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Other life sciences

Another target for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy

In addition to the already known vascular growth factor, another signaling protein, angiopoietin–4, is involved in the destruction of the retina in diabetes, which is also involved in the appearance of new vessels, and that their blocking successfully prevents the growth of defective capillaries.

29.05.2015
Genetic engineering

Microbes-laboratory assistants

Two groups of biologists this week received genetically modified bacteria that have become able to detect the presence of cancer in mice and diabetes in humans.

29.05.2015
Biomedicine

Brain cancer vaccine: the result is not final, but encouraging

"I don't have an answer whether it is possible to achieve complete disappearance of the tumor by continuing this treatment. But a patient with a similar glioblastoma, who was treated the same way as you, has been alive for six years," the American doctor told his Russian patient.

29.05.2015
Cellular technologies

Fetal cells against Parkinsonism: a new attempt

A patient with Parkinson's disease, a man over 50, was injected with fetal cells into the brain at Cambridge University Hospital. This is the first case of such treatment in the last 20 years.

29.05.2015
Genetics

The risk of genetic testing

Modern genetic tests cannot yet predict the risk of developing diseases with high accuracy. Scientists ask patients to be skeptical about the results of genetic tests and not to make important medical decisions in accordance with them.

29.05.2015
Biomedicine

How to overcome the ineffectiveness of melanoma immunotherapy

In some patients, cancer cells produce molecules that "scare away" cells of the immune system. After injection of dendritic cells into the tumor, T-lymphocytes began to actively penetrate there, and the use of immunotherapeutic drugs gave results.

28.05.2015
Genetics

Two more nucleotides were added to the genetic alphabet

The authors of the study have already synthesized DNA consisting of six nucleotides – the usual G, A, C and T, as well as new ones – Z and P. Scientists hope that their research data will expand the possibilities of synthetic biology.

28.05.2015
Other life sciences

A useful side effect of Neupogen

The drug, which has been used for a long time to relieve the side effects of chemotherapy, was allowed to be used in the United States to eliminate the consequences of radiation exposure during nuclear disasters.

28.05.2015
Other life sciences

Alzheimer's Disease Prevention Experiment

American scientists have announced the launch of a project during which they will analyze the effect of an experimental drug against Alzheimer's disease with the participation of people at risk, but without symptoms of the disease.

27.05.2015
Biotechnologies - into life

Unique Russian development will be sold in the USA

The Russian company Semiotic and GlycoTech Corporation (USA) have signed a 5–year agreement on the distribution in North America of a unique Russian development - a research carbohydrate microchip (glycochip) for the quantitative determination of glycan-binding proteins.

27.05.2015
Biomedicine

Viral immunotherapy against melanoma

Phase III clinical trials have confirmed the ability of the modified herpes virus to effectively destroy the cells of the most dangerous skin cancer.

27.05.2015
Cellular technologies

Hair cells "from a test tube"

Bioengineers from the Institute of Molecular Medicine in Lisbon and University College London have developed a method by which it is possible to grow hair cells from embryonic stem cells – cells that are located in the inner ear.

26.05.2015
Grants and competitions

Biotechnology management and bioeconomics

This summer, the Economics and Biology Faculties of Lomonosov Moscow State University are conducting a new set of inter–faculty master's programs - "Biotechnology Management" and "Bioengineering, Biotechnology and Bioeconomics".

26.05.2015