Nanotechnology
From a lab on a chip to a lab on a fiber
Sensors created on the principle of "laboratory on fiber" are ready to make a revolution on all fronts of laboratory diagnostics.
31.03.2014- English version
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Your health
Acquired dementia: facts and figures
Despite the fact that the concept of dementia (acquired dementia) is strongly associated with elderly people, cognitive decline can also affect younger people (up to 65, and sometimes up to 40 years).
28.03.2014
Genetics
How to get live artificial yeast
The synthetic chromosome, made instead of the natural one, differs from the natural prototype by every sixth nucleotide, which does not prevent the yeast from feeling normal.
28.03.2014
Genetics
Fantom 5: from reading the genome to decoding it
The Russian participant of the fifth stage of the Fantom project (Functional ANnoTation Of Mammals – functional characteristics of the mammalian genome) bioinformatician Vsevolod Makeev – about the tasks of the work and how it was conducted.
28.03.2014
Genetic engineering
Skinny centenarians with impaired immunity
Removal of the FAT10 immune system gene led to an increase in life expectancy and a decrease in the thickness of the fat layer in mice. Why this happened and how it affected the ability to fight infections is still unknown.
27.03.2014
Prolonging youth
Use your head!
People who have worked for a long time in positions where great mental effort was required of them, keep their mind and memory healthy longer after retirement.
27.03.2014
Your health
How old is your heart?
An algorithm that estimates the age of the heart by biochemical, genetic and medical parameters will help you determine when you should expect problems with the heart and blood vessels.
27.03.2014
Exhibitions and conferences
XX Russian Pharmaceutical Forum
The 20th Adam Smith Institute Russian Pharmaceutical Forum will be held on June 17-19, 2014 in St. Petersburg.
27.03.2014
Biomedicine
A new anti-cancer drug is 10 times more effective than cisplatin
Researchers from the University of Warwick have developed an anti-cancer drug based on complex compounds of iridium, the effectiveness of which, according to the creators, is ten times higher than platinum derivatives.
27.03.2014
Your health
"Medicines" from online pharmacies against moles and skin cancer? Well, well…
Scientists warn of the danger of "self-made" ointments from the Internet for the treatment of moles and especially skin cancer. It helps, but much, much worse than the treatment in the clinic.
26.03.2014
Bioethics
Driving to suicide
The deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Affairs said that the surge in suicides among cancer patients is associated with an exacerbation of mental disorders, and not with the difficulties of obtaining analgesics. One of these "crazy people" left a note: "I ask you not to blame anyone, except the Ministry of Health and the government."
26.03.2014
Biomedicine
Artificial protein will cure pneumonia and meningitis
A synthetic, highly polymerized version of the protein with the discordant name properdin, even in small doses, provides a cure for pneumonia and meningitis in mice.
26.03.2014
Exhibitions and conferences
Sochi 2014: Genetics of aging and longevity
On April 6-10, 2014, Sochi will host an event that can change the life of every person – the international conference "Genetics of Aging and Longevity".
26.03.2014
Genetics
Transcriptomics will help in the treatment of periodontitis
A new approach to the classification of periodontitis, based not on clinical manifestations and symptoms, but on the analysis of gene activity in the affected tissues, will allow for earlier diagnosis and more individualized therapy.
25.03.2014
Biomedicine
Will another antidiabetic drug help with Alzheimer's disease?
The antidiabetic drug pramlintide reduces the number of beta-amyloid plaques in brain tissue and improves the ability to learn and remember in two experimental models of Alzheimer's disease.
25.03.2014
Other life sciences
The mechanism of the relationship between allergy and tumors is revealed
Data on the previously unknown relationship between allergic and oncological diseases can form the basis of new cancer treatment methods using conventional anti-allergic drugs.
25.03.2014
Cellular technologies
A new method of converting stem cells into myocytes has been developed
The secret to obtaining large amounts of muscle cells from pluripotent stem cells lies in their cultivation in the form of spheres floating freely in an environment containing high concentrations of two specific growth factors
25.03.2014
Other life sciences
Atherosclerosis: another target for preventive drugs
As shown by researchers from the USA and Sweden, the key substance in the prevention of atherosclerosis of the arteries is an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 2B. This fact will allow us to develop fundamentally new pharmacological agents for the prevention of cardiovascular pathology.
24.03.2014
Genetics
Preventive genetics is not a luxury
Genetic diseases must be prevented. Did the participants of the round table "Preventive genetics – luxury or the key to the health of Russians" talk about this?
24.03.2014
Other life sciences
A corset for the bronchi saved the life of the second child
Doctors from the University of Michigan successfully performed a second operation using a biodegradable device that was implanted in the bronchi of a child with severe respiratory failure.
24.03.2014