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Controversial

Vitamins in question

Is it worth it to regularly consume vitamins for millions of apparently healthy people who do not have any complaints about their well-being? Scientists are divided into two camps on this issue.

03.07.2014
Biomedicine

Modified red blood cells for drug delivery

With the help of genetic and enzymatic modifications, erythrocytes were turned into carriers suitable for the targeted delivery of a wide range of therapeutic compounds.

02.07.2014
Theories of aging

What scientists are doing to prolong our life and youth

The conference "Genetics of Aging and Longevity" ended in April, and reports on the issues discussed at it about the study of the causes of aging, attempts to slow it down, and if possible, stop it and even reverse it, continue.

02.07.2014
Other life sciences

Supercooling prolongs the life of the donor liver

The supercooling method allows to increase the period of preservation of the donor liver outside the body by 3 times compared to the existing ones – up to three days.

02.07.2014
Grants and competitions

Bio/mol/text-2014

Biomolecula annually holds a competition for the best popular scientific publication in the field of modern biology. A special feature of this year's competition is a new nomination – bioinformatics.

02.07.2014
Innovative Russia

Interactive map of Moscow innovations

The map is a search engine that consolidates information about technoparks, business incubators, accelerators, collective use centers, prototyping centers, innovation development institutes and other participants of the innovation system of the capital.

01.07.2014
Biomedicine

Stroke at gunpoint

American scientists have discovered a target for a future neuroprotective drug in the acute period of stroke – Cdk5 protein kinase.

01.07.2014
Your health

Sunscreens and skin cancer: details

Do sunscreens protect against cancer? Science and medicine do not yet have an unambiguous answer to this question.

01.07.2014
Biomedicine

Experimental drug against Alzheimer's disease

Rockefeller University researchers have identified a compound capable of stopping the progression of Alzheimer's disease by blocking the process of blood clots formation triggered by beta-amyloid.

01.07.2014
Cellular technologies

Mini-model of myocardial hypertrophy

Independently shrinking copies of human hearts, whose diameter does not exceed 1 mm, will help in the development of methods for the treatment of myocardial hypertrophy.

01.07.2014
Genetics

Genes age at different rates

Studying individual genomes turned out to be a much more difficult task than previously thought. The reason for this is the different rate of aging of the genome in different people and the aging of different genes within the same genome.

01.07.2014
Other life sciences

Arthritis Drugs Help in Cancer Treatment

The results of another study suggest that some patients who have aggressive tumors may benefit from a group of anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

30.06.2014
Other life sciences

ReWalk – the first among equals

The FDA has registered the first exoskeleton designed for the rehabilitation of patients with spinal injuries that led to paralysis of the lower body.

30.06.2014
Innovative Russia

Russian pharma is calling the Varangians

Localization of production sites in Russia by foreign companies is the most important component of Pharma 2020. Nevertheless, there are enough problems when transferring production facilities according to Western standards to domestic soil.

30.06.2014
Nanotechnology

A new method of treating Parkinsonism or a mind game?

A dopamine-loaded liposome bound to a gold nanoparticle releases dopamine under the action of laser pulses. This technology works "in vitro", but will it be possible to put it into practice?

27.06.2014