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Other life sciences

Shepherd microbes vs. Wolf microbes

Microbes that are safe for humans can be taught to accurately recognize pathogenic types of microorganisms and provide weapons against them.

13.09.2013
Biomedicine

Compounds for the treatment of Parkinson's disease already exist

One of the drugs already undergoing clinical trials to protect healthy cells in the treatment of cancer, not only protects dopamine-producing neurons from death, but also prevents the manifestation of behavioral abnormalities in Parkinsonian mice.

13.09.2013
Healthy skepticism

Twenty-third Nobel Prize

The prize winners received a hammer (in a box under glass), a note where the Nobel laureate's hand was written "IgNobel 2013", as well as $ 10 trillion! Zimbabwean. One bill.

13.09.2013
Other life sciences

Forget that you were a drug addict…

American neuroscientists have received proof that "narcotic" memory is formed separately from all other memories and it can be erased without provoking total retrograde amnesia in the patient.

12.09.2013
New in Gerontology

Alzheimer's disease: two new targets

A new study has identified two potential targets for the development of future drugs that the authors hope will increase the effectiveness of treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

12.09.2013
Your health

Take care of your neurons – drink vodka with fish oil!

One of the omega-3 fatty acids in the "in vitro" experiments protected neurons from damage during chronic exposure to high doses of alcohol. Whether fish oil can slow down mental degradation in alcoholism is unknown, but there will be no harm...

11.09.2013
Biomedicine

Metformin instead of Viagra?

It is possible that the common antidiabetic drug metformin will serve as a cheap and effective means of erectile dysfunction therapy in the future.

11.09.2013
Biomedicine

Diabetes diagnosis: early, fast, accurate

A group of German researchers, together with colleagues from the USA and Finland, proposed a technique that allows, based on a blood test, to diagnose type 1 diabetes long before the disease manifested itself.

11.09.2013
Biomedicine

How new cancer drugs are being created

Alessandro Riva, Head of the Novartis Global Cancer Research and Medical Activities Department, on the development of new treatments for complex forms of cancer.

10.09.2013
Biomedicine

Leptin instead of insulin?

Swiss researchers conducted a series of experiments on rodents deprived of the ability to synthesize insulin, which were injected with leptin, a hormone that regulates energy metabolism and appetite. Thanks to leptin, all animals perfectly tolerated the state of insulin deficiency.

10.09.2013
Genetic engineering

Transgenic goats will help in the treatment of cancer

A herd of descendants of 25-30 transgenic goats obtained by scientists from Brazil and Russia will provide millions of cancer patients with human protein that activates hematopoiesis in the bone marrow.

10.09.2013
Biomedicine

Cancer biomarkers – autoantibodies

This article describes one of the types of biomarkers that have recently been actively developed for the early diagnosis of cancer – biomarkers based on autoantibodies.

09.09.2013