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Biomedicine

Anthrax against cancer

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology borrowed from anthrax a method of delivering cancer drugs into cells.

26.09.2014
Biomedicine

A mousetrap for metastases

To block one of the molecular cellular signaling pathways – the trigger for the separation of cancer cells – in other words, to suppress the signal that initiates metastasis, scientists have created a decoy protein.

25.09.2014
Various

Senile Dementia Monitor

Merz Company presented the results of the first all-Russian sociological study "Merz Dementia Monitor". The survey confirmed the low level of awareness of senile dementia characteristic of our country.

25.09.2014
Your health

Take care of your waist from a young age

The intensity of skirt size growth in the period from 25 to 55 years is a clear indicator of the risk of developing breast cancer after menopause: an increase in waist circumference every ten years by a size increases this probability by 33%, and by two sizes – by 77%.

25.09.2014
Genetics

Sketch of DNA

Reconstructing a person's face from his DNA is no longer a fantasy: scientists have achieved impressive results in this direction. According to a set of genes, it is possible – albeit roughly, but quickly – to establish gender, skin color, nationality, hair color.

25.09.2014
Cellular technologies

Stem Cell Heart Valve

American researchers have proposed a new approach to the manufacture of artificial heart valves based on the use of induced pluripotent stem cells.

25.09.2014
Other life sciences

Get up and go!

The system of electrochemical stimulation of the spinal cord, which allows you to regain full freedom of movement of the legs, has been successfully tested on rats paralyzed due to spinal rupture; in a year, experiments will begin on volunteers.

25.09.2014
Your health

The benefits of "chemistry", the harm of natural

A popular myth about the usefulness of natural and the harm of artificial (depending on the category of products, it is popularly called "synthetics" or "chemistry") the author of the article, a pediatrician, often has to debunk on duty.

25.09.2014
Biomedicine

Diagnosis for speed

In the near future, traditional diagnostic methods will be replaced by new technologies that allow not only to identify the causative agent of an infectious disease very quickly and accurately, but also to learn a lot of other information about it.

25.09.2014
Biomedicine

Shotgun for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

The so-called "shotgun method" allows relatively quickly to identify and determine the characteristics of the causative agent of the disease, eliminating the need for long-term cultivation of bacteria in the laboratory.

24.09.2014
Other life sciences

Telomerase activity switch

The telomerase molecule has an "activity switch", the study of which can reveal to a person the secret of healthy aging.

24.09.2014
Other life sciences

Bioinformatics for biomedicine

Biophysicist Nikolay Borisov – about mathematical models in oncology and gerontology, personalized medicine and OncoFinder and Geroscope projects.

24.09.2014
Cellular technologies

IPSC from somatic cells with an efficiency of 100%

A combination of three well-known compounds, including vitamin C, has made it possible to increase the efficiency of the process of reprogramming somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells.

24.09.2014
Other life sciences

$1,000,000 for eye transplantation

The main goal of the project is to develop effective methods to ensure the successful germination of the nerve endings of the donor eye into the recipient's optic nerve.

23.09.2014
Other life sciences

Alzheimer's Disease and the Wnt signaling pathway

A defect in one of the most important signaling pathways in the cell leads both to hyperproduction of beta-amyloid in the brain of people who have Alzheimer's disease, and to disruption of interaction between neurons.

23.09.2014
Other life sciences

The first symposium on gnotobiology in Russia

The forum taking place in St. Petersburg gives an opportunity to publish new information about the contribution of microbiota to the vital activity of our body.

23.09.2014
New in Gerontology

With age, the brain "shrinks"

The volume of the human brain gradually increases until about 40 years old, after which it begins to slowly decrease and by the end of life approximately corresponds to the size of the brain of a 7-year-old child.

23.09.2014