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Healthy skepticism

Almost a million for non-existent "pills for old age"

Scientists have received stunning results of "rejuvenation" of laboratory mice, but they did not plan to use their developments on humans. Scammers took advantage of rumors about their achievements...

16.04.2014
Genetic engineering

Cheap biological clock "in vitro"

The new model does not require the use of expensive equipment and can be used even in small laboratories, which distinguishes it from other cellular models of biological clocks.

16.04.2014
Your health

Smart shoes will help prevent fractures

Israeli scientists have created shoes on wheels, somewhat resembling roller skates, which will help people avoid falls and fractures. These shoes will be especially useful for the elderly.

15.04.2014
Various

What makes up the price of medicines

In theory, drug prices should be clear and logical, but in fact, even experts cannot always explain why medicines with the same active ingredient may differ in price thousands of times.

15.04.2014
Other life sciences

Don't quarrel, eat some sweets!

According to a new study, the higher a person's blood sugar level was, the less angry they were with the person they lived with. The authors believe that it's about improving self-control: glucose feeds the brain, and it begins to better manage emotions.

15.04.2014
Genetics

Designer kids: technology is improving

With the help of the new Matchright technology, it will be possible to learn about the health and external features of the child even before conception.

15.04.2014
Other life sciences

RNA transmits the effects of childhood stress to descendants

The psychological stress experienced by an individual in childhood can affect the behavior and metabolism of the next two generations, for which special regulatory RNAs traveling with spermatozoa should be blamed.

15.04.2014
Cellular technologies

Three-dimensional artificial tumor

The model, consisting of a skeleton of fibrous proteins covered with a layer of HeLa cells, provides a realistic three-dimensional simulation of the tumor environment. It can be used to search for new anti-cancer drugs, to study the mechanisms of development and spread of tumors in the body.

15.04.2014
Nanotechnology

Better than natural

A hydrogel based on synthetic collagen binds platelets and activates them, promotes their aggregation. This significantly accelerates the stopping of bleeding, and at the same time not the slightest signs of inflammation are detected.

14.04.2014
Cellular technologies

Bioengineered cartilage for plastic surgery

Swiss researchers have successfully reconstructed nasal defects using bioengineered cartilage grown in the laboratory from the cells of five patients.

14.04.2014
Healthy skepticism

Tamiflu and Relenza: the big lie of Big Pharma

Tamiflu and relenza accelerate recovery from influenza by only 0.5 days, do not reduce the risk of complications and hospitalization, and also cause side effects not specified in the recommendations for use.

14.04.2014
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: a new drug candidate

An international team of scientists has shown that caffeine is able to restrain the development of complexes of excessively phosphorylated tau proteins, the presence of which is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

11.04.2014
Healthy skepticism

He was treated…

An inch-diameter hole has formed on the 55-year-old Australian's temple after he used a quack ointment for several months, which he hoped would rid him of skin cancer

11.04.2014
Cellular technologies

For the first time in the world

A group led by Anthony Atala conducted the first successful experiment to implant vaginas grown in the laboratory from their own cells to four teenage girls born with a rare genetic anomaly.

11.04.2014
Various

Children's photos can be easily aged

A new computer program does this in half a minute. And this is not just a game that parents can use to satisfy their curiosity: such a program can be useful, for example, when searching for children who disappeared many years ago.

11.04.2014
Prolonging youth

Waiting for the "old age pill"

Brian Kennedy, president of the Buck Institute for Aging Research, told the newspaper.En" about how many drugs against aging humanity will soon have and what principles they may have.

11.04.2014
Prolonging youth

How to rejuvenate an aged thymus gland

With the help of a single genetic switch, it was possible to restore the thymus - thymus gland in old mice, which normally degenerates with age.

10.04.2014
Cellular technologies

Stem cells helped to recover after stroke

The introduction of donor stem cells into damaged areas of the brain significantly improved the functional state of stroke patients.

10.04.2014