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Cloning

Mitalipov is not going to clone a person

Human embryonic stem cells were obtained for the first time by the method of somatic cell nuclei transfer. But this method, commonly called therapeutic cloning, is unlikely to produce human clones.

20.05.2013
Biomedicine

Anti-cancer vaccine: a war on two fronts

The results of the study confirmed that the vaccine really works on two fronts and causes cancer cell lysis and antibody formation at the same time.

20.05.2013
Biomedicine

How to make cancer cells die?

The discovery of MIT scientists suggests the possibility of breaking the resistance of cancer cells: researchers have identified a key protein of an alternative pathway of programmed cell death – necrosis.

17.05.2013
New in Gerontology

Is premature aging curable?

So far, experiments are being conducted only on mice, but there is hope that children with progeria can be cured by turning off just one enzyme. Studies of this disease and methods of combating it can become the basis for solving the problem of normal aging.

17.05.2013
Other life sciences

Color tags for biologists

Green, red, yellow, blue fluorescent proteins are a fantastic beauty and clarity tool for exploring a variety of biological processes.

16.05.2013
Your health

Original or generic: pros and cons

When purchasing a remedy for headaches, mild colds, etc., you will most likely not notice the difference between a generic and an original drug. But when it comes to the treatment of serious diseases, it is better not to take risks with generics.

16.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Anti-aging therapy and eye drops

One of the most promising projects in the field of anti-aging therapy is being successfully implemented by Russian scientists.

16.05.2013
Grants and competitions

Bioinformatics Summer School

The school is held for students, postgraduates and young scientists studying bioinformatics, as well as undergraduates and graduate students of related specialties interested in bioinformatics and wishing to develop in this field.

16.05.2013
Biomedicine

Will modified curcumin help with Alzheimer's disease?

A short course of treatment with the compound J147, developed by scientists at the Salk Institute based on the curcumin molecule, restores memory and slows down the progression of Alzheimer's disease in old mice.

15.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Young blood for an old heart

The blood of the young mouse entered the circulatory system of the old mouse for 4 weeks, after which the hypertrophied heart of the "old lady" decreased in size and outwardly began to resemble the heart of a young rodent.

15.05.2013
Your health

Preventive mastectomy: specialist consultation is required

"Newspaper.En" with the help of a molecular oncodiagnostic specialist, he understands whether women with a hereditary predisposition to breast cancer should decide on a radical measure – preventive mastectomy.

15.05.2013
Other life sciences

Principles of drug development

One of the key principles of evidence-based medicine is the "double-blind method". The patient can receive either a drug or a placebo, and the attending physician also does not know which group each of the study participants will be included in.

14.05.2013
Other life sciences

Virtual Pharmacology

The computer method of molecular modeling allows you to simultaneously study tens of millions of molecules for binding them to a specific target.

14.05.2013
Nanotechnology

Diabetes: is one injection enough for a week?

A network of nanoparticles creates an effective feedback system that, by releasing insulin in response to changes in glucose levels, mimics the function of the pancreas of a healthy person.

13.05.2013
Biomedicine

Candidate for anti-myotonic dystrophy drugs

A low-molecular compound developed by researchers from the University of Illinois can penetrate into cell nuclei and destroy protein-RNA clusters that cause myotonic dystrophy.

13.05.2013
Cellular technologies

Beta cells in a package

In the experiments carried out, blood vessels effectively germinated into biomaterial and successfully "connected" to insulin-producing cells.

13.05.2013
Genetics

The two-faced "aging gene"

Disabling the p66Shc gene, as well as other "aging genes", although it leads to an increase in life expectancy, but is accompanied by negative effects.

13.05.2013
Healthy skepticism

The duracebo effect

Of course, the media should report dangerous substances when the harm from them is scientifically proven and significantly exceeds the harm from the nocebo effect. But there is an additional reason to doubt the ethics of spreading rumors about the harmfulness of a particular phenomenon.

13.05.2013