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Biomedicine

From arthritis and calcification of valves

The first drug for the treatment of calcification of the heart valves may be a monoclonal body, originally developed as a remedy for rheumatoid arthritis.

14.06.2017
Theories of aging

Aging and menopause

What is aging? Programmed murder. And the menopause? Programmed castration. Two mechanisms of population control that genes have honed over billions of years.

14.06.2017
Note to the businessman

Startup for startup's sake

Nikolay Dobrovolsky, Vice President of Parallels: venture business is like a lottery. Few are lucky. How not to discover that you are developing a startup for the sake of a startup?

14.06.2017
Cellular technologies

Complete skin recovery after wounds and burns

The new autologous SkinTE product provides regeneration of all skin layers, including hair follicles, with deep wounds and burns of the 3rd degree.

14.06.2017
Other life sciences

Tan without a beach and a solarium

A protein molecule that causes human skin cells to be covered with a real tan without the participation of the Sun, works even for red-haired girls and blondes.

14.06.2017
Your health

Side effect of a useful medicine

Kanagliflozin reduces blood glucose levels in diabetics, significantly reduces the risk of developing heart and kidney diseases and ... doubles the risk of amputation.

14.06.2017
Other life sciences

Don't give up

The main goal of prosthetic developers is to create a ready–made and user-friendly device that you can buy, put on and use without complex training. How far is it to this?

14.06.2017
Your health

APOE4 and extra calories

Eating fatty and high-calorie foods accelerates the development of Alzheimer's disease and increases the likelihood of its occurrence in carriers of a dangerous variant of the APOE gene.

14.06.2017
Genetic engineering

My pie is not raw!

Experts from companies developing the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology have sharply criticized a recent publication in the journal Nature Methods.

13.06.2017
Your health

The Obesity Paradox

Experts from Beijing Metropolitan Medical University confirmed the hypothesis of the "obesity paradox" on the largest sample of patients with diabetes mellitus.

13.06.2017
Cellular technologies

Pig neurons

LCT, a company developing technology for the treatment of Parkinson's disease with pig cells, has announced the success of early clinical trials and the beginning of the next phase of research.

13.06.2017
Nanotechnology

Nanolasers for oncologists

A group of American and Russian scientists has created the smallest plasmon nanolasers that will find application in the diagnosis and treatment of oncological diseases.

13.06.2017
Your health

The obesity epidemic

The number of inhabitants of the Earth with extra kilograms by 2025 will reach 2.7 billion. The proportion of overweight people will be about 46%, and with extreme forms of obesity – 17%.

13.06.2017
Other life sciences

Dogma in doubt

Russian scientists have found that alternative splicing of matrix RNAs contributes significantly less to the diversity of proteins inside the cell than expected.

13.06.2017
Your health

The five most dangerous diets for men

Diets are necessary for people suffering from certain diseases. And those who want to lose weight do not need diets, but a therapist's consultation and a proper diet.

13.06.2017
Biomedicine

Tuberculosis vaccine will help cure diabetes

American doctors have proposed using a conventional tuberculosis vaccine – the well–known BCG - for the treatment of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

13.06.2017
Other life sciences

Biosensors (Part 1)

The use of biosensors has become of great importance in the fields of biomedicine, food security, defense, security and environmental quality monitoring.

09.06.2017
Theories of aging

Age-related diseases and mitochondria

Neurodegenerative and oncological diseases are closely related to intracellular energy metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction.

09.06.2017