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Your health

Boys are also vaccinated against the papilloma virus

An official recommendation has come into force to vaccinate all male adolescents with a vaccine against the human papillomavirus. So far, only girls have been vaccinated against HPV.

06.02.2012
New in Gerontology

Cells age because of long-lived proteins

Extremely long-lived proteins in the composition of nuclear pores work all the life of the body without replacement. Violations of their structure make the membrane of the cell nucleus permeable to toxins, and the normal operation of the cell is disrupted.

06.02.2012
Cellular technologies

Stem cells in brain damage: encouraging results

Experiments on rats with brain injuries have shown that stem cells inserted into the carotid artery move into the brain and have a pronounced positive effect on the restoration of its functions.

03.02.2012
Nanotechnology

Drug delivery: drop stone sharpens

Implants made of biocompatible, highly porous, three-dimensional polymer material are able to secrete medicine in small doses for months.

03.02.2012
Other life sciences

The missing link between resveratrol and sirtuin

The new data refute the hypothesis that the activation of sirtuin 1 is the basis of the action of resveratrol, and indicate a new type of drugs that potentially have cherished positive effects.

03.02.2012
Note to the businessman

Support for startups "at them"

Barack Obama has sent to Congress a package of legislative initiatives that should help accelerate and deepen the development of startups in the United States. And the Rockstart Accelerator startup accelerator has been launched in Europe – do you want to participate?

02.02.2012
Cellular technologies

Nerve cells from fibroblasts "three in one"

Stanford University scientists have transformed mouse fibroblasts into progenitor cells of neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes, bypassing the intermediate stage of stem cells.

01.02.2012
Biomedicine

New Breast Cancer vaccine

A vaccine based on its own dendritic cells causes a persistent immune response, and in 20% of cases completely cures the early stages of breast cancer.

01.02.2012
Biomedicine

Cholesterol Debate: Past, Present and Future (2)

Modern standards for the treatment of patients with high cholesterol are definitely outdated. It's time to start a dialogue, the purpose of which will be to correct them.

31.01.2012
Other life sciences

Blood pressure and free radicals

Free radicals, which are one of the causes of aging and cancer development, play a positive role in the regulation of blood pressure.

30.01.2012
Various

Murderous inequality

Social inequality is killing us. And in the literal sense of the word. Scientists have finally found an explanation for this phenomenon.

30.01.2012
Genetics

Are you afraid of Alzheimer's disease?

The opinion that if a person in the family has a "gene predisposition to Alzheimer's disease", he will also necessarily get sick is nothing more than a myth. In fact, such a connection is detected only in 1% of cases.

30.01.2012
Various

A free donor or a sex maniac?

Women who use the services of a voluntary sperm donor save a couple hundred dollars, but take on a risk comparable to conception from a casual relationship.

30.01.2012
Biomedicine

Check for yourself if you have a papilloma virus

Self-testing for human papillomavirus, which is the cause of cervical cancer in more than 90% of cases, can become the main method of screening women regardless of the availability of medical monitoring programs.

27.01.2012
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy for the treatment of blindness

The results of testing on dogs indicate that a new method of gene therapy for retinal pigment degeneration in the near future may solve the problem of one of the main causes of blindness.

27.01.2012
Cellular technologies

Alzheimer's in vitro

Scientists have obtained neurons with Alzheimer's syndrome from skin cells of people suffering from this disease.

27.01.2012
Various

Economy and diseases: the prognosis is unfavorable

Increasingly, public organizations and governments regard the increase in the incidence of non-communicable pathology as a dangerous medical and social problem and one of the main threats to the growth of the world economy.

26.01.2012