Nanotechnology
Cantilever for infectious diseases
Researchers from the University of Alberta have invented a device that can quickly identify harmful bacteria and determine how resistant they are to antibiotics.
05.10.2016- English version
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Genetics
Are you sweeter or fatter?
Some people do not like sweets and prefer fatty foods due to a mutation in the MC4R gene. Mutations in this gene are often found in people suffering from obesity.
05.10.2016
Biomedicine
What to do with the Zika virus?
The phenomenon of the Zika virus can be used in epidemiology textbooks as a vivid example of an underestimated threat. There is only one question on the agenda – what to do?
05.10.2016
New in Gerontology
Take care of the children
The stress suffered in childhood leads to accelerated telomere reduction. As a result, the cells age faster, and the person dies earlier than it could happen in other conditions.
04.10.2016
Other life sciences
Microflora and breast cancer
Microbes living in the breast, even in small quantities, in some cases can increase or, conversely, reduce the risk of breast cancer.
04.10.2016
Cellular technologies
Stem cells turned out to be a remedy for neuropathic pain
A group of American biologists has discovered that stem cells can alleviate the condition of patients with neuropathic pain and bladder dysfunction.
04.10.2016
Your health
What You Need to Know about Cancer Immunotherapy
Many promising cancer treatments have gone the distance at the stage of clinical trials. But immunotherapy has every chance to avoid such a fate.
04.10.2016
Other life sciences
How the tumor hides from the immune system
Experts from the University of British Columbia have discovered a new mechanism that prevents the recognition of carcinoma cells by the immune system.
04.10.2016
Other life sciences
Neurotransmitters, part 2
In the second part of the story, we will talk about mediators who perform important invisible work: stimulate and inhibit other neurotransmitters, help us learn and remember.
04.10.2016
Other life sciences
"Nobel Prize" in medicine – 2016: details
Autophagy, for the study of which the prize was awarded this year, is a set of processes that allow a cell to get rid of accumulations of intracellular "garbage" with the help of lysosomes.
04.10.2016
Cellular technologies
A unique operation was performed in Russia for the first time
A girl with a severe hereditary disease was transplanted stem cells from her brother, born with the help of preimplantation genetic diagnosis and IVF.
03.10.2016
Biomedicine
Don't forget to get vaccinated against the papilloma virus
A new study has shown that the human papillomavirus vaccine effectively reduces the risk of developing precancerous cervical diseases in young women.
03.10.2016
Biomedicine
Two polyvalent influenza vaccines
The first one was created for the USA and is effective against 95% of influenza virus strains common in this country. The second protects against 88% of the world's existing strains.
03.10.2016
Your health
Scarier than heroin
If the requirements of the current drug classification were met, alcohol would be classified as a Class A drug, much more dangerous than heroin and crack.
03.10.2016
Your health
Recovery after stroke
On September 23-24, the All-Russian conference with international participation "Innovations in Angioneurorehabilitology" was held at the First St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov.
03.10.2016
Your health
A glass of depression: the main thing is not to overdo it
A single intake of alcohol involves the same biochemical mechanism as "fast antidepressants" from the group of antagonists of glutamate NMDA receptors.
30.09.2016
Genetics
Genes for immunity are not the main thing
Generalization of all data on factors affecting immunity showed that genetics determines only 20-40% of individual differences in the immune system.
30.09.2016
Other life sciences
Superelastic bones
A flexible polymer from which bone blanks can be printed does not cause an immune response, fills with cells on its own and ossifies naturally.
30.09.2016
Controversial
Let's remember the whole Wikipedia
The American startup Kernel has announced the beginning of the development of an implant to improve the memory and learning ability of people with disorders of these functions – for example, in Alzheimer's disease.
30.09.2016
New in Gerontology
DNA methylation and the likelihood of death
A team of scientists from 7 countries has demonstrated that DNA methylation can not only determine a person's biological age, but also predict his life expectancy.
29.09.2016