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Other life sciences

The test strip will determine the blood type and Rh factor

The analysis for blood type and Rh factor is usually carried out in the laboratory and takes a lot of time, and costs a lot too. A paper test does this almost instantly and costs less than 10 cents.

10.06.2010
Biomedicine

Antibodies for melanoma: details

The experimental preparation consisted of antibodies to proteins characteristic of the surface of melanoma cells. Antibodies interact with T-lymphocytes, stimulating the immune system to destroy malignant cells.

10.06.2010
Other life sciences

About small RNAs – for advanced dummies

Today, the study of small regulatory RNAs is one of the most rapidly developing areas of molecular biology. It was found that all short RNAs perform their functions based on a phenomenon called RNA interference.

09.06.2010
New in Gerontology

All about super–long-livers - in the book “Supercentenarians”

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research have analyzed the largest amount of information about super–long-livers - not only figures, but also details of the life of longevity record holders, their statements and advice. The result of the work was the book “Supercentenarians".

09.06.2010
Other life sciences

Keep the donated organs in a sacred drink!

The new multicomponent Somah solution will allow to keep donor organs ready for transplantation in a condition suitable for transplantation not for several hours, but up to 10 days.

09.06.2010
Nanotechnology

Nanocubes squeeze drugs into the tumor

A targeted delivery system loaded with an anti-cancer drug, based on a new material called a nanowell, delays the growth of a cancerous tumor three to five times more effectively than conventional injections.

08.06.2010
Biomedicine

Antibodies for melanoma

The results of the study of the action of ipilimumab – a new drug based on monoclonal antibodies – are evaluated as a breakthrough in the fight against the deadliest form of skin cancer – melanoma.

08.06.2010
Biomedicine

Brain, stress and cholesterol

The brain is also responsible for the cholesterol content in the blood. More precisely, the cells of the hypothalamus, reacting to the hormone ghrelin, associated, among other things, with the reaction to stress.

08.06.2010
New in Gerontology

Heat shock and aging

The accumulation of improperly folded protein molecules accompanies the aging of the body. Is it possible to slow down the aging process and reduce the risk of age–related diseases by activating "cellular OTC" – heat shock proteins?

07.06.2010
Biomedicine

And a nose like a prostate…

A dog's nose turned out to be a much better tool for diagnosing prostate cancer than a prostate-specific antigen test.

04.06.2010
Cellular technologies

Stem cells on the First

TV producer and TV presenter Kirill Nabutov will present his new documentary "The Golden Cage" on June 6 at 17.20 on Channel One.

03.06.2010
Other life sciences

DNA computers are becoming more complex

Theoretically, the development of this work could lead to the creation of a DNA computer capable of working inside the body and, for example, regulating the release of drugs, releasing them only where necessary.

03.06.2010
Cellular technologies

Spare organs from the patient's cells: watch and listen

Anthony Atala, a man who grew a bladder from a patient's own cells for the first time in the world, tells and shows how a heart is printed on a printer and other organs are made for transplantation.

03.06.2010
Biomedicine

Diagnosis of cancer before the onset of the disease

Cancer can now be detected 5 years before the appearance of tumors: a blood test is enough for this. The technology of early diagnosis of tumors will be introduced in the near future into widespread use in the USA and the UK.

02.06.2010
Cellular technologies

Born in a shirt? Give it to the patch for the heart!

The amniotic membrane – the germ shell, which sometimes sticks to the body of children "born in a shirt", turned out to be another source of ethical, universal and sufficiently accessible stem cells.

02.06.2010
Genetics

Genome sequencing: do you need the whole DNA or cut it?

The development of a method that allows the sequencing of the genome to read the sequence of nucleotides of an entire DNA molecule, rather than cut into fragments, may soon make reading an individual genome a routine procedure.

02.06.2010