Brown fat transplantation will protect against obesity and diabetes
Mice that received a brown fat transplant began to lose weight and avoided the metabolic changes leading to type II diabetes, even with a high-fat diet.
12.12.2012Mice that received a brown fat transplant began to lose weight and avoided the metabolic changes leading to type II diabetes, even with a high-fat diet.
12.12.2012The introduction of prostaglandin E2 accelerates the restoration of hematopoiesis in the bone marrow affected by chemotherapy and /or radiotherapy, not only by suppressing apoptosis of hematopoietic cells, but also by restoring their microenvironment.
12.12.2012Measures for the revival of Russian science (for the most part – impossible): They are listed in a 120-sheet list compiled by the Russian Association for the Promotion of Science.
11.12.2012Animal studies have shown that in most cases, the effect of injecting vaccines with an injection film is higher than with traditional methods. Fujifilm is going to conduct clinical trials of a new method with the involvement of human volunteers.
11.12.2012The participants of the experiment (average age – 75 years), who did not have enough food in childhood, had cognitive functions a third better than their peers from families with large incomes. However, this connection could be shown only in blacks. Perhaps because white children did not have to starve.
11.12.2012The results of a new study indicate the feasibility of carrying out genetic testing of the fetus in the early stages of pregnancy, which provides much more information about the potential risks to the health of the newborn.
11.12.2012Professor Sergey Kiselyov, Head of the Laboratory of Genetic Foundations of Cell Technologies at the Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, talks about how stem cells are being studied in Russia, what opportunities they open up for medicine and how Nobel laureates refer to the works of Russian scientists.
10.12.2012Chinese biologists have developed a method for producing induced brain stem cells from kidney epithelial cells contained in urine.
10.12.2012According to the new PwC report "Pharma 2020: from Idea to Action", scientific and technological achievements, social and demographic changes and the growing demand for medicines will lead to the revival of the pharmaceutical industry after 2020.
10.12.2012Ten of the most promising of the many therapeutic vaccines at different stages of development and clinical research against various forms of cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious diseases.
10.12.2012The treatment of pain caused by inflammation can be improved with the help of endogenous opioid peptides acting outside the brain or spinal cord, directly in the damaged tissue.
10.12.2012There is a lot of talk today about both the omnipotence of genetic testing and its utter uselessness. Although the second statement is close to the truth for complex diseases, such statements may lead to an underestimation of the role of genetic testing in modern medicine.
10.12.2012Despite the fact that atherosclerosis is a disease of the arteries, microorganisms inhabiting the intestine play an unexpectedly important role in the course of this disease.
10.12.2012The researchers plan to continue studying the functions of Tyk2 and Stat3 proteins in order to gain a more complete understanding of the mechanisms of formation of brown adipose tissue. They hope that their work will provide new targets not only for the treatment of obesity, but also for the prevention of diseases associated with it.
07.12.2012The ketone body beta-hydroxybutyrate, a by–product of a low–calorie, low-carb diet, activates genes that protect cells from the harmful effects of oxidative stress.
07.12.2012The new antibodies are uniquely effective in preventing the formation of toxic protein particles involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
07.12.2012Scientists at the Whitehead Institute believe that hyperexpression of specific molecular transporters on their surface can be used to deliver drugs to cancer cells.
07.12.2012The results of a new experimental study on mice suggest that microglia – the immune cells of the brain – play a key role in protecting the brain from Alzheimer's disease.
07.12.2012Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created a "road atlas" describing more than 1,500 landmarks that will help decipher the relationships between the mechanisms triggered in mitochondria by aging and a low-calorie diet.
07.12.2012Sensors in the form of temporary tattoo stickers will help in the diagnosis of diseases associated with metabolic disorders, will give a signal about the fatigue of the athlete or his severe dehydration and may be useful in the cosmetic industry for monitoring skin secretion.
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