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Prolonging youth

Language? Give me two!

Senile dementia (dementia) in people who speak two languages occurs four and a half years later than in those who speak only their native language.

08.11.2013
Other life sciences

He'll heal like a young man

Scientists have discovered a gene whose activation causes the tissues of adult mice to recover as quickly as in young animals.

08.11.2013
Your health

Flu-2013: get vaccinated or not?

Apparently, this year we will have to protect ourselves from the flu by washing our hands (a very effective measure) and hope that domestic vaccines will someday become no worse than imported ones.

08.11.2013
Cellular technologies

An unexpected side effect of blood cancer treatment

Bone marrow transplantation not only saved the life of a ten-year-old child with acute lymphocytic leukemia, but also saved him from peanut allergy, which was previously considered incurable.

08.11.2013
Various

Philippines: the fashion for stem rejuvenation

The elderly Filipino elite is actively rejuvenated by stem cells, including those obtained from sheep embryos. The poor are offered cheap, but clearly quack methods of "cell therapy".

08.11.2013
Innovative Russia

"Biopharmaceutical Nobel Prize" – to Russian scientists

The winners of the Galen Prize in 2013 were A.Sobolev and A.Rosenkrantz from the Institute of Gene Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as V.Lunin from the Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.Gamalei. Their development will allow thousands of times to increase the effectiveness of drugs and, above all, in oncology.

07.11.2013
Biomedicine

Micro-RNAs, omnipresent and omnipotent

In 2001, microRNA was recognized as the "molecule of the year" by the journal Science. For 12 years, the number of publications on this topic has exceeded one million.

07.11.2013
Biomedicine

Hepatitis C: victory is close

In the course of phase 2 clinical trials of hepatitis C treatment methods with various combinations of drugs, one hundred percent cure of patients was achieved.

06.11.2013
Other life sciences

The role of autophagy in beta-amyloid secretion

Autophagy, a key cellular mechanism of self-purification, mediates the formation of beta–amyloid plaques – one of the signs of Alzheimer's disease - and may be a potential target of drugs for the treatment of this disease.

06.11.2013
Biomedicine

Melanoma: early diagnosis by blood test

Scientists from the University of Dundee (UK) have developed a unique test to detect the development of melanoma from a blood sample, which will allow diagnosing the disease at an early stage, and in the future – to develop new methods of treatment.

05.11.2013
Other life sciences

"Petri dish" on paper

Canadian researchers have developed a "blotter lab" – a paper-based device that tests the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics.

05.11.2013
Nanotechnology

Gold nanoparticles and miRNAs against brain cancer

It was possible to deliver miRNAs to cancer cells that reduce the expression of the oncogene responsible for the growth and resistance of glioblastoma, an incurable brain tumor, using spherical nanoparticles with gold cores.

05.11.2013
Nanotechnology

A new generation of nanosensors

New sensors made of carbon nanotubes will allow for both short- and long-term monitoring of concentrations of various compounds in the body.

05.11.2013
Biomedicine

Fecal therapy: unappetizing, but effective

Under the pressure of doctors, the US Food and Drug Administration officially allowed doctors to transplant fecal microflora to patients with recurrent intestinal infection caused by clostridium.

05.11.2013
Biomedicine

Bacteriophages in medicine

All creatures living on earth have microscopic parasites – viruses. And bacteria have their own viruses – bacteriophages, translated from Greek – "bacteria eaters".

01.11.2013
Other life sciences

Is bacteria one of the causes of diabetes?

Staphylococcus aureus toxins and fragments of the shell of E. coli irritate adipose tissue cells, causing them to trigger sluggish inflammation, which can lead to type 2 diabetes.

01.11.2013
Biomedicine

Will monoclonal antibodies help in the treatment of AIDS?

Human broad-spectrum antibodies against HIV reduce the concentration of the virus in the blood to an indistinguishable level. This effect is observed by science for the first time – however, so far only in experiments on monkeys.

01.11.2013
Your health

A mop is not a barbell

Housework, including cleaning, gardening, and doing manual work does not replace regular sports.

01.11.2013