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Pharmaceutical market: systematic offensive on all fronts

The global pharmaceutical market is steadily growing. By October 2011, the total sales volume on it reached 550.3 billion US dollars (as of September 2011, this figure was 547.8 billion).

To the attention of the fat and lazy: do you want a shot instead of physical education?

Injections of airizine will not make a Schwarzenegger choke, because this hormone is not involved in building muscle mass. But perhaps the drugs developed on its basis will be able to replace physical education for lazy people and gluttons :)

Rejuvenation of senile diseases

"Younger" is not only osteochondrosis. Hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes, arthrosis – all these diseases a couple of decades ago were inherent mainly in older people, and now they are increasingly being detected in those who are barely thirty.

Russian biopharmaceuticals: to cut a window to the West

The cooperation of Western biopharmaceutical companies and investors with Russian development institutes allows foreign specialists to establish effective interaction with drug developers from the Russian Federation, according to foreign experts.

Resveratrol: Beware of fakes!

Over the course of 7 years, Dr. Deepak Das fabricated and falsified data on 145 cases of the beneficial effects of resveratrol on the human body, officials from the University of Connecticut said.

Genome for a thousand dollars: we are going to the finish line

There is not much left until the end of the race for the sequencing of the personal genome for 1 thousand dollars and one day: if this barrier is not overcome this year, then they will take it next.

Prostate cancer, get drunk on poison!

"Smart" nanoparticles are able not only to distinguish between cancer and healthy prostate cells with absolute reliability, but also to penetrate into tumor cells, delivering the drug exactly to the target.

500 starts-2012

The Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere announces the holding of open competitions for small businesses under the START-2012 program.

Chimera monkeys

The bodies of each of the three monkeys born at the Oregon Primate Research Center consist of a mixture of cells from six embryos. In each of the chimera macaques born, there are tissues containing six different genomes.

Probiotics increase life expectancy

If the results of clinical studies confirm the data of experiments on mice, probiotic bacteria of the LKM512 strain will help to increase human life expectancy and improve the health of the elderly.

Young stem cells slow down aging

The introduction of young stem cells did not lead to a complete cure of progeria in mice, but perhaps the results obtained will help develop ways to prolong life with normal aging.

Prostate cancer check – money is wasted

Annual screening of men over 50-60 for prostate cancer does more harm than good.

Nicotine helps with senile dementia

The use of nicotine patches improved the mental abilities of non-smoking patients with senile dementia.

New drugs: Top 15 potential Blockbusters

15 medicines that are at the final stage of clinical trials, which, according to analysts and representatives of development companies, have every chance of becoming blockbusters.

Take a nanopile!

The project provides for the production of three groups of pharmaceuticals with carriers made of porous silicon and other nanomaterials – solid dosage forms with prolonged action, vaccines and organogels.

2011 in biomedicine: top-10 according to New Scientist

The editorial board of New Scientist magazine has selected the 10 most impressive biomedical achievements of 2011.

Life extension: resveratrol, spermidine and autophagy – references

Life extension: Resveratrol, spermidine and autophagy (3)

The final confirmation of the hypothesis about the relationship between increased autophagy activity and healthy aging of mammals, especially humans, would revolutionize the entire field of research on aging mechanisms.

Life extension: Resveratrol, spermidine and autophagy (2)

Induction of autophagy with the help of pharmacological agents can increase the duration of a healthy life. It is very likely that autophagy not only protects cells, but also slows down aging at the organizational level.

Life extension: Resveratrol, spermidine and autophagy (1)

Autophagy is traditionally considered a mechanism of self-destruction of cells, but there is more and more evidence that the launch of autophagy is necessary for the implementation of cytoprotective and /or aging-slowing effects of spermidine and resveratrol.