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Healthy skepticism

Applied quack studies

A chapter from the book "The Patient is Reasonable", which tells about what modern diagnostics is and how to distinguish a professional from a fraudster.

04.09.2017
Genetic engineering

RNA targeting of Cas9

Scientists used the new method to treat RNA-associated diseases, for example, type I and II myotonic dystrophy and Huntington's disease.

04.09.2017
Cellular technologies

Vascularized islets of Langerhans

Experiments on growing pancreatic islets with vessels "in vitro" were crowned with success. This discovery is fundamentally important for transplantology.

04.09.2017
Your health

"Alternative medicine" kills cancer patients

Chiropractic, homeopathy, acupuncture, juice diets and other forms of alternative medicine cannot cure cancer, no matter what the charlatans say about it.

04.09.2017
Your health

"Full but healthy" is a myth

Being overweight can increase the risk of heart disease by more than a quarter – even in people who seem to be healthy by all indicators except weight.

01.09.2017
Your health

What kind of disease is cancer? Part 4

Experts of the Atlas biomedical holding share information about screening, diagnosis and types of malignant tumors that can be detected at an early stage.

01.09.2017
Genetics

Alzheimer's and intelligence quotient

Scientists have found that a certain variation of the complex of genes involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease correlates with intellectual performance in childhood.

01.09.2017
Biotechnologies - into life

Clinical case

In the future, gene therapy can save people from many diseases. In practice, the first important step has been taken: for the first time this method has been approved for use in oncology.

01.09.2017
Note to the businessman

How to beat old age

Ilya Popov, member of the industry working groups under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and Business Russia - on the prospects for the development of the biomedical technologies market.

01.09.2017
Other life sciences

How melanoma metastasizes

The cell growth factor midkin, secreted by melanoma, stimulates the growth of new lymphatic vessels and prepares niches for the formation of metastases.

01.09.2017
Biomedicine

Antibodies to repair the brain

Scientists from New York University have proposed a new approach to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases: therapy with antibodies that prevent the adhesion of pathologically altered proteins.

01.09.2017
Other life sciences

Biochemistry of Happiness

The "recipe" for a happy life includes two components: positive emotions (and the absence of negative ones) and a sense of meaningfulness of what is happening in the world around us and with ourselves.

01.09.2017
Biomedicine

Cancer diagnosis by selfie

Researchers from the University of Washington have created a simple and accurate screening method for early stages of pancreatic cancer that does not require medical intervention.

31.08.2017
Biomedicine

Bacterial Ribosome Gag

The new antimicrobial peptide blocks the release of the synthesized protein from the ribosome, acting as a plug. In the microcin group, this is the first peptide with such a mechanism of action.

31.08.2017
Other life sciences

How to use intercellular mail

The therapeutic potential of vesicles – intercellular "parcels" – has already been evaluated in experiments in which damage to the kidneys, heart, liver and nervous tissue was simulated.

31.08.2017
Biomedicine

Humanity can win the War against Bacteria

The action of a fundamentally new hybrid antibiotic is directed against the membrane potential of bacteria, which provides pathogenic cells with energy.

31.08.2017
Biomedicine

Double capture

The bispecific antibody directs the T-lymphocyte only to the tumor cells against which its antigen-binding center is designed. The remaining actively dividing cells do not suffer at the same time.

31.08.2017
Biomedicine

Danio fish instead of mice

A group of scientists from Portugal for the first time demonstrated the possibility of using their fry to test various approaches to the treatment of malignant neoplasms.

31.08.2017