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Other life sciences

Appoptosin is a killer of neurons

The protein appoptosin may become a target of new drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic brain injuries.

12.11.2012
Other life sciences

Lungs-on-a-chip will replace guinea pigs

Scientists from the Wyss Institute of Bioengineering are striving to ensure that the organ-on-a–chip models they have developed – the heart, intestines, kidneys and lungs - could gradually become a replacement for animal drug testing.

09.11.2012
Cellular technologies

Tissue Engineering: how to grow an ear?

Instead of the auricle removed due to a malignant tumor, the specialists of the Johns Hopkins University Clinic grew her a new one. Not easy, not fast, not very nice, but much better than nothing.

09.11.2012
Other life sciences

Is a little radiation useful?

Despite the fact that the mice used in the experiment had a genetic anomaly, low doses of radiation can also be useful for humans.

09.11.2012
Bioethics

A pest doctor?

A British oncologist performed at least 450 mastectomies on patients who did not have cancer. Another 700 patients who had breast cancer, he left those parts of the breast that must necessarily be removed with such a diagnosis.

09.11.2012
Controversial

Kurosaurs or dinokurs?

An American paleontologist promises to turn chickens into something similar to dinosaurs in 5 years using genetic engineering methods.

08.11.2012
Biomedicine

Another target of anti-cancer therapy

A drug that selectively suppresses the activity of the histone – 11 deathylase enzyme will be an effective antitumor drug without affecting normally functioning cells.

08.11.2012
Other life sciences

Encapsulated probiotics will make yogurts healthier

Many probiotic bacteria added to foods such as yogurt are unable to reach the intestines. Most of them die in the stomach. Maybe it's worth trying to use a protective coating?

08.11.2012
Other life sciences

Live 120 years!

In the UK, some insurance companies have started to prepare pension programs based on the expectation that the client can live up to 120-125 years.

07.11.2012
Biomedicine

Blocking the enzyme will help with multiple sclerosis

Blocking the activity of the enzyme hyaluronidase stimulates the restoration of the myelin sheath of nerve fibers, which is destroyed in multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases.

07.11.2012
Biomedicine

Different forms of cancer can be identified by a single biomarker

The method of early cancer diagnosis is based on the detection of the gammaH2AX protein produced in cells in response to DNA damage. It is believed that the appearance of this protein is one of the first steps on the cell's path to malignancy.

07.11.2012
Your health

Hypertension is the cause of early brain aging

Already at the age of 33, hypertension and prehypertensive conditions cause accelerated aging of the brain, manifested by a violation of the structural integrity of the white matter and a decrease in the volume of gray matter.

07.11.2012
Cellular technologies

An inexhaustible source of myelin-producing cells

"In vitro" progenitor cells of neuroglia quickly stop dividing, and there are too few myelinating oligodendrocytes suitable for cell therapy. Scientists have managed to overcome this barrier.

06.11.2012