Life Sciences

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Cellular technologies

Super-pluripotent stem cells

Researchers have created a cocktail of four molecules that increases the pluripotency of human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells.

07.05.2010
Biomedicine

Cancer vaccine: the second and not the last

The Provenge prostate cancer vaccine is the second one approved by the FDA. The first, Gardasil, helps prevent infection of women with papillomavirus, which is the main cause of cervical cancer.

05.05.2010
Bioethics

The Indian DNA Case

The Havasupai Indians sued the scientists for $700,000 because they studied their DNA not only in search of the causes of predisposition to diabetes, as they were going to, but analyzed the DNA and the origin of Havasupai, and their propensity to other diseases.

05.05.2010
New in Gerontology

Aging and ways to prolong life: taking lessons from yeast

Many of the most important mechanisms of aging have hardly changed over billions of years of evolution and work not only in yeast, but also in mammals. The study of yeast aging made it possible to find the most promising geroprotectors currently being developed.

04.05.2010
Biomedicine

Medicine and Mathematics

The most important area of application of mathematics in medicine is the creation of new medicines.

29.04.2010
Bioethics

Bioethics and Medicine: More questions than answers

Organ transplantation, artificial insemination, genetic engineering, human cloning, the use of embryos, stem cell treatment and much more – is everything that is possible in medicine acceptable from the standpoint of bioethics?

28.04.2010
Other life sciences

Protein biosynthesis: made in Russia

Russian scientists from the non–profit organization "GeronLab" have managed to clarify the mechanism of communication between the two most important stages of the central process of living matter - protein biosynthesis.

28.04.2010
Biomedicine

Will macroketone stop metastases?

Macroketone neutralizes the action of fascin, a protein involved in the stabilization of actin fiber bundles. Without the formation of such bundles, cancer cells cannot move and, accordingly, form metastases.

19.04.2010
Genetics

Features of the national genome

Articles on decoding human genomes are published with pleasure by leading scientific journals. The staff of the Kurchatov Institute posted a brief report on the work in the newly created Russian scientific journal Acta Naturae.

19.04.2010
Biomedicine

Genetic testing: do you need it?

There is undoubtedly an interest in genetic testing in society. But people's expectations of him are usually overstated. Most would like to pass the perfect test that will give them a one hundred percent guarantee, and there simply are no such.

16.04.2010
Biomedicine

Pancreatic prosthesis normalizes insulin and glucagon

The artificial pancreas controls glucose levels and, with the help of a software–controlled pump, injects the necessary amount of the desired hormone – insulin or its antagonist - glucagon.

16.04.2010
Genetics

Different diseases – from the same gene complex?

Disorders of the activity of the same genes are to blame for the development of diabetes, atherosclerosis, heart disease, cancer and other diseases. This indicates the possibility of using drugs used in the treatment of other diseases in cancer therapy.

16.04.2010
Cellular technologies

Stem cell treatment: only for free!

So far, stem cell treatment has the status of clinical trials. This is an experiment, so their treatment is free. Those who suffer from diseases with which research is conducted in official centers of cell therapy can get into the experiment.

15.04.2010
Biomedicine

"Viagra" for rabbits

Attempts to use Viagra by women have been made repeatedly, but this drug is not so effective for the fair sex. Another candidate for the role of "female viagra" gave excellent results... in tests on rabbits :(

15.04.2010
Cellular technologies

Laboratory rat in a test tube

It is possible to avoid using animals in laboratory experiments: Israeli scientists have shown that it is possible to grow full-fledged skin, as well as bone, fat and muscle tissue from stem cells.

14.04.2010