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Other life sciences

For athletes, resveratrol is useless and even harmful

Taking resveratrol alters the body's normal response to high-intensity physical activity. At the same time, resveratrol not only does not increase the effectiveness of training, but on the contrary, it neutralizes their effect on the body.

05.11.2014
Cellular technologies

Boiling histotripsy

Tissue treatment with high-intensity ultrasonic waves dilutes cells, leaving an almost intact extracellular matrix, theoretically suitable for use as a framework for growing tissues and organs.

05.11.2014
Note to the businessman

Peptides against alcohol addiction

Scientists from ADG-Pharm LLC, graduates of Lomonosov Moscow State University, presented a development that can bring the treatment of alcoholism to a qualitatively new level.

05.11.2014
Biomedicine

Gene therapy of leukemia

It can already be said that the trials are extremely successful: 27 out of 30 patients had complete remission, 19 are still in remission, and 15 out of 19 patients did not need additional treatment for this.

05.11.2014
Other life sciences

Cardiac epigenomics

Scientists at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg have mapped the epigenome of cardiac muscle cells – cardiomyocytes.

31.10.2014
Your health

Everything is good in moderation, even milk

Drinking large amounts of milk not only does not reduce the risk of fractures, but may be associated with an increased risk of premature death for both men and women.

31.10.2014
Cellular technologies

IPSK – in a couple of days, not in 2-4 weeks

The addition of two small molecules to the four classic "Yamanaka factors" makes it possible to obtain mouse induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in the fastest way known today.

30.10.2014
Controversial

Dementia virus?

Unlike many other viruses that have passed to humans from animals, the ATCV-1 virus came to us from algae. But so far, he has not been noticed in anything serious – except for a slight weakening of some brain functions.

30.10.2014
Cellular technologies

Another "organ in a test tube"

Scientists from the Medical Center of the Children's Hospital in Cincinnati for the first time managed to obtain miniature organoids from human pluripotent stem cells that perform all the functions of a real stomach.

30.10.2014
Innovative Russia

Treatment of allergic diseases: eliminate the cause

A new anti-allergenic drug is undergoing the final stage of clinical trials. It does not just allow you to remove the symptoms of diseases, but affects their causes, which lie in the work of the immune system.

30.10.2014
Your health

Microbiota Health Test

It is planned that patients of the Atlas Medical Center will be able to pass these tests in a pilot mode, and then they will become available to residents of all Russia.

29.10.2014
Other life sciences

The heart in a supercomputer

The mathematical model created by Japanese scientists takes into account the behavior of each molecule of the heart tissues, which at a higher level of processing allows you to see the entire dynamics of the heartbeat.

29.10.2014
Innovative Russia

GenerationS: innovations in biomedicine

A device that will allow you to remove malignant tumors without surgery and general chemotherapy, and a technology that allows you to simplify and speed up the procedure of genetic analysis.

29.10.2014
Your health

Screening for prostate cancer is useless

The Committee for the Prevention of Diseases under the Government of Canada has issued recommendations indicating that there is no need for regular screening for prostate cancer.

29.10.2014
Prolonging youth

SkQ1 protects the heart from senile diseases

Prolonged intake of antioxidants that selectively affect the mitochondria reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases associated with age-related changes in the myocardium.

28.10.2014
Biomedicine

Colonoscopy with your own hands

The Cologuard kit for home use detects not only blood contained in feces, but also DNA associated with cancer cells, as well as precancerous neoplasms, without such an unpleasant procedure as a colonoscopy.

28.10.2014