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Cellular technologies

Stem cells turned out to be a remedy for neuropathic pain

A group of American biologists has discovered that stem cells can alleviate the condition of patients with neuropathic pain and bladder dysfunction.

04.10.2016

Your health

What You Need to Know about Cancer Immunotherapy

Many promising cancer treatments have gone the distance at the stage of clinical trials. But immunotherapy has every chance to avoid such a fate.

04.10.2016

Other life sciences

How the tumor hides from the immune system

Experts from the University of British Columbia have discovered a new mechanism that prevents the recognition of carcinoma cells by the immune system.

04.10.2016

Other life sciences

Neurotransmitters, part 2

In the second part of the story, we will talk about mediators who perform important invisible work: stimulate and inhibit other neurotransmitters, help us learn and remember.

04.10.2016

Other life sciences

"Nobel Prize" in medicine – 2016: details

Autophagy, for the study of which the prize was awarded this year, is a set of processes that allow a cell to get rid of accumulations of intracellular "garbage" with the help of lysosomes.

04.10.2016

Cellular technologies

A unique operation was performed in Russia for the first time

A girl with a severe hereditary disease was transplanted stem cells from her brother, born with the help of preimplantation genetic diagnosis and IVF.

03.10.2016

Biomedicine

Don't forget to get vaccinated against the papilloma virus

A new study has shown that the human papillomavirus vaccine effectively reduces the risk of developing precancerous cervical diseases in young women.

03.10.2016

Biomedicine

Two polyvalent influenza vaccines

The first one was created for the USA and is effective against 95% of influenza virus strains common in this country. The second protects against 88% of the world's existing strains.

03.10.2016

Your health

Scarier than heroin

If the requirements of the current drug classification were met, alcohol would be classified as a Class A drug, much more dangerous than heroin and crack.

03.10.2016

Your health

Recovery after stroke

On September 23-24, the All-Russian conference with international participation "Innovations in Angioneurorehabilitology" was held at the First St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov.

03.10.2016

Your health

A glass of depression: the main thing is not to overdo it

A single intake of alcohol involves the same biochemical mechanism as "fast antidepressants" from the group of antagonists of glutamate NMDA receptors.

30.09.2016

Genetics

Genes for immunity are not the main thing

Generalization of all data on factors affecting immunity showed that genetics determines only 20-40% of individual differences in the immune system.

30.09.2016

Other life sciences

Superelastic bones

A flexible polymer from which bone blanks can be printed does not cause an immune response, fills with cells on its own and ossifies naturally.

30.09.2016

Controversial

Let's remember the whole Wikipedia

The American startup Kernel has announced the beginning of the development of an implant to improve the memory and learning ability of people with disorders of these functions – for example, in Alzheimer's disease.

30.09.2016

New in Gerontology

DNA methylation and the likelihood of death

A team of scientists from 7 countries has demonstrated that DNA methylation can not only determine a person's biological age, but also predict his life expectancy.

29.09.2016

Other life sciences

Scientists have questioned the ability of dogs to feel the "smell of cancer"

In the new study, unlike the previous ones, dogs showed themselves to be not very effective in performing the task of diagnosing cancer by smell.

29.09.2016

Genetic engineering

Genetically modified plants: expert opinion

Why people are afraid of GMOs, how the GMO ban will affect science, how China is fighting GMOs and multinational companies, and how GMOs interact with nature.

29.09.2016

Biomedicine

Rhinovirus vaccine

Scientists have tested such a vaccine on cell cultures and found out that it provokes the development of an immune response and the formation of antiviral antibodies.

29.09.2016

Your health

"Maiden memory" of genes

After we stopped playing sports, the genes in our muscles quickly return to normal, "unsportsmanlike" activity.

28.09.2016

Nanotechnology

A useful side effect

Scientists accidentally discovered that iron nanoparticles, which were created as a cure for anemia, cause macrophages to attack cancer cells.

28.09.2016