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Nanotechnology

One injection instead of several

Depending on the composition, polymer microcapsules are destroyed at different times, releasing the next dose of the drug inside the patient's body.

15.09.2017
Other life sciences

Again, the microflora is to blame

Two articles in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences linked the initiation of multiple sclerosis with the gut microbiota.

15.09.2017
Nanotechnology

Nanoclader

In 24 hours, one robot successfully sorted six DNA molecules on a 58×58 nm substrate with fluorescent labels of two colors "sewn" to them.

15.09.2017
Various

Appetite and stress

A large-scale project to study eating behavior has shown that overeating or malnutrition in response to negative emotions is not genetically fixed.

15.09.2017
Grants and competitions

Helsnet Competition

Within the framework of the largest startup accelerator GenerationS from RVC, a nomination in the field of medical services and medicines was established.

15.09.2017
Grants and competitions

Biotechnologies and genomics in agriculture

The selection of projects in the nomination "Biotechnologies and genomics in the Agro-industrial complex" of the GenerationS-2017 startup accelerator has begun.

15.09.2017
Grants and competitions

Quality of Life – 2017

A competitive selection of innovative projects in the field of medical technologies that improve the quality of life "Quality of Life – 2017" has been announced.

15.09.2017
Your health

Caries does not depend on genes

"Good" heredity is powerless against the growth of bacteria that cause caries. Their activities are more influenced by environmental factors.

14.09.2017
Other life sciences

Nice correlation

For people who can boast of sexual activity in adulthood and old age, intellectual difficulties are less characteristic.

14.09.2017
Nanotechnology

Stars for Oncology

Inexpensive and non-toxic gold nanostars will make it possible to effectively diagnose cancer in the early stages and to burn out the affected cells point-by-point.

14.09.2017
Your health

Another danger of toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasma infection is associated with an increased risk of developing epilepsy, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and certain types of brain cancer.

14.09.2017
Your health

Who benefits from vegetarianism

The effectiveness of a plant-based diet can be predicted by the ratio of Prevotella bacteria to bacteroids in the human intestinal microbiota.

13.09.2017
Genetics

You can't draw a portrait based on DNA

Detective leitmotif: DNA analysis from the crime scene allows you to instantly identify the perpetrator. How far is it really from reality?

13.09.2017
Your health

Get off the couch!

It is not the sedentary lifestyle itself that is dangerous, but the absence of regular "warm-ups" once every half hour or more often, regardless of the number of sports.

13.09.2017
Genetics

Northern genes

Versions of genes that help to survive in the conditions of the Far North will reveal the roots of diseases associated with metabolic disorders.

13.09.2017
Various

Sausage at 2.20

Those who yearn for Soviet quality products either did not eat like ordinary people, or simply do not understand what Soviet products are.

13.09.2017
New in Gerontology

Programmed aging

Scottish geneticists have found in human DNA a kind of "program" of brain aging that controls its development throughout life.

12.09.2017
Your health

He was treated

Chronic cyanide intoxication was received by an elderly Briton who had been using apricot kernel extract daily for five years.

12.09.2017
Biomedicine

Melanoma: targeted and immunotherapy

Researchers from Australia have discovered a new combination of treatments that can stop the world's deadliest form of skin cancer.

12.09.2017