Articles

Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: a black streak

Despite the failure of two trials, three studies of antiamyloid drugs will begin next year on patients with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease or high levels of beta-amyloid.

06.09.2012

Biomedicine

Target for oncologists: cancer stem cells

The assumption of the presence of cancer stem cells that give rise to tumors and trigger the disease, after the publication of articles in the journals Nature and Science, received official confirmation.

06.09.2012

Biomedicine

A promising candidate for drugs for the treatment of brain cancer

The use of a new biomarker as a target for a potential drug makes it possible to avoid further progress and recurrence of the deadliest brain tumor – glioblastoma multiforme.

06.09.2012

Various

The aging process on video

Dutch director Yerun Wolf shot a one-and-a-half-minute video with the faces of people from a newborn baby to a 100-year-old woman to clearly demonstrate the aging process.

06.09.2012

Biomedicine

Will bis-3-cognitin help with Parkinson's disease?

A substance called bis-3-cognitin (bis-3-cognitin) can be a starting point for the development of drugs that slow down the development of Parkinsonism.

06.09.2012

Your health

Are you drinking too fast? The shape of the glass is to blame!

Before you empty your glass of beer, pay attention to its shape, as you may not realize how much alcohol you drink.

06.09.2012

Other life sciences

Brain Diabetes: An Absolute Food Nightmare

This is the title of an editorial in the latest issue of New Scientist magazine devoted to the link between diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease.

05.09.2012

Healthy skepticism

Once again about the uselessness of organic products

Organic food is no more useful and safe for human health than ordinary food. Experts from Stanford University came to this conclusion after analyzing 240 publications in the scientific literature.

05.09.2012

Cellular technologies

Hierarchy of skin stem cells

Two populations of skin stem cells are differently involved in repairing damage and regulating the balance between the death of old epidermal cells and the growth of new ones.

04.09.2012

Your health

Rheumatoid arthritis on a global scale

By 2015, the number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis will increase by 75% compared to 2005. And this is despite the fact that 21 million people have already been diagnosed with this disease in the world.

04.09.2012

Grants and competitions

Sciences and Technologies in Biomedicine: Skoltech invites you to Master's degree

The Master's program in Biomedicine will be the third priority in the training that Skoltech is launching next academic year.

04.09.2012

Various

Because of us, you have been living with an invalid for half a century? Well, I'm sorry...

The manufacturer of the infamous thalidomide, the use of which 50 years ago led to the birth of thousands of disabled children, has apologized for the first time to the victims of the tragedy and their mothers.

03.09.2012

Genetics

The cause of Winchester syndrome was found out half a century after its description

Analysis of the genome of cells of a child who died 50 years ago revealed the cause of a rare lethal hereditary disease.

03.09.2012

Various

Here's what they will draw on cigarette packs in Russia

Sad pictures about the dangers of smoking will appear on cigarette packages next year. You can admire them now.

03.09.2012

Note to the businessman

Rules for selling biotechnologies to investors

On a good biotechnological innovation, an investor can earn tens and hundreds of millions, and sometimes billions of dollars.

03.09.2012

Genetic engineering

If you lose your sense of smell, gene therapy will help

Gene therapy has restored the sense of smell to mice suffering from hereditary loss of sense of smell, which will allow this technique to be used to treat people suffering from anosmia.

03.09.2012

Other life sciences

How neurons control the division of neural stem cells

Neural stem cells analyze the composition of neurotransmitters in the surrounding tissue and, if necessary, begin to divide, forming new nerve cells.

03.09.2012

Other life sciences

Prostate cancer: a risk factor – trichomonas

In those infected with trichomoniasis, the risk of developing prostate cancer increases by 40 percent.

03.09.2012

Prolonging youth

To live forever and not grow old: to be continued

The desire to find the elixir of eternal youth haunts humanity throughout the history of its existence. But the first drugs that can prolong a person's life are unlikely to appear in this, or even in the next decade.

31.08.2012

New in Gerontology

A healthy lifestyle is also useful in old age

It is a well–known truth that being overweight, smoking, low physical activity, loneliness and alcohol abuse shorten life. However, until now it was unclear whether this pattern applies to those over 75.

31.08.2012