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Cellular technologies

Blood vessels from amniotic stem cells

The ability of amniotic stem cells to promote the growth of working blood vessels in combination with the technology of tissue growth on a hydrogel framework can provide a breakthrough in regenerative medicine.

10.04.2015

Genetics

When and how the Europeans turned white

A new genetic study has found that the most important evolutionary change – whiteness – appeared in Europeans 8000 years ago.

10.04.2015

Theories of aging

How we age

Starting from DNA damage and ending with disruption of intercellular interactions, aging is a mysterious and versatile process.

10.04.2015

Biomedicine

Sound helps to isolate cancer cells in blood tests

A new method using surface acoustic waves can greatly simplify the separation of circulating tumor cells and blood cells.

10.04.2015

Your health

Secrets of nutrition by Tutelyan

Why any food is useful, how to balance between the necessary amount of vitamins and gluttony, why dietary supplements are needed and why the absence of "prohibited" products on the shelves is not fatal.

09.04.2015

Biomedicine

Antibodies against HIV have been successfully tested on the first volunteers

For the first time, molecular biologists were able to test in practice the work of antibodies that suppress the development of HIV in the human body for several months after injection, which opens the way for the creation of an HIV vaccine and drugs to fight AIDS.

09.04.2015

Genetics

Hidden threat

In the genome of each person there is at least one dangerous (usually recessive, not harmful to its carrier) mutation. But inheritance by offspring of two alleles of a defective gene leads to the development of serious diseases and even intrauterine death.

09.04.2015

Your health

It's time to ban tanning salons

Dermatologists are calling on the authorities of the United States and other states to recognize the harm of tanning beds to the health of the body at the official level and prohibit or restrict their work to reduce the risk of skin cancer.

09.04.2015

Genetic engineering

Genetic modernization

There are no significant differences between the mechanisms of genetic modernization and the natural processes of genetic modification, so it is quite reasonable to assume that the production of GM foods does not carry additional risks.

09.04.2015

Other life sciences

Glove for rehabilitation after stroke

The SCRIPT robotic glove works in combination with gaming computer programs and allows you to restore the mobility of the upper extremities in patients after a stroke.

09.04.2015

Healthy skepticism

Scientists have not proven the negative impact of computer games on teenagers

A number of news outlets wrote that "scientists have proved it". In fact, not scientists, but one psychologist, are not convinced, but assumes, not a causal relationship, but a correlation, and not negatively, but in different ways.

08.04.2015

Various

Contamination of science and medicine by plagiarism and fraud

Arthur Kaplan of NYU Langone Medical Center notes that people responsible for the quality of scientific publications do not make enough efforts to solve the problem of the quality and reliability of scientific papers.

08.04.2015

Controversial

Transplant my head!

The first patient who volunteered to undergo a head transplant operation was Valery Spiridonov, a thirty-year-old programmer from Vladimir suffering from spinal muscular atrophy.

08.04.2015

Other life sciences

Go further away

A small exoskeleton is worn on the legs and does not require power sources. The device saves up to 7% of the energy that the body spends when walking. The device weighs 300-500 g, so the advantage in energy is not canceled by carrying heavy loads.

08.04.2015

Various

OPG "GA-40"

The participants of the criminal group misled patients about the properties of GA-40, which was not registered in Russia and had not passed preclinical and clinical studies, as a drug for the treatment of cancer, hepatitis and other serious diseases.

07.04.2015

Other life sciences

Morbidity statistics by search queries

The analysis of queries entered by users into search engines will allow predicting the spread of non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, stroke and cardiovascular diseases.

07.04.2015

Innovative Russia

GenerationS-2015

In 2015, GenerationS will become the world's first platform for creating corporate and industry accelerators focused on the needs of Russian and international corporations.

07.04.2015

Cellular technologies

Cancer treatment with stem cells in Russia will be waiting for a long time

On World Health Day, the Science department of the Newspaper.Ru" figured out when in Russia they will be able to treat oncological diseases with the help of stem cells.

07.04.2015

Various

Russian gerontologists have begun to compile a register of centenarians

"We started compiling the register of centenarians only recently," said Igor Arkhipov, president of the Russian Association of Gerontologists and Geriatricians. – Now there are about 10 thousand people in our register of those who are over 90 years old."

07.04.2015

Biomedicine

Poliovirus for the treatment of glioblastoma: details

Scientists from Duke University began looking for volunteers and announced a fundraiser for the first phase of clinical trials of a new method of glioblastoma therapy.

07.04.2015