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Other life sciences

Perfect vision for life

The Ocumetics Bionic Lens Bionic Lens can not only solve problems with visual acuity once and for all, but also allow you to forget about the existence of glasses or contact lenses.

17.09.2015
Other life sciences

Neurotechnologies return touch to paralyzed people

A 28-year–old patient who has been paralyzed for more than ten years (the cause is spinal cord injury) can again "touch" various objects. This was made possible thanks to a prosthetic arm connected to the human brain

17.09.2015
Your health

Defeat obesity? Easy!

A new discovery by British scientists (TM) will reduce the number of calories consumed by 16% in the UK and by 29% in the USA. An article with sensational recommendations has been published in a very reputable magazine – we recommend it!

16.09.2015
Other life sciences

Is metabolic syndrome an autoimmune disease?

Researchers have found that when laboratory mice lack a certain type of immune cells, they become obese and show other signs of metabolic syndrome.

16.09.2015
Note to the businessman

Biopharmaceuticals on the rise

The biopharmaceutical funding boom continues. In the first half of 2015, investors invested more money in these areas than in the whole of 2013.

16.09.2015
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease and resveratrol

The largest clinical study of resveratrol on subjects with Alzheimer's disease showed stabilization of the biomarker, which usually decreases with the progression of the disease.

16.09.2015
Prolonging youth

Stop aging

Some animals manage not to grow old; by examining them, it may be possible to rid a person of this scourge.

15.09.2015
Other life sciences

Edges from the printer

The owner of the new titanium ribs and sternum was a 54-year-old man from Spain who suffered from chest wall sarcoma.

15.09.2015
Prolonging youth

Geroprotectors for fruit flies and nematodes

Scientists from MIPT were able to increase the life span of fruit flies and C.elegans nematodes by adding carotenoids to their diet - substances contained in large quantities in brown algae and in orange fruits and vegetables, for example, carrots.

15.09.2015
Biotechnologies - into life

Cellular technologies in Ulyanovsk

The Center for Fundamental and Applied Problems of bioecology and Biotechnology of UGPI plans to use the obtained cellular products in clinics for more effective treatment of burns, ulcers, mechanical injuries of the skin.

15.09.2015
Other life sciences

Diabetes and antibiotics

Antibiotics may be one of the driving factors in the current global epidemic of type 2 diabetes, Danish doctors have found out, who studied the medical history of 170 thousand diabetics.

14.09.2015
Other life sciences

Cancer diagnosis without biomarkers

The method is based on forced Raman scattering microscopy (Raman effect) and allows for non-invasive diagnosis of skin cancer, as well as to quickly assess the aggressiveness of cancer cells.

14.09.2015
Note to the businessman

Biopharmaceutics: a premonition of a bubble

Last year, the shares of companies at the preliminary testing stage or in Phase 1 on the first day of trading grew by an average of 29%. The situation is somewhat reminiscent of the famous dot-com bubble, when stocks soared by 50-70% on the first day of trading

14.09.2015
Other life sciences

Optimization of energy consumption

Canadian neurophysiologists have found out that our brain and body are "charged" to save energy and strength as much as possible during even such simple actions as walking.

14.09.2015
Prolonging youth

Rejuvenating apples for aging muscles

The weakening and atrophy of muscles in old age is caused by the transcription factor ATF4, the activity of which can be suppressed with the help of compounds contained in apples and green tomatoes.

14.09.2015
Genetics

Cellular Anthropology

The differences in appearance between humans and monkeys are due not to the appearance of new genes, but to changes in the work of old ones.

14.09.2015
Other life sciences

Gut bacteria and cholesterol

The composition of the intestinal microbiota affects the content of "good" cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. It is important that the work of the cardiovascular system depends on these indicators

14.09.2015
Healthy skepticism

No, Alzheimer's is not contagious

According to one of the authors of the work, from which journalists have made another false sensation, "the idea that Alzheimer's disease is contagious is complete nonsense."

14.09.2015