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Healthy skepticism

Do not lose weight with dietary supplements!

Studies over the past 16 years have shown that dietary supplements for weight loss are either no more effective than placebo, or are harmful to health.

17.05.2021
Your health

A long working day kills

Long working hours are the reason for the increase in mortality due to heart disease and stroke. This is the conclusion reached by WHO and ILO.

17.05.2021
Biomedicine

Between the first and the second…

Peak levels of antibodies against COVID-19 were 3.5 times higher in those who waited for a second vaccination for about 12 weeks instead of the standard 3-4 weeks.

17.05.2021
Other life sciences

Evolution is in full swing

In modern people, the median artery of the hand is more common, wisdom teeth grow less often and other anatomical differences from great-grandfathers manifest themselves.

17.05.2021
Genetics

B1 or B2?

Which type of B-lymphocytes the "newborn" cell will develop into is determined by epigenetic modifications controlled by the DNMT3A protein.

17.05.2021
Biomedicine

Symmetrical response

American scientists have turned one of the "dishonest tricks" of cancer against the disease so that immune cells begin to perform their functions again.

17.05.2021
Controversial

Is it time to change the paradigm?

Professor A.P. Kozlov has created a new theory of tumors that will take oncology to a new level. What is this theory and what prospects does it open?

14.05.2021
Genetic engineering

TKID gene therapy: a new success

Therapy restored adenosine deaminase activity and immune system function in 48 out of 50 children with severe combined immunodeficiency.

14.05.2021
Biomedicine

Instead of or together?

In Europe and the USA, if a T-cell vaccine appears, it will be given to those who have already received a vaccine that causes the production of antibodies.

14.05.2021
Genetics

It's not dangerous

The researchers found small individual fragments of the genetic material of the pathogen Sars-CoV-2 in the genome of human cells.

14.05.2021
Other life sciences

The interface is a record holder

Another brain-computer interface registers motor cortex signals, turning them into letters at a speed of 90 characters per minute.

14.05.2021
Controversial

Virtual Shield

Will the "sanitary shield" save you from the new coronavirus? Microbiologist Severinov – about the timing of the development of test systems and vaccines.

14.05.2021
Healthy skepticism

Don't wait for dinosaurs :(

Geneticist Sergey Kiselyov explained which three difficulties we will not see live tyrannosaurs and pterodactyls in the coming years.

14.05.2021
Other life sciences

Smart Cap

The FDA has approved a cap for insulin syringe pens from Bigfoot Biomedical, which determines the required dosage of insulin.

14.05.2021
Nanotechnology

Aneurysm filling

Double-stitched hydrogel microfibers strengthen the walls of aneurysms in the brain and reduce pressure on them, reducing the risk of rupture and death.

13.05.2021
Prolonging youth

Stimulate the killers

Activation of invariant natural T-killers, which lose activity with age, can become an alternative to the use of senolytics.

13.05.2021
Biomedicine

Metabolism Accelerator

A receptor blocker for one of the "hunger hormones" is a potential means for the prevention and treatment of obesity caused by an improper lifestyle.

13.05.2021
Biomedicine

A double blow to asthma

Vaccination acting simultaneously against a pair of interleukins protected mice from allergic asthma for at least 11 weeks.

13.05.2021
Healthy skepticism

Count carefully!

Scientists analyzed the spermograms used, including in the sensational meta-analysis of 2017, and came to the conclusion that there is no reason to panic.

13.05.2021