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Genetics

How a cell untangles entangled RNA

Transposons can turn cellular RNA into a tangle from which it is impossible to extract information. However, the cell has proteins that can easily unravel such a tangle.

05.04.2017
Various

Should surrogacy be banned in Russia

Wouldn't it be more productive not to ban, but to strive to reasonably improve the lives of families and children, or at least not to prevent them from solving these issues on their own?

04.04.2017
Other life sciences

Cancer retreats

Compared with 1975-77, in 2006-12, the five-year survival rate after diagnosis increased for all oncological diseases, except for cervical and uterine body cancer.

04.04.2017
Cellular technologies

Artificial vessels for microsurgery

Collagen tubes will allow connecting small vessels during transplantation of donor and bioengineered organs, as well as repairing damage to the circulatory system.

04.04.2017
Your health

Metformin and hypovitaminosis

People taking metformin should check the level of vitamin B12 in the body annually: its hypovitaminosis can also manifest itself when taking multivitamins.

04.04.2017
Grants and competitions

Competition "Medicine-2017"

The result of the project should be a new product in the field of medicine, ready for commercialization immediately after receiving the registration certificate of Roszdravnadzor.

04.04.2017
Genetics

A new mechanism of appetite regulation

Korean scientists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism of regulation of eating behavior associated not with the "satiety hormone" – leptin, but with the coenzyme tetrahydrobiopterin.

04.04.2017
Various

Is Metformin the cure for everything?

Information in the media can give the impression that metformin defeats any disease. Unfortunately, this is not quite true and almost every good news is accompanied by a "yes, but".

03.04.2017
Nanotechnology

Chemotherapy drugs in microcapsules

Microcapsules developed at the University of Alabama are both a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic contrast agent.

03.04.2017
Your health

Depression: Let's talk…

According to WHO, depression is the main cause of poor health and disability. According to recent estimates, more than 300 million people in the world live with depression.

03.04.2017
Your health

Music for Pain Relief

Researchers from Israel and the USA have shown that music and psychotherapy enhance the analgesic effect of treatment in patients with spinal diseases.

03.04.2017
Biomedicine

ELENAGEN DNA vaccine: an encouraging start

The results of the therapeutic anticancer vaccine phase I/IIa conducted in Russia demonstrated the clinical benefits of the drug and an excellent safety profile.

31.03.2017
Cellular technologies

Cord blood against hereditary disease

The performed transplantation is the world's first case of using preimplantation genetic diagnosis for the treatment of Schwachman-Diamond syndrome.

31.03.2017
Your health

Depression: myths and reality

According to WHO statistics, 350 million people in the world need medical care due to depression. And the number of people who are diagnosed with this is constantly growing.

31.03.2017
Bioethics

Rules for creating synthetic human beings

In an article in the journal eLife, the authors consider the ethical issues of creating what they call "synthetic human beings with embryo-like properties."

31.03.2017
Other life sciences

Treatment of paralysis: a new step

A person diagnosed with quadriplegia was able to move a paralyzed arm for the first time. This opens up broad prospects for the treatment of paralysis.

31.03.2017
Various

Premier against doping

Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree approving a list of substances and methods (including gene and cellular doping) banned in Russian sports.

30.03.2017
Other life sciences

Chromosomes of an egg in 3D

A modified method for determining the three-dimensional organization of chromosomes made it possible to obtain a 3D map of DNA in mature eggs before and after fertilization.

30.03.2017