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Other life sciences

A light guide instead of an electrode?

The effectiveness of a prototype photoactive drug for the treatment of Parkinson's disease has been demonstrated in experiments on mice.

13.06.2018
Other life sciences

Exercises for updating

For a long time it was believed that the neurons of the brain do not recover. However, it is too early to put an end to this issue.

13.06.2018
Other life sciences

Microflora prints

Microbiologists have proposed a new way to identify an intruder who has made his way into the house – by the unique features of the composition of the microbiome.

13.06.2018
Biomedicine

From asthma and senile dementia

Memory disorders and learning abilities in mice recovered after the use of an anti-asthmatic drug.

09.06.2018
Biomedicine

Treatment of inflammation in the heart

The inflammation that develops after a heart attack aggravates heart failure. Scientists have found a solution among already approved drugs.

09.06.2018
Biomedicine

Two shots of one hare

Some tumors use two levels of protection from the immune system. To treat them, you need to block both mechanisms simultaneously.

09.06.2018
Your health

How to treat varicose veins?

Varicose veins is a disease that cannot be treated with pills, ointments and any other medications.

09.06.2018
Other life sciences

Uneasy telomerase

The structure of perhaps the most mysterious enzyme continues to be studied, new details have appeared in it.

09.06.2018
Other life sciences

No worse than ultrasound

According to the content of placenta-specific RNA in the blood, it is possible to determine the duration of pregnancy and the likelihood of premature birth.

09.06.2018
Nanotechnology

A respirator instead of a fluorogram

The unique tuberculosis diagnostic system allows you to find even the earliest traces of infection in the lungs by several exhalations.

08.06.2018
Biomedicine

Anti-stress vaccine

A remedy based on Mycobacterium vaccae bacteria has weakened stress-induced inflammation in the brains of laboratory animals.

08.06.2018
Other life sciences

Insulin and Alzheimer's disease

A new theory of the development of Alzheimer's disease links the defective functioning of insulin with the death of brain cells.

08.06.2018
Other life sciences

Stress reduces the quality of sperm

Prolonged stress experienced, for example, during an armed conflict, negatively affects the quality of sperm.

08.06.2018
Other life sciences

Antibodies against atherosclerosis

The antibodies synthesized in the body prevented the development of atherosclerosis in the mouse model of the disease and prolonged the life of animals.

08.06.2018
Genetics

For whom are statins dangerous?

Mutations in certain genes increase the risk of myopathy by 5-16 times, muscle wasting and mass death of their cells when taking statins.

08.06.2018
Cellular technologies

Restore breathing

With the help of neural stem cells and interneurons, it was possible to restore some of the spinal functions in spinal cord injury.

08.06.2018
Nanotechnology

Label for the cell

Quantum dots made of cadmium, zinc and sulfur compounds grown inside nanotubes are non-toxic and are able to illuminate cells from the inside.

08.06.2018
Genetics

Transposons and tau protein

New aspects of the action of tau protein on nerve tissue leading to irreversible neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease have been discovered.

07.06.2018