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Biomedicine

Measles medicine successfully tested on ferrets

Currently, there are no drugs for the specific treatment of measles. The first antiviral anti-measles drug developed by an international group of scientists has shown good results when tested on an animal model.

18.04.2014
Biomedicine

Neutrophils will help to identify asthma

Neutrophils of asthma sufferers move slower than their "colleagues" from healthy people. The speed of their movement can become a characteristic for a simple and accurate way to diagnose asthma.

18.04.2014
Innovative Russia

The vaccine was vaccinated on Russian soil

The 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV 13), which was awarded the Galen Prize in 2011, covers up to 76% of pneumococcal serotypes that cause meningitis in children under 5 years old, up to 71.4% – severe pneumonia, up to 91.6% – otitis media.

17.04.2014
New in Gerontology

Dogs will help to understand the issues of aging

Dogs have a huge potential as a model system for studying human aging, the use of which should make a huge contribution to the development of this research area.

17.04.2014
Cellular technologies

Erythrocytes in industrial production

The Wellcome Trust Charitable Foundation has allocated 5 million pounds for the development of technology for the mass production of transfused erythrocytes from stem cells.

16.04.2014
Various

The wonders and possibilities of plastic surgery

It is quite possible that your natural face and figure, subject to age-related changes, will soon become as indecent as worn clothes or an old car. Moreover, the beauty industry is now accessible to the middle class.

16.04.2014
Genetic engineering

A goat named Gluck against a hereditary disease

Brazilian scientists have created a genetically modified goat that will produce milk with the enzyme glucocerebrosidase for the treatment of a genetic disease – Gaucher disease.

16.04.2014
Cellular technologies

Bioengineered esophaguses have been tested on rats

Alexander Sotnichenko, a graduate student from the Kuban State Medical University, who was an intern at the Karolinska Institute, took part in the creation of the world's first bioengineered esophagus.

16.04.2014
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