Life Sciences

Found results: 11545

Prolonging youth

Skulachev ions for vascular rejuvenation

In elderly (24 months) mice treated with SkQ1 for 8 months, the concentration of molecules triggering inflammation decreased in the aortic endothelium. The level of one of the four markers of inflammation was equal to the same indicator in young animals.

01.10.2014
Other life sciences

Would you wash with this shampoo?

Ammonia-processing bacteria, living mainly in the sewer, can successfully replace shampoo and shower gel, and in the future be used to treat skin diseases, the American company AOBiome says.

30.09.2014
Other life sciences

Resveratrol protects against Alzheimer's disease

Taking resveratrol at a dose equivalent to that prescribed in the form of dietary supplements in mice with a model of the hereditary form of Alzheimer's disease has a neuroprotective effect due to the activation of the sirtuin-1 protein.

30.09.2014
Other life sciences

Mobile medical applications – good or bad?

It is estimated that by next year the number of users of such applications in the world will reach 500 million. The popularity of such programs is growing rapidly, but do they benefit our health?

29.09.2014
Biomedicine

Nanoantibodies: work continues

Russian scientists are working on the creation of new drugs based on nanoantibodies – fragments of special antibodies present (along with traditional antibodies) in representatives of the camel family.

29.09.2014
Biomedicine

Perjeta (pertuzumab): unprecedented success

A new drug for the treatment of one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer prolongs the life of patients by an average of 16 months compared to the currently used methods of treatment.

29.09.2014
Biomedicine

Anthrax against cancer

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology borrowed from anthrax a method of delivering cancer drugs into cells.

26.09.2014
Biomedicine

A mousetrap for metastases

To block one of the molecular cellular signaling pathways – the trigger for the separation of cancer cells – in other words, to suppress the signal that initiates metastasis, scientists have created a decoy protein.

25.09.2014
Genetics

Sketch of DNA

Reconstructing a person's face from his DNA is no longer a fantasy: scientists have achieved impressive results in this direction. According to a set of genes, it is possible – albeit roughly, but quickly – to establish gender, skin color, nationality, hair color.

25.09.2014
Cellular technologies

Stem Cell Heart Valve

American researchers have proposed a new approach to the manufacture of artificial heart valves based on the use of induced pluripotent stem cells.

25.09.2014
Other life sciences

Get up and go!

The system of electrochemical stimulation of the spinal cord, which allows you to regain full freedom of movement of the legs, has been successfully tested on rats paralyzed due to spinal rupture; in a year, experiments will begin on volunteers.

25.09.2014
Biomedicine

Diagnosis for speed

In the near future, traditional diagnostic methods will be replaced by new technologies that allow not only to identify the causative agent of an infectious disease very quickly and accurately, but also to learn a lot of other information about it.

25.09.2014
Biomedicine

Shotgun for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

The so-called "shotgun method" allows relatively quickly to identify and determine the characteristics of the causative agent of the disease, eliminating the need for long-term cultivation of bacteria in the laboratory.

24.09.2014
Other life sciences

Telomerase activity switch

The telomerase molecule has an "activity switch", the study of which can reveal to a person the secret of healthy aging.

24.09.2014
Other life sciences

Bioinformatics for biomedicine

Biophysicist Nikolay Borisov – about mathematical models in oncology and gerontology, personalized medicine and OncoFinder and Geroscope projects.

24.09.2014