Life Sciences

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Biomedicine

Will a drug against parkinsonism help with multiple sclerosis?

After sorting through one hundred thousand molecules, a group of American scientists discovered that the drug benzatropine, approved by the FDA for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, can be effective against multiple sclerosis.

15.10.2013
Biomedicine

Will Kynurenic acid help to give up marijuana?

The craving for marijuana can be suppressed by increasing the level of kynurenic acid in the brain, which binds to dopamine receptors in the pleasure center and makes the brain indifferent to the drug.

15.10.2013
Biomedicine

Treatment of parkinsonism: catheter in the brain

To overcome the blood-brain barrier, doctors have designed a hybrid of a syringe and an intracranial implant that delivers a solution of therapeutic protein to the brain of a Parkinsonian. There are still vacant places in the second group of volunteers!

15.10.2013
Biomedicine

Resveratrol will help cure cancer

Resveratrol, the most famous (after alcohol) component of wine, makes different types of cancer cells more sensitive to radiotherapy.

15.10.2013
Other life sciences

Why do people get smarter from physical education?

Physical education leads to an increase in the concentration of irisin protein in the brain, which has a neuroprotective effect, increased expression of brain neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and activation of genes responsible for cognitive functions.

15.10.2013
Genetics

I change melanoma for testicular cancer

A mutation in the genome of Caucasians that enhances the work of the UV protection gene simultaneously increases the likelihood of developing testicular cancer.

14.10.2013
Cellular technologies

Endothelial cells will help to repair the organs

According to scientists at Cornell Vail Medical College, damaged or diseased organs can be restored by the introduction of endothelial cells of blood vessels, without resorting to transplantation of donor organs.

14.10.2013
Biomedicine

Burn healing: gene therapy + stem cells

In experiments on aging mice, Johns Hopkins University researchers have demonstrated that the combination of gene therapy and stem cell therapy accelerates the healing of burns and increases blood flow to the injury area.

14.10.2013
Other life sciences

Fat and stupid

With obesity, the level of protein in the body decreases, which helps to process fat in the liver, and in the brain serves as an activator for the synthesis of other proteins necessary for the formation of memory.

11.10.2013
Other life sciences

Replacement of the aortic valve without a scalpel

Clinical trials of a new heart valve that can be implanted in patients without open-heart surgery have begun in the United States. It is designed to replace the aortic valve.

11.10.2013
Genetic engineering

The pharmaceutical factory itself

American scientists have found a way to use stem cells for the production and targeted delivery of biological drugs.

11.10.2013
Genetics

Why do people lose weight from physical education?

Physical activity causes changes in the expression of genes associated with the development of obesity and diabetes in adipose tissue cells. The participants of the experiment have not changed their weight or BMI in six months, but their figures have become more athletic, and their health indicators are better, which we wish you :)

10.10.2013
Cellular technologies

Lacrimal and salivary glands from stem cells

Japanese researchers demonstrated the functionality of lacrimal and salivary glands formed from embryos of these organs implanted in mice, grown from stem cells.

10.10.2013
Other life sciences

Human Brain Project: the process has started!

At the first stage of the Human Brain Project, which will end in 2016, all technical means and software in all the main areas of the project should be created and ready for the testing stage.

09.10.2013
Nanotechnology

Home for the microbe

Volumetric "houses for microbes" allow you to observe the reproduction of bacteria in conditions close to the conditions of real human or animal tissue.

09.10.2013
Genetics

Marital happiness depends on genes

The emotional satisfaction of each spouse with the relationship in marriage depends on the variant of the gene present in them that regulates the transfer of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

09.10.2013
Other life sciences

Obesity is "good" and "bad"

Overweight, which is fraught with diabetes and heart problems, is accompanied by the accumulation of fat in the liver and sluggish inflammation, which is triggered by abdominal fat cells. But what in this case is the cause and what is the consequence, scientists have yet to find out.

08.10.2013
Other life sciences

Nobel Bubbles

The secretary of the Nobel Committee, who by tradition has to announce the laureates in all languages that Nobel spoke, speaking in Russian, mentioned "bubble transport". In fact, in Russian scientific terminology, the concept of "vesicular transport" has long existed.

08.10.2013