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Biomedicine

Translarna vs. Duchenne myodystrophy

The European Committee on Medicinal Products for Humans has authorized the registration of the drug Translarna, or ataluren, for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

27.05.2014
New in Gerontology

Melatonin strengthens aging bones

Melatonin-containing dietary supplements increase the bone strength of old mice, but it is still premature to talk about their benefits for human bones.

27.05.2014
Your health

Double mastectomy: measure seven times…

Women who have mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, and those who have had cases of breast cancer in their family, are recommended to have a double mastextomy. However, only 10% of all patients with such a diagnosis fall into this category.

26.05.2014
Healthy skepticism

Superfoods are just a publicity stunt

Superfood is not a medical term, but a marketing one. And it is designed only to attract attention to a particular product and increase its value.

26.05.2014
Other life sciences

Miniature Wireless Heart Rate Driver

Experiments on rabbits have demonstrated the effectiveness and safety of tiny heart rate drivers powered by external batteries.

26.05.2014
Genetics

How to determine the risk of alcoholism

A panel of 11 genes, most of which are involved in the development of various neuropsychiatric disorders, is an effective tool for diagnosing predisposition to alcoholism.

23.05.2014
Biomedicine

Peptide 1018

Consisting of 12 amino acids, the peptide successfully destroys bacterial biofilms – communities of bacteria, many of which do not respond to antibiotics at all and pose a particular threat to health.

23.05.2014
Your health

Tourist's first aid kit

In recent decades, people have begun to travel abroad so often that a new medical direction has even appeared – travel medicine. In this guide, we will tell you what vaccinations to give tourists, what to put in the first aid kit and how to avoid exotic diseases.

23.05.2014
Other life sciences

New frontiers of photodynamic therapy

The improved PDT method allows it to be used for the treatment of not only superficial tumors, but also those located in the thickness of tissues.

22.05.2014
Various

ISEF: results of the competition

The main prize of $75,000 was awarded to a 15-year-old American schoolboy Nathan Han. He has developed software that studies gene mutations associated with the appearance of breast cancer.

22.05.2014
Other life sciences

Genomic bioinformatics

The task currently facing IT specialists working in the field of biomedicine is the integration of analyzed and systematized research results into clinical practice.

22.05.2014
Various

Challenges of a long life

A long life in very many cases means a long and, alas, extremely difficult, painful, painful old age. It is difficult for a person, for his loved ones and ultimately for the whole society.

21.05.2014
Cellular technologies

The adventures of an Italian in Russia

Paolo Macchiarini has been the head of the Center for Regenerative Medicine of the Kuban Medical University for several years. They managed to lure the professor to Krasnodar with the help of a megagrant of the Russian government of 150 million rubles. The center was created with this money.

21.05.2014
Biomedicine

Unique Russian HIV vaccine

One can argue about how good the Combivichvak vaccine developed in the Novosibirsk Vector Center is, whether it is possible to expect the necessary immune response from it, and even more so protection from the virus, but its uniqueness in design is undeniable.

21.05.2014
Other life sciences

Will Protectin DX help in the treatment of diabetes?

The lipid protectin DX synthesized in the body mimics some of the effects of exercise on blood glucose levels and can be used to treat insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

21.05.2014