #KNOW. The topic of the lecture is "Genes, cells and biotechnologies".
21.11.2014
Innovative Russia
Translational Biomedicine at St. Petersburg State University
The grant of 750 million rubles will provide support for scientific research in the field of biomedicine and turn the developments of geneticists, physiologists, bioinformatics, psychologists into new ways of treating human diseases.
21.11.2014
Genetic engineering
Hemophilia gene therapy: the first success
After gene therapy, the frequency of spontaneous bleeding in patients with severe hemophilia B decreased by 90%, and the frequency of use of the blood clotting factor IX drug decreased by 92%.
20.11.2014
Various
Wars, smoking and obesity cause the same harm to the economy
The damage caused to the world economy by the problem of obesity is almost equal to the damage caused by smoking and armed conflicts.
20.11.2014
Genetics
The results of studies on mice can not always be transferred to humans
Scientists have questioned the fact that the results of studies on mice can always be transferred to humans. The reason for the doubt is that the work of genes in mice and humans is regulated differently.
20.11.2014
Various
Drop it?
International Smoking Cessation Day is celebrated every year on the third Thursday of November. In 2014, it falls on November 20.
20.11.2014
Other life sciences
Scared? Smell the oxytocin!
German scientists have demonstrated in humans how a nasal spray containing the "hormone of love" – oxytocin – contributes to the suppression of fear.
20.11.2014
Your health
If you want to be slim, don't work at night
Shift work goes against the fundamental biology of the human body, and people working the night shift are about twice as likely to be obese.
19.11.2014
Biomedicine
The work of the diaphragm after a fracture of the cervical vertebrae can be restored
The new procedure restores the functioning of the respiratory muscles of the diaphragm, even if they were paralyzed more than a year ago.
19.11.2014
Your health
About evidence-based medicine, demography, epidemiology and much more
Transcript (very, very long!) lectures by Professor of the Higher School of Economics, President of the Society of Evidence-Based Medicine Specialists Vasily Vlasov, delivered on November 15, 2014 as part of the Festival of Public Lectures #KNOW.
19.11.2014
New in Gerontology
A new role of telomeres in the aging process has been discovered
Even before telomeres reach a critical length, their slow shortening affects the regulation of genes that potentially contribute to aging and the development of age-related diseases.
19.11.2014
Genetics
Innate orientation
The results of another study confirmed that a person's sexual orientation is determined by his genome. However, one should not assume that scientists have already found some "homosexuality genes".
19.11.2014
Other life sciences
Fooled macrophages
Under the action of substances secreted by cancer cells, macrophages cease to synthesize anti-tumor cytokines and begin to secrete molecules that accelerate tumor growth and blood vessel germination, cease to attract and initiate other cells of the immune system and begin to block the antitumor immune response.
18.11.2014
Various
Day of Knowledge about antibiotics
In Russia, this day is celebrated for the first time. The topic of the European Day of Knowledge about Antibiotics in 2014 was the problem of self-medication.
18.11.2014
Your health
Once again about the dangers of triclosan
Prolonged exposure to triclosan, an antimicrobial component widely used in soaps, shampoos, toothpastes and other hygiene products, can lead to the development of fibrosis and liver cancer.
18.11.2014
Innovative Russia
OncoBioMed-2014: the best startups
Within the framework of the XVIII Russian Oncological Congress, the final of the OncoBioMed-2014 competition was held, which determined the 3 best startups in the field of innovative solutions for the fight against oncological diseases.
18.11.2014