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Genetic engineering

Yeast instead of poppy

In order for yeast to produce opioids, scientists added five genes to their genome: three from the genome of the poppy, and two more from bacteria that live on poppy plantations.

26.08.2014

Genetics

Stem cell differentiation: genome hotspots

The world places great hopes on stem cells, expecting that they will revolutionize medicine. But to use their potential, you need to understand how their development is regulated. New ideas are put forward by scientists from the University of Southern Denmark.

26.08.2014

Other life sciences

Patients with glaucoma will be saved from blindness by an implantable barometer

Stanford specialists have developed an implantable sensor device that allows glaucoma patients to independently measure intraocular pressure, a sharp increase in which with this disease can lead to vision loss.

26.08.2014

Biotechnologies - into life

A team to fight cancer

Russian scientists have come up with the Oncofinder system, which can select a drug for the treatment of a specific tumor, as well as be used to search for new drugs in the treatment of cancer. The team was supported by investors.

26.08.2014

Your health

Will a drug from completely different diseases help with cellulite?

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals has announced the successful results of the second phase of CI of a drug intended for the treatment of penis curvature and Dupuytren contracture, as a means of relieving cellulite manifestations.

25.08.2014

Note to the businessman

Manufacturers are betting on generics

Normally, there should be no more than 3-5 generics of one drug, and all of them are carefully tested. However, research takes a lot of time and money. And "under-researched" generics are not always happy with the results.

25.08.2014

Cellular technologies

Bioengineers have grown a working thymus from cells

For the first time, Scottish scientists have grown a fully functioning organ from cells – the thymus, or thymus gland, the most important organ of the immune system.

25.08.2014

Biotechnologies - into life

Thrombodynamics-4D

The company "GemaKor Labs", a resident of the biomedical technologies cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation, is working on the second generation of the blood clotting test – "Thrombodynamics-4D".

25.08.2014

Prolonging youth

Rejuvenation of the immune system

Scientists from the UK and Spain have studied the relationship between immunity and aging processes, and have also developed special drugs to slow down the aging of cells of the immune system.

25.08.2014

Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: How close are we to solving the problem?

It is very rare that there are days when there is not a single report about a study on Alzheimer's disease in medical news feeds. However, at what stage of development is this research area?

22.08.2014

Bioethics

Euthanasia tour

The number of "suicide tourists" coming to Switzerland for the purpose of euthanasia doubled in four years, from 2009 to 2012. Such data are given in a scientific paper devoted to the study of the phenomenon of "suicide tourism".

22.08.2014

Biomedicine

Treatment of stomach cancer will help violation of its innervation

A study by American scientists has shown that a violation of the conduction of nerve impulses in the stomach area can significantly slow down the growth of neoplasms in the organ.

22.08.2014

Healthy skepticism

Doctors are against the study of quack methods in medicine

American experts have called on the medical community to stop spending money on clinical studies of practices that, in their opinion, are extremely questionable from a scientific point of view, such as homeopathy and reiki (treatment by laying on of hands).

22.08.2014

Exhibitions and conferences

Pharmaceutical business in Russia

RBC Media Holding invites you and your colleagues to take part in the conference "Pharmaceutical business in Russia: Development strategies in an era of change", which will be held on September 24, 2014 at the Marriott Grand Hotel.

21.08.2014

New in Gerontology

Why don't old people sleep well?

American scientists have explained why older people suffer from insomnia and often wake up ahead of time. Brain magazine reports on a group of inhibitory neurons, the deficiency of which leads to sleep disorders in the elderly.

21.08.2014

Nanotechnology

DNA sequencing: molybdenum disulfide instead of graphene

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found that molybdenum disulfide can make DNA sequencing using nanopores more accurate, faster and cheaper than any other material available today.

21.08.2014

Biomedicine

Helminthotherapy of autoimmune diseases

Australian researchers have managed to isolate specific proteins from the secretory glands of some species of parasitic worms, with the help of which helminths suppress the activity of the host body's immune system.

21.08.2014

Healthy skepticism

Non-genetic testing

The "genetic test" is, it turns out, "the business of testing human abilities, which is based on the scientific method of fingerprint analysis." This practice has nothing to do with genetics or modern genetic tests and analyses.

21.08.2014

Cellular technologies

Hematopoietic stem cells against stroke

In the UK, for the first time in the world, a clinical study of the treatment of acute ischemic stroke with hematopoietic stem cells isolated from the bone marrow of patients was conducted.

21.08.2014

Other life sciences

How to feed your microflora?

Bacteria living in the gastrointestinal tract can influence the host's eating behavior. This hypothesis was put forward by American scientists based on a review of a large number of independent studies.

20.08.2014