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Your health

Know, patient: losing weight is not easy (1)

Do not ask a patient with a diagnosis of "obesity" if he wants to lose weight. It's clear that he wants to, since he's here. Everyone wants to lose weight, even slim people for some reason want to be even thinner.

30.06.2016
Genetic engineering

How "smart scissors" for DNA work

The abbreviation CRISPR/Cas hides a powerful tool for editing genomes, the mechanism of action of which, as it often happens, was spied on by nature.

30.06.2016
Theories of aging

Potential targets for aging gene therapy (1)

On the Fight Aging website! a short one has been published (for a total of 75 points :) a list of genes that can be used for compensatory gene therapy of aging in the near future.

30.06.2016
Biomedicine

Micro-RNAs will help predict a heart attack

Analysis of the concentration of five micro-RNAs in the blood makes it possible to increase the accuracy of predicting the likelihood of heart attack and other heart problems from 80 to 91%.

29.06.2016
Grants and competitions

"Quality of Life 2016"

The Skolkovo Foundation and the Severny Biopharmaceutical Cluster announce the launch of a competition for innovative projects in the field of medical technologies aimed at improving the quality of people's lives.

29.06.2016
Nanotechnology

Protein Constructor: details

Diagnostic and therapeutic modules from a set of complementary modules will allow you to quickly change the composition of the drug, that is, practically switch to individualized medicine.

29.06.2016
Various

Comments on the law

The law banning the cultivation of genetically modified organisms is no worse than other Russian laws. Therefore, the news about the complete ban of GMOs on 1/8 of the land resonates somehow sluggishly.

29.06.2016
Various

Synthetic muscles

One of the most important directions in "soft" robotics is the creation of artificial muscles that could find application not only in robotics, but also in advanced prosthetics.

28.06.2016
Cellular technologies

What is an "organ on a chip"?

"Organs on a chip" are miniature models of human organs the size of an ordinary USB flash drive. This technology could revolutionize medical research and drug development.

28.06.2016
Theories of aging

Shorten the death spiral

Perhaps studying the phenomenon that researchers have called the "death spiral" will someday give people the opportunity to stay healthy for the rest of their lives.

28.06.2016
Healthy skepticism

Crowdfunding in Russian

The Ministry of Education and Science will solve problems with venture investment, science financing and brain drain. Moreover, Russia will become an exporter, supplier of ideas and technologies for the whole world!

28.06.2016
Your health

Gale – intelligent first aid kit

If the built-in instructions are not enough, Gale can connect the host to the doctor via video link. You can order postal delivery of finished drugs using the touch screen.

28.06.2016
Healthy skepticism

"Stem cell tourism" ends with cancer

As a result of "treatment" in commercial clinics in China, Argentina and Mexico, the patient developed a tumor that covered almost the entire spinal cord, consisting mainly of foreign cells.

27.06.2016
Genetics

Error-free transcriptase

Molecular biologists from the University of Texas at Austin have created an artificial enzyme that allows you to accurately copy genetic information.

27.06.2016
Biomedicine

Multiple sclerosis will be cured by liposomes with myelin

The drug has successfully passed preclinical trials and two clinical stages, which, in case of positive results of the third stage, will allow it to be used in the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis.

27.06.2016
Cellular technologies

Bioprinting in free fall

Scientists have not only successfully produced cardiovascular structures from adult stem cells using 3D printing, but also did it in zero gravity.

27.06.2016
Various

On the way to an artificial brain

Korean scientists intend to create a computer that simulates the human brain and at the same time is comparable to a biological analogue not only in efficiency, but also in economy.

27.06.2016
Your health

Mobile technologies for life and sports

Many companies and laboratories have put mobile technologies at the service of themselves, science and medicine. Read about what you can learn from mobile apps in this article.

27.06.2016
Other life sciences

Scientists organized "cell races"

An international group of biologists conducted a "cell race" to deepen knowledge about the mechanisms of regulation of chemotaxis and stimulate work on this topic.

24.06.2016