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Your health

Gene analysis: passed and forgot

The vast majority of people who have undergone gene analysis for predisposition to various diseases ignore the recommendations received for their prevention and early detection.

17.01.2011
Biomedicine

Remove the second chin with one injection?

Phase I and II clinical studies have shown that injections of ATX-101 (sodium deoxycholate) into adipose tissue they are able to reduce the volume of fat deposits without significant side effects. Let's wait for the end of phase III…

14.01.2011
Genetic engineering

Genetically modified chickens could stop bird flu

Scientists have developed a genetically modified line of chickens that can prevent the spread of avian flu. Unfortunately, both consumers and licensing authorities are afraid of transgenics in food.

14.01.2011
Cellular technologies

Capillaries for tissue engineering

Scientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have solved one of the main problems of tissue engineering. They have found a way to grow blood vessels, including capillaries, necessary to maintain tissue life.

14.01.2011
Other life sciences

Cancer stem cells and the guardian of the genome

The p53 oncosuppressor gene, known as the "guardian of the genome," not only prevents cancer-causing mutations, but also prevents cancer cells from transitioning to a more aggressive state, close to the state of stem cells.

14.01.2011
Cellular technologies

Stem cells instead of donor liver

Transplantation of bone marrow stem cells improved the condition of 48 patients for whom doctors did not find a donor liver for transplantation.

14.01.2011
Innovative Russia

We will exceed the state plan for innovation!

The positive of the program "Strategy of innovative development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020" is off the scale so much that it becomes creepy from our near innovative future.

13.01.2011
Biomedicine

Personal exomics

The method of sequencing not the entire genome of a patient, but only exons – sections of DNA encoding sequences of amino acids in proteins – has recently entered clinical practice, but already demonstrates brilliant results.

13.01.2011
Various

2010 – the year of artificial organs

Specialists are increasingly mastering the manipulation of stem cells and using this experience for the reconstruction of tissues and organs. The successes in restoring vision are also impressive.

13.01.2011
Prolonging youth

Prolonging life: slow down mitochondria?

If we transfer the data obtained from worms to humans, then slowing down the mitochondria in a 30-year-old would add 15 years to his life.

13.01.2011
Various

What we can expect from medical research: Part 2

Development of new methods of immunotherapy, antibiotics, vaccines (including against malaria, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis), study of brain mechanisms and methods of treatment of parkinsonism...

07.01.2011
Various

What we can expect from medical research: Part 1

In the next ten years, the main efforts of researchers will be focused on solving the mystery of aging, proteomics and the development of more effective treatments for cancer and obesity.

06.01.2011
Your health

Prostate hyperplasia: scalpel or pills?

Various pharmacological characteristics and mechanism of action of α1-adrenoblockers and 5α-reductase inhibitors serve as the basis for the use of combination therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia.

28.12.2010
Genetic engineering

A genetically modified future

Genetically modified plants are delicious, healthy, nutritious, safe... and inevitably.

28.12.2010
Genetic engineering

Bioplastics from waste

A project has been developed for the commercial production of bioplastics from waste wood, paper, etc. with the help of microorganisms.

28.12.2010
Other life sciences

Breast cancer: another target?

The P-Rex1 protein is overexpressed in many cancer cell lines and may be the next target after ErbB receptors for the development of new drugs for the treatment of breast cancer.

27.12.2010