Various
STAP cells remain in question
A special committee of the RIKEN Institute investigating the scandal around stem STAP cells sees no reason to re-examine "acid cells".
07.05.2014- English version
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Biomedicine
HIV with soy sauce
Specialists of a Japanese company in search of a flavor enhancer for soy sauces accidentally discovered a molecule that suppresses HIV replication. We hope that it is not added to sauces – the antiretroviral drug will certainly have a lot of side effects. And EFdA tests for efficiency and safety have already begun.
07.05.2014
Your health
Vibrating capsule will help with constipation
The capsule for oral use, vibrating when moving through the digestive tract, has shown promising results as a non-pharmacological agent for the treatment of chronic constipation.
06.05.2014
Other life sciences
Prostate cancer sniffs electronic nose
The "electronic nose", which analyzes a mixture of gas molecules evaporating from a urine sample, makes it possible to detect prostate cancer at an early stage. In addition, it is able to distinguish cancer from benign prostatic hyperplasia.
06.05.2014
Note to the businessman
A miracle cure
Shares of the biotech company Pharmacyclics have risen forty times in six years. Will she continue to be successful?
06.05.2014
Prolonging youth
Blood as a source of youth: new data
Two independent groups of researchers have once again demonstrated the rejuvenating effect of blood components of young mice on the state of the brain and muscle tissue of old animals.
06.05.2014
Other life sciences
Do you want to lose weight? Eat more fiber!
Acetic acid, one of the breakdown products of dietary fiber in the intestine, directly affects the hypothalamus, which is known to regulate hunger and eating behavior.
05.05.2014
Biomedicine
Iron nerves
For the first time in the history of science, a group of Chinese biomedical scientists used a liquid metal alloy to fuse and restore the functionality of the severed nerve tissues of experimental animals.
05.05.2014
Various
The Public Chamber talked about the prevention of aging
The round table "Prevention of aging" was held in the Public Chamber of Russia. Its participants noted that the limit of human life is reduced due to various harmful factors, including the lack of prevention of aging.
05.05.2014
Various
Learn to count!
According to VTsIOM, about 78% of Russian citizens feel happy. And that this figure is radically at odds with the data of 2012, obtained by the New Economics Foundation, and 2013, from the World Happiness Report, so VTsIOM is probably more objective :)
30.04.2014
Various
The government of St. Petersburg is satisfied with its concern for the elderly
At yesterday's meeting of the Government of St. Petersburg, the results of the implementation of the program "Improving the quality of life of elderly citizens in St. Petersburg" for 2011-2013 were summed up.
30.04.2014
Various
About healthcare in the USA – without rose-colored glasses
According to the US Secretary of Health and Social Development Mike Leavitt, "We believe that the American system is ineffective today or not as effective as it could be."
30.04.2014
Cloning
Cloned beta cells of a diabetic patient
Having transplanted genetic material from skin cells of a patient with type I diabetes into someone else's egg, scientists obtained a culture of embryonic cells, which were then "re-educated" into insulin cells of the pancreas.
30.04.2014
Biomedicine
Pancreatic cancer drug ready for clinical trials
Pancreatic cancer cells develop resistance to the traditionally used doxorubicin especially quickly. A drug that suppresses the synthesis of proteins that provide this resistance significantly increases the effect of treatment.
30.04.2014
Exhibitions and conferences
Moscow Life Sciences Investment Day – 2014
The first international conference will become a tool for attracting investments in healthcare, biotechnologies, private clinics, biopharmaceuticals, medical services, equipment and devices, Digital Health, bioinformatics, laboratory diagnostics, regenerative and personalized medicine.
30.04.2014
Cellular technologies
Bioengineered epidermis for cosmetologists and pharmacologists
The epidermis (the top layer of the skin), grown from induced pluripotent human stem cells, can replace laboratory animals when testing medicines and cosmetics.
29.04.2014
Biomedicine
The biochip will detect botulinum toxin in five hours instead of four days
A chip with a protein applied to it, with which botulinum toxin interacts, allows you to detect the presence of even very low concentrations of poison in the blood for not four days, as now, but five hours.
29.04.2014
Various
The novelty is different
Among the new drugs entering the market, there are actually very few that are actually new. Synthesis of fundamentally new medicinal substances is a rare phenomenon.
29.04.2014
Grants and competitions
II Bioinformatics Summer School
The Summer School is held annually for students studying bioinformatics, as well as undergraduates, graduate students and young scientists of mathematical, technical and biological specialties interested in bioinformatics.
29.04.2014
Grants and competitions
"Young, daring, promising" – 2014
The Committee for Science and Higher Education of St. Petersburg is holding a competition of business ideas, scientific and technical developments and research projects in 2014 under the motto "Young, daring, promising".
29.04.2014