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Biomedicine

A promising drug against prostate cancer

After 21 days under the action of G202, the size of the prostate tumor grown in mice from human cells decreased by more than 50% in 7 out of 9 cases, compared with only one out of eight tumors when using docetaxel.

20.08.2012
Genetics

The MGC8902 gene is the main cause of human braininess?

It is possible that the key genetic basis for the sharp difference between the human brain and the brains of other primates and mammals is the presence in our genome of a significantly larger number of copies of the MGC8902 gene.

20.08.2012
Other life sciences

Alzheimer's disease? Stop cleaning the neurons!

Blocking the system of clearing neurons from the remnants of damaged proteins unexpectedly slowed down the course of Alzheimer's disease and improved the cognitive abilities of mice suffering from this disease.

17.08.2012
Genetics

Breast cancer: another gene

American scientists have discovered a new oncogene of breast cancer – FAM83B. When this gene is overexpressed in breast cells, normal cells begin to behave like cancer cells.

17.08.2012
Biomedicine

Will men finally get birth control pills?

American scientists have developed an effective non-hormonal male contraceptive. The drug, which was originally created as a cure for cancer, has been successfully tested on mice.

17.08.2012
Genetic engineering

The book of DNA

American bioengineers have "printed" an electronic version of the book "Regeneration: How Synthetic Biology will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves" on DNA molecules.

17.08.2012
Your health

Overweight: think for yourself, decide for yourself…

Only 60% of overweight people will be able to live to 60 years, and only a third – to seventy. Many underestimate the harmful effects of obesity and do not take timely measures to normalize body weight.

16.08.2012
Other life sciences

Obesity, diabetes and microflora

American biologists have identified 26 types of bacteria in the microflora of the human intestine associated with the development of obesity and type II diabetes, which will help fight these diseases by regulating the number of such microbes

16.08.2012
Biomedicine

Rejected neurodegeneration drug partially rehabilitated

Latrepiridine, a promising drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, rejected after the failure of a phase III clinical trial, was rehabilitated as a result of a study that revealed two mechanisms of its action.

16.08.2012
Various

Molecular mechanisms of skin rejuvenation

Experts have finally deciphered the molecular mechanism of action of alpha-hydroxy acids, which have long been used in cosmetology to improve the appearance and condition of the skin.

16.08.2012
Genetic engineering

The green light of gene therapy

The EU authorities have allowed the use of gene therapy for the treatment of Burger-Greutz syndrome – a hereditary deficiency of lipoprotein lipase, in which the patient's body is unable to digest fats.

16.08.2012
Other life sciences

Too slippery for bacteria

American and British scientists have developed a group of polymer materials on the surface of which bacteria cannot gain a foothold and, accordingly, biofilms are not formed.

14.08.2012
Theories of aging

"Selfish" DNA will help to study the aging process

Roundworms have been found to have "selfish" mitochondrial DNA that causes premature aging of cells. These molecules are a promising model for studying human aging processes at the molecular and cellular level.

14.08.2012