Life Sciences

Found results: 11545

Nanotechnology

RUSNANO and FMBA are preparing a revolution in medicine

The nanomedicine market in Russia is just emerging, but, according to A. Chubais, the agreement between the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation and the Federal Biomedical Agency will make a breakthrough in innovative medicine.

15.02.2010
Genetics

Are genes also to blame for stuttering?

In many cases, stuttering is blamed on psychological problems of a person, but research results indicate that the reason lies in the genes.

15.02.2010
Biomedicine

Parkinson's disease: medicines are just around the corner?

Canadian scientists have for the first time found a weak link in the chain of signal transmission between nerve cells, characteristic of Parkinson's disease. New knowledge opens up wide opportunities for the development of drugs for the treatment of Parkinsonism.

15.02.2010
Prolonging youth

The cure for old age without a prescription

A complex cocktail of 30 over-the-counter ingredients slows down the development of the main signs of aging and prolongs life by an average of 11%. In mice. Will we wait for the results of clinical trials or will we mix a cocktail according to the table given here right now?

12.02.2010
Genetics

Premenstrual syndrome gene

A common variant of the BDNF gene appears to be involved in the development of a dysphoric disorder known as premenstrual syndrome (PMS).

12.02.2010
Biomedicine

Autoantibodies will help in the early diagnosis of cancer

The new test allows detecting the presence of autoantibodies in the blood of 20-30% of cancer patients and does not detect them in the blood of healthy people. The developers believe that over time, such screening may become a mandatory part of routine medical examinations.

10.02.2010
Other life sciences

Young cells send dirty laundry to moms

During cell division, all morally and physically obsolete protein molecules are moved from the daughter cell to the mother cell. As a result, the young cell is completely free of age-associated damage.

09.02.2010
Nanotechnology

Theranostics: therapy + cancer diagnosis

With weak irradiation, nanoparticles flare up, allowing you to visualize malignant cells (this is the diagnostic part of the development), and with an increase in laser power, they create red–hot vapor bubbles and destroy cancer cells (this is already therapy).

08.02.2010
Biomedicine

Personalized medicine: from dreams to Reality

The book of F.Collins' "The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine" is full of optimism, but does not offer the reader a plan for implementing the benefits of personalized medicine.

08.02.2010
Other life sciences

Proton-driven spermatozoa

Scientists have identified a membrane channel that releases a stream of protons from the sperm, which triggers its movement up the fallopian tube towards the egg.

05.02.2010
Cellular technologies

Retinal photoreceptors from skin cells

When transplanted into the mouse retina, photoreceptors derived from adult skin cells were fully integrated into the surrounding tissue.

05.02.2010
Biomedicine

If the cancer does not give up, change the treatment tactics

The label accumulating only in dying cells will allow determining the effectiveness of therapy for aggressive tumors already in the first days of treatment and, if necessary, to change the treatment regimen in time.

05.02.2010
Prolonging youth

A pill for old age: in dreams or in development?

If you believe what the director of the New York Institute for the Study of Aging says in a TV interview, scientists plan to develop a "super pill" that will allow any of us to live up to a hundred years, in three years.

04.02.2010