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Biomedicine

Cannabinoid Agonist against AIDS

Scientists have established how cannabinoid receptors on the surface of immune cells can influence the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus – unfortunately, only in the late stages of AIDS.

26.03.2012
Other life sciences

Toxoplasma against Alzheimer's disease

The latent form of toxoplasmosis infection has an immunosuppressive effect, a beneficial side effect of which is the suppression of the development of Alzheimer's disease.

23.03.2012
Grants and competitions

New Award for research in the field of biomedicine

The award fund of 480,000 euros will be distributed among four projects: rare tropical diseases, innovative vaccines, drug resistance, therapeutic approaches to aging problems and restorative medicine.

22.03.2012
Grants and competitions

R&D competition "Medicine of the Future"

The Bortnik Foundation is holding an open competition "Performing research and development work on the development of medical technologies within the framework of the DEVELOPMENT program on the topic "Medicine of the Future".

22.03.2012
New in Gerontology

Alzheimer's disease – type 3 diabetes?

The discovery of molecular mechanisms of the link between an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease in diabetes and a decrease in the concentration of insulin in brain tissue in Alzheimer's disease gives hope for the emergence of new treatments for this disease.

22.03.2012
Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology: results of the first five-year plan

For five years, the word "nanotechnology" in Russia has become familiar in our lexicon and the scientific community has finally reached a consensus on what this concept includes.

21.03.2012
Healthy skepticism

Homeopath-stripped turned on former colleagues

The former head of the Department of Complementary Medicine and a practicing homeopath called on the British government to stop funding this quack method of "treatment".

21.03.2012
Controversial

Good Doctor Askarid

Another publication that intestinal parasites are necessary to maintain our health and that many diseases can be cured with their help. Maybe it's not really an anti-scientific idea?

20.03.2012
Various

Healthcare in a mousetrap

The myth of free medicine, which has been fed to us for many years at various official levels, turned out to be quite tenacious. But at the next collision it becomes obvious: free medicine has long been paid.

19.03.2012
Other life sciences

I drink because girls don't like me

After mating, the male fruit fly will prefer a soft drink, and the rejected one will reach for a drink. Scientists intend to further study the effect of neuropeptide F on the formation of attitudes to sex and alcohol, including in humans.

19.03.2012
Other life sciences

Very personalized medicine

Monitoring with the help of all known "-omics" for the processes occurring in a particular organism that lead to the development of diseases is already possible, but so far it is too expensive.

19.03.2012