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Virtual vision

Glasses, the prototype for which was a virtual reality helmet, will provide a visually impaired person with almost full-fledged fields of vision.

30.05.2012
Healthy skepticism

Buy pills for greed!

A cure for Alzheimer's disease has helped American shopaholics overcome an obsessive craving for shopping.

30.05.2012
Biomedicine

Plasminogen against diabetic foot

The drug based on the pro-inflammatory enzyme plasminogen is able to initiate and accelerate the healing of wounds and diabetic ulcers.

29.05.2012
Cellular technologies

Contact lenses instead of a blood glucose test

The good news for diabetics is that instead of piercing your finger once a day, you can evaluate the glucose concentration by changing the color of your contact lenses at least every hour.

28.05.2012
Nanotechnology

Epigenetics down to the molecule

The nanofluidic device sorts one molecule of methylated DNA in one cycle of operation – more than 500 molecules per minute.

28.05.2012
Theories of aging

Telomeres and diseases (5)

Given that telomeres limit the limit of proliferative capabilities of cells, the mechanisms of their elongation are a very promising tool for regenerative medicine.

25.05.2012
Theories of aging

Telomeres and diseases (4)

Simple but attractive arguments concerning the relationship between telomere length and aging should today be viewed with a certain degree of skepticism as contradictory, simplistic and potentially dangerous.

25.05.2012
Theories of aging

Telomeres and diseases (3)

There is a lot of evidence that telomere shortening is associated with the development of cancer and may be a causal factor in the development of a number of oncological diseases.

25.05.2012
Theories of aging

Telomeres and diseases (2)

The classic "telomere disease" is congenital dyskeratosis, a rare hereditary disease characterized by defective bone marrow function. Most adult telomeropathies are the result of mutations that are more likely to be risk factors.

25.05.2012
Theories of aging

Telomeres and diseases (1)

The review examines the mechanisms of the development of diseases associated with telomere defects, the potential role of telomere elongation in the treatment of diseases, as well as in preventing the start of the aging process or its reversal.

25.05.2012
Other life sciences

Another mechanism of neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease

Astrocytes, which provide neurons with nutrition and oxygen, become the unwitting culprits of their death, since high levels of amyloid peptides induce their apoptosis. Deprived of nutrition, neurons degenerate.

25.05.2012
Cellular technologies

Stem cells will relieve neuropathic pain

With the help of transplanting immature embryonic cells to laboratory mice, scientists managed to normalize the work of neurons that are responsible for suppressing chronic (neuropathic) pain.

25.05.2012
Exhibitions and conferences

Scientific cafe

The first meeting within the framework of the project "Scientific Cafe", on May 29, 2012, at 18.00, in a relaxed atmosphere in the restaurant "Royal Bar" (Moscow, Russia) will be devoted to the topic: "Medicine. Development of biomedicine".

24.05.2012