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Biomedicine

One more step to victory over Parkinsonism

Scientists are already testing the drug CLR01 on a mouse model of Parkinson's disease and hope that this study will allow us to move on to clinical trials of the compound.

06.03.2012
Cellular technologies

Regeneration instead of transplantation

The technique of changing the expression of genes that control the differentiation of progenitor cells will regenerate hepatocytes and reduce the number of patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation.

06.03.2012
Cloning

Another clone attack

Rumors that tissue samples of ancient animals found in Yakutia will be sent to the world's leading institutions for possible cloning turned out to be greatly exaggerated.

06.03.2012
Nanotechnology

We catch single cancer cells in the blood

The "laboratory on a chip" developed at the University of Washington makes it possible to detect and isolate very small concentrations of cancer cells in a 1 ml blood sample.

05.03.2012
Healthy skepticism

Buy miracle remedies!

Correspondent of the portal ProKazan.ru I chose 5 of the strangest remedies "from everything" and biologically active additives, and also talked to their sellers under the guise of a customer.

05.03.2012
Biomedicine

Exactly into cancer, without spoiling healthy cells

Rigosertib allows cancer cells to start the process of division, and then leaves them without energy, destroying them in the very middle of mitosis. Healthy cells do not suffer at the same time.

05.03.2012
Biomedicine

Cabozatinib against prostate cancer

The first stage of clinical trials of cabozatinib involving 108 men suffering from prostate cancer with bone metastases ended with very encouraging results.

02.03.2012
Grants and competitions

A journalist to himself

The Charitable Foundation for the Support of Young Medical Scientists invites you to write yourself about your achievements and plans, about problems and ways to solve them and, after agreeing on the final text, promote your essays in the media.

01.03.2012
Your health

The sweetest and most harmful sugar is fructose

The food industry is increasingly adding sugar to its products – primarily fructose. But fructose in the form of food additives, unlike fructose in sweet berries and fruits, can cause serious harm to health.

01.03.2012
Innovative Russia

Great ambitions of St. Petersburg biomedicine

The management of several St. Petersburg biomedical companies that have become participants of the Skolkovo Innovation Center has expressed rather ambitious plans. Will they come to life?

29.02.2012
Healthy skepticism

"Useful products": carefully read the packaging!

Manufacturers and marketers are ready to do a lot to sell their product. They are not exactly lying, but they find clever loopholes to give out wishful thinking, non–existent - for real.

29.02.2012
Exhibitions and conferences

Active Longevity Medicine

International Congress on Active Longevity Medicine and Quality of Life (7-9 June 2012, Moscow, World Trade Center).

29.02.2012
New in Gerontology

How do planarians ensure their immortality

One could say that planarians fit into the theory that only organisms with asexual reproduction can afford immortality. But those worms that reproduce sexually are also capable of endless regeneration.

28.02.2012
Innovative Russia

American biotech companies begin work in Russia

Two American biotech companies are starting work in Russia, where they were attracted by a large investor, an emerging market and scientific potential. If successful, the example can be contagious.

28.02.2012
Nanotechnology

The Nanomedical Revolution

The article describes five nanomedical achievements of the past year, as well as the researchers behind them.

27.02.2012