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In the footsteps of the Nobel Laureate
Researchers from Germany have shown that patients experience more intense side effects if they believe they are taking a more expensive drug.
10.10.2017- English version
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Your health
How does brain aging occur?
Is brain aging a "slippery slope" that we have to walk? Or can we do something that will slow down the rate of extinction?
09.10.2017
Theories of aging
Delayed aging
In naked diggers, the activity of a number of proteins that work intensively in rodents with a short lifespan decreases with age.
09.10.2017
Biotechnologies - into life
Millions to fight tuberculosis
A unique Russian drug for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis attracted investments in the amount of 44 million rubles.
09.10.2017
Bioethics
Bioethicists are afraid of homunculi
Scientists have been breaking spears for months – how real is the threat of raising children in artificial wombs without the participation of women.
09.10.2017
Genetic engineering
CRISPR/Cas13 instead of RNA interference
MIT scientists have shown that using CRISPR/Cas13 it is possible to effectively destroy the mRNA of selected genes.
09.10.2017
Other life sciences
Why is a woman's heart stronger than a man's
Female sex hormones protect the heart from problems associated with disturbances in circadian rhythms.
09.10.2017
Nanotechnology
AFC vs Super Microbes
In the presence of reactive oxygen species, bacteria resistant to old antibiotics began to react to them more strongly, sometimes by 1000 times.
09.10.2017
Healthy skepticism
Dear pacifiers
57% of cancer drugs approved in recent years turned out to be useless, and another 10% improved the patient's quality of life without having a therapeutic effect.
09.10.2017
Other life sciences
Heart attack switched to reverse
The researchers turned off one of the Hippo pathway genes involved in suppressing the proliferation and regeneration of cardiomyocytes and scar formation.
09.10.2017
Biomedicine
Carbidopa in the treatment of cancer
The drug for the therapy of Parkinson's disease suppresses the development of pancreatic cancer in a mouse model and a human cell line.
06.10.2017
Biomedicine
Zika virus: the fight continues
A new generation DNA vaccine against Zika fever has shown high efficacy in the first phase of clinical trials.
06.10.2017
Your health
Supermicrobes: who is to blame and what to do?
In the last two decades, "superbugs" have become one of the main causes of concern for the medical community.
06.10.2017
Genetics
Harmful Neanderthal genes
Among them are the "owl" chronotype, the ability to sunbathe or burn in the sun, regulation of "bad" cholesterol, eating disorder, etc.
06.10.2017
Other life sciences
Richard Henderson: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry spoke about electronic cryomicroscopy.
06.10.2017
Genetics
To the section on DNA analysis
A genetic test will help parents choose a sport that the child will like and will not harm his health.
06.10.2017
Various
The shortlist of the Educator Award 2017 has been announced
It traditionally includes 4 books in each of the two nominations – "Natural and Exact Sciences" and "Humanities".
06.10.2017
Your health
Cleaning of toxins according to the recipe of naturopaths
A man who took magnesium sulfate to "clean" gallstones was diagnosed with severe liver damage.
06.10.2017
Various
MP against homeopaths
In addition to limiting advertising, it is proposed to write on the packages of homeopathic medicines "Does not have clinically proven medicinal properties."
06.10.2017
Genetics
The mi-RNA Atlas
The creation of a complete atlas of microRNAs in various cells brings us one step closer to creating a complete picture of the regulation of gene expression.
06.10.2017