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Controversial

Humanity will be killed by biohackers

Nature will no longer be able to create a disease capable of destroying humanity. Biotechnologies will cope with this task – in 10 years, deadly viruses will create biohackers on cheap home devices. Myvseumrem!

12.12.2012

Other life sciences

Cancer cells age due to lack of dNTP

The aging process of cancer cells is associated with DNA damage due to a decrease in deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) reserves caused by a decrease in the number of enzymes involved in its biosynthesis.

12.12.2012

Innovative Russia

Business incubator for "digital health"

MedXPoint is Russia's first specialized business incubator for startups in the field of digital health.

12.12.2012

Note to the businessman

IT specialists invest in genomics

The investments received by 23andMe, coupled with cost reduction, will reduce personal genetic testing from $299 to $99 and increase the customer base to 1 million users, which will become a critical mass for the rapid development of the company.

12.12.2012

Biomedicine

Blood Cancer Treatment: Let lymphocytes kill each other

The method of reprogramming the patient's T-lymphocytes so that their target is cancer B-lymphocytes can revolutionize the approach to the treatment of leukemia and other types of blood cancers. In addition, it opens up prospects for the treatment of malignant neoplasms of other organs.

12.12.2012

Your health

Everolimus is too expensive

The addition of hormone therapy with this drug reduces the risk of breast cancer progression by more than 2 times and increases the time during which the tumor process is not activated. But a monthly course of everolimus will cost 160,000 rubles, and you need to take it constantly.

12.12.2012

Other life sciences

Brown fat transplantation will protect against obesity and diabetes

Mice that received a brown fat transplant began to lose weight and avoided the metabolic changes leading to type II diabetes, even with a high-fat diet.

12.12.2012

Biomedicine

Prostaglandin E2 accelerates bone marrow recovery

The introduction of prostaglandin E2 accelerates the restoration of hematopoiesis in the bone marrow affected by chemotherapy and /or radiotherapy, not only by suppressing apoptosis of hematopoietic cells, but also by restoring their microenvironment.

12.12.2012

Various

Science in Russia: list of resuscitation measures

Measures for the revival of Russian science (for the most part – impossible): They are listed in a 120-sheet list compiled by the Russian Association for the Promotion of Science.

11.12.2012

Other life sciences

Injection film from Fujifilm

Animal studies have shown that in most cases, the effect of injecting vaccines with an injection film is higher than with traditional methods. Fujifilm is going to conduct clinical trials of a new method with the involvement of human volunteers.

11.12.2012

Prolonging youth

Leave the children without lunch more often: they will grow old – they will say thank you

The participants of the experiment (average age – 75 years), who did not have enough food in childhood, had cognitive functions a third better than their peers from families with large incomes. However, this connection could be shown only in blacks. Perhaps because white children did not have to starve.

11.12.2012

Genetics

Genetic prenatal diagnostics is much more informative than traditional methods

The results of a new study indicate the feasibility of carrying out genetic testing of the fetus in the early stages of pregnancy, which provides much more information about the potential risks to the health of the newborn.

11.12.2012

Cellular technologies

On the issue of Nobel stem cells

Professor Sergey Kiselyov, Head of the Laboratory of Genetic Foundations of Cell Technologies at the Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, talks about how stem cells are being studied in Russia, what opportunities they open up for medicine and how Nobel laureates refer to the works of Russian scientists.

10.12.2012

Cellular technologies

What neurons are not made of today...

Chinese biologists have developed a method for producing induced brain stem cells from kidney epithelial cells contained in urine.

10.12.2012

Note to the businessman

Pharma 2020: from idea to action

According to the new PwC report "Pharma 2020: from Idea to Action", scientific and technological achievements, social and demographic changes and the growing demand for medicines will lead to the revival of the pharmaceutical industry after 2020.

10.12.2012

Biomedicine

Therapeutic vaccines: Top 10

Ten of the most promising of the many therapeutic vaccines at different stages of development and clinical research against various forms of cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious diseases.

10.12.2012

Biomedicine

Opioid peptides for topical use

The treatment of pain caused by inflammation can be improved with the help of endogenous opioid peptides acting outside the brain or spinal cord, directly in the damaged tissue.

10.12.2012

Genetics

Genetic testing: no need for extremes!

There is a lot of talk today about both the omnipotence of genetic testing and its utter uselessness. Although the second statement is close to the truth for complex diseases, such statements may lead to an underestimation of the role of genetic testing in modern medicine.

10.12.2012

Other life sciences

Intestinal bacteria determine the severity of atherosclerosis

Despite the fact that atherosclerosis is a disease of the arteries, microorganisms inhabiting the intestine play an unexpectedly important role in the course of this disease.

10.12.2012

Biomedicine

Brown fat and obesity: light at the end of the tunnel?

The researchers plan to continue studying the functions of Tyk2 and Stat3 proteins in order to gain a more complete understanding of the mechanisms of formation of brown adipose tissue. They hope that their work will provide new targets not only for the treatment of obesity, but also for the prevention of diseases associated with it.

07.12.2012