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Other life sciences

Transplantation of "dead" hearts

The transplantation of hearts that stopped beating to three patients was an epochal event: the new technique will significantly increase the number of organs suitable for transplantation, which will save at least 30% more lives.

28.10.2014
Grants and competitions

X Eurotransbio Competition

The Foundation for Assistance to the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere announces the launch of a transnational competition within the framework of the ERANET project in order to finance projects of small enterprises in the field of biotechnology in 2015.

28.10.2014
Other life sciences

A contagious tumor

A malignant tumor sends special membrane bubbles with molecular instructions to the healthy cells surrounding it, which turn a normal cell into a cancerous one.

27.10.2014
Prolonging youth

Cocoa flavonols restore age-related memory impairment

The flavonol-enriched diet significantly improved the results of memory tests. If at the beginning of the study the participant's memory corresponded to the age of 60, after three months it improved to the indicators of a 30-40-year-old person.

27.10.2014
Biomedicine

The past, present and future of antibiotics

The development of new classes of antibiotic drugs became more and more expensive and more difficult, and eventually fundamentally new drugs stopped appearing. Now the microbes are winning, but the situation is not hopeless.

27.10.2014
Genetic engineering

Stem Cell Cytotoxins against Brain Cancer

Stem cells encapsulated in a biodegradable gel synthesizing cytotoxins help to kill brain cancer cells in the cavity left after its resection.

27.10.2014
Biomedicine

Russian virologist on an effective way to defeat Ebola

Virologist Alexander Chepurnov, who worked with the Ebola virus for many years, heading the laboratory of particularly dangerous infections at the Vector Center for Virology and Biotechnology, talks about what needs to be done to cope with the deadly disease.

24.10.2014
Theories of aging

Another "closure" in gerontology

The statement of Chinese scientists has been refuted, according to which the main cause of cell aging is the release of free radicals inside the mitochondria.

24.10.2014
Various

How to stop pounding water in a mortar

85% of scientific research in medicine is complete nonsense, says a professor from Stanford. To remedy the situation, he proposes to introduce strict standards, improve statistics, improve the review of articles and change the system of academic career.

24.10.2014
Your health

Mind Games

A group of scientists objected to the fact that games that develop memory and attention in adults are able to reduce or reverse the decline in cognitive functions, since there is no scientifically sound evidence for this.

24.10.2014
Cellular technologies

Human neurons from fibroblasts: direct reprogramming

This was achieved directly, without the stem cell stage. The authors hope that their research will help in the creation of methods for the treatment of Huntington's disease – a severe and incurable neurological disease.

23.10.2014
Other life sciences

Section "Medicine" at the 3D Print Expo conference

At the 3D Print Expo conference (October 23-25, Sokolniki Exhibition and Exhibition Center), a thematic section dedicated to the use of three-dimensional printing technologies in medicine will be allocated.

23.10.2014
Genetics

From drunkenness to alcoholism – one micro-RNA

The reason for the transition from moderate alcohol consumption to alcoholism lies in a decrease in the level of neurotrophic factor of the brain in the prefrontal cortex. In experiments on mice, scientists have shown that this process is controlled by micro-RNA.

22.10.2014