Various
Pharmaceutical companies are emerging from the innovation crisis
In fiscal 2012, which ended in September, the FDA approved 31 new medicines, which was one of the best results in the last decade.
13.12.2012- English version
- Articles
Articles
Found results: 16337
New in Gerontology
The role of epigenetic effects of nutrition in healthy aging
The appearance of molecular modifications of genes, known as epigenetic markers, is mainly due to aging, but the diet has a certain influence on the process of their appearance.
13.12.2012
Controversial
Humanity will be killed by biohackers
Nature will no longer be able to create a disease capable of destroying humanity. Biotechnologies will cope with this task – in 10 years, deadly viruses will create biohackers on cheap home devices. Myvseumrem!
12.12.2012
Other life sciences
Cancer cells age due to lack of dNTP
The aging process of cancer cells is associated with DNA damage due to a decrease in deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) reserves caused by a decrease in the number of enzymes involved in its biosynthesis.
12.12.2012
Innovative Russia
Business incubator for "digital health"
MedXPoint is Russia's first specialized business incubator for startups in the field of digital health.
12.12.2012
Note to the businessman
IT specialists invest in genomics
The investments received by 23andMe, coupled with cost reduction, will reduce personal genetic testing from $299 to $99 and increase the customer base to 1 million users, which will become a critical mass for the rapid development of the company.
12.12.2012
Biomedicine
Blood Cancer Treatment: Let lymphocytes kill each other
The method of reprogramming the patient's T-lymphocytes so that their target is cancer B-lymphocytes can revolutionize the approach to the treatment of leukemia and other types of blood cancers. In addition, it opens up prospects for the treatment of malignant neoplasms of other organs.
12.12.2012
Your health
Everolimus is too expensive
The addition of hormone therapy with this drug reduces the risk of breast cancer progression by more than 2 times and increases the time during which the tumor process is not activated. But a monthly course of everolimus will cost 160,000 rubles, and you need to take it constantly.
12.12.2012
Other life sciences
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.
12.12.2012
Biomedicine
Prostaglandin E2 accelerates bone marrow recovery
The 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.
12.12.2012
Various
Science in Russia: list of resuscitation measures
Measures 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.
11.12.2012
Other life sciences
Injection film from Fujifilm
Animal 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.
11.12.2012
Prolonging youth
Leave the children without lunch more often: they will grow old – they will say thank you
The 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.
11.12.2012
Genetics
Genetic prenatal diagnostics is much more informative than traditional methods
The 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.
11.12.2012
Cellular technologies
On the issue of Nobel stem cells
Professor 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.
10.12.2012
Cellular technologies
What neurons are not made of today...
Chinese biologists have developed a method for producing induced brain stem cells from kidney epithelial cells contained in urine.
10.12.2012
Note to the businessman
Pharma 2020: from idea to action
According 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.
10.12.2012
Biomedicine
Therapeutic vaccines: Top 10
Ten 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.
10.12.2012
Biomedicine
Opioid peptides for topical use
The 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.
10.12.2012
Genetics
Genetic testing: no need for extremes!
There 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.
10.12.2012