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Healthy skepticism

Smeared with one world

We recently wrote about the falsification of research results on the effect of sugar on health. And whether to believe the research on the benefits of sweeteners? First find out who funded them :)

27.09.2016
Cellular technologies

Cellular gene therapy

Experiments on an animal model have shown the possibility of treating Duchene's myodystrophy by delivering therapeutic genes in stem cells.

27.09.2016
Healthy skepticism

Natural selection of "bad science"

More than half a century has passed since the publication of Cohen's work, but scientists still talk about successes, hiding defeats, and some even falsify the results.

27.09.2016
Nanotechnology

Therapeutic tattoo

Carbon nanoparticles can selectively suppress the activity of T-lymphocytes and reduce the symptoms of autoimmune diseases. At the same time, it is preferable to inject them under the skin.

27.09.2016
Other life sciences

Neurotransmitters, part 1

In the first part of a small educational course, Atlas talks about three of the most famous neurotransmitters, without which our life would be simply disgusting.

26.09.2016
Biomedicine

Nanoteranostics – the future of oncology

Professor of the MEPhI National Research Institute and the University of Aix-Marseille, Andrey Kabashin, in an interview with RIA Novosti correspondent Yulia Osipova, about the global prospects of nanoteranostics.

26.09.2016
Genetic engineering

RNA against metastases

Modified regulatory RNA molecules sent to the tumor in nanoparticles discourage cancer cells from traveling.

26.09.2016
Nanotechnology

Micro-robots-infusoria

The micro robot created by Korean specialists, raking cilia under the influence of an electromagnetic field, floats eight times faster than its closest competitors.

26.09.2016
Genetics

Greetings to the descendants

Three stories about non-classical methods of inheritance that can pass for telegony: how inheritance can occur that is not related to the transmission of their parents' genes to descendants.

26.09.2016
Other life sciences

Man and his microbiome

There are a lot of bacteria and viruses living in each of us, they help digest food and assimilate medications, affect the hormonal and immune systems and even the brain.

23.09.2016
Genetic engineering

Regeneration of the optic nerve

Restoration of severed nerve pathways is an important achievement in the search for treatment of glaucoma and other eye diseases associated with damage to the optic nerve.

23.09.2016
Healthy skepticism

Shnobelevka-2016

This year, the winners received 10 trillion Zimbabwean dollars. By the way, the director of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Mathematics back in 2009.

23.09.2016
Biomedicine

$3 billion to fight diseases

The main goal of the foundation created by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chen is to radically reduce the frequency of dangerous diseases and reduce their impact on the human body.

23.09.2016
Your health

Kill the virus

An annual flu prevention campaign has begun in the country. In Moscow, you can get vaccinated literally on the run – mobile "cabinets" are located near metro stations.

23.09.2016
Your health

It doesn't hurt, but it kills

Cholesterol "does not hurt", but gradually kills, being one of the main factors in the development of atherosclerosis. But what will happen if nothing is done, cholesterol is not controlled, not treated?

22.09.2016
Other life sciences

Can nicotine protect the aging brain?

American researchers have demonstrated the ability of nicotine to protect the aging brain and even prevent the development of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases

22.09.2016
Your health

Vacation and epigenetics

Rest in combination with meditative practices not only improves the psychological state, but also changes the expression of genes and reduces the number of biomarkers of aging in the blood.

22.09.2016
Healthy skepticism

Fitness Trackers won't help you lose weight

People who, in addition to the standard weight loss program, used wearable devices lost almost half as much weight as those who did without them.

21.09.2016