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Biomedicine

Malaria vaccine: the first success

An international team of scientists has successfully completed the first phase of clinical trials of a combined malaria vaccine. The results of the work are published in the journal Nature.

16.02.2017
Cellular technologies

Diode of fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes

Such diodes, which conduct an electrical signal in only one direction, can be used to monitor the operation of biosensors, create "organs-on-a-chip" and treat muscle disorders.

16.02.2017
Various

A genetic twin will help save a life

Bone marrow donors often have to be sought abroad. In Russia, they are still sorely lacking. To remedy the situation, it was decided to seriously expand the national register of donors.

16.02.2017
Other life sciences

Stroke without consequences

After two strokes, everything is normal for a woman – except for a slight loss of sensitivity in her right hand, there are no visible disorders, there are no pathologies in behavior.

15.02.2017
Various

There is no money for medicines for death

Only children receive anti-cancer dendritic cell vaccines for free. Scientists are looking for grants and patrons, and patients pay for treatment out of their own pocket.

15.02.2017
Other life sciences

Open source Biorobot

Scientists from Illinois have published a protocol for creating microscopic biorobots that move due to the contractions of modified muscle cells.

15.02.2017
Theories of aging

There are no restrictions for aging therapy?

Scientists of the Russian biotechnology company Gero have published a paper refuting the theory of aging, which has been widely recognized among researchers for more than half a century.

14.02.2017
Healthy skepticism

The myth of fish oil

Recently, an international group of scientists has once again shown that "pharmaceutical" fish oil does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

14.02.2017
Cellular technologies

Advanced Brain Organoid

In some of the "mini-brains" grown at Brown University, a system of blood vessels has formed over time, which significantly expands the scope of their use.

14.02.2017
Healthy skepticism

Fake Alzheimer's

Now the clinic for the treatment of memory disorders is closed, and about 50 patients who received a false diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease are suing its former owner and director.

14.02.2017
Cellular technologies

Modified hepatocytes saved mice from diabetes

Reprogramming allowed hepatocytes to perform the function of beta cells. Now scientists are working on adapting the technology to the human body and preparing for clinical trials.

14.02.2017
Biomedicine

Unexpected side effect

American biologists accidentally discovered that a drug used to restore the immune system during cancer chemotherapy protects future spermatozoa from death.

14.02.2017
Your health

About the dangers of false positive results

After the suspicion of breast cancer turns out to be erroneous, women tend to postpone the next mammogram or even refuse to perform the procedure regularly.

14.02.2017
Biomedicine

Rabies virus and brain cancer

Researchers conducted a successful experiment on mice to use the ability of the rabies virus to overcome the blood-brain barrier to fight brain cancer.

13.02.2017
Healthy skepticism

Homeopaths Strike back

If you still had doubts that homeopathy should be called the word "pseudoscience", then the answer of the National Council on Homeopathy of the RAS Commission will dispel the last doubts.

13.02.2017