Articles

Note to the businessman

Play it down until it gets more expensive!

The Russian stock market has again fallen below 1600 points on the MICEX index, losing almost all the growth observed a week earlier. Meanwhile, domestic pharmaceutical companies traded noticeably better than the market.

26.03.2012

Nanotechnology

"Studded" implant against breast cancer recurrence

An implant has been developed that allows not only to restore the shape of the breast after mastectomy, but also to prevent the resumption of breast cancer cell growth after tumor removal.

26.03.2012

Cellular technologies

For the first time: reprogramming of somatic cells without intermediate stages

Scientists have managed to turn somatic skin cells of mice into multipotent neural stem cells, bypassing the pluripotency stage, which significantly increases the safety of such cells for clinical use.

26.03.2012

Biomedicine

Cannabinoid Agonist against AIDS

Scientists have established how cannabinoid receptors on the surface of immune cells can influence the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus – unfortunately, only in the late stages of AIDS.

26.03.2012

Other life sciences

Toxoplasma against Alzheimer's disease

The latent form of toxoplasmosis infection has an immunosuppressive effect, a beneficial side effect of which is the suppression of the development of Alzheimer's disease.

23.03.2012

Biomedicine

Antibodies for cancer treatment: hopes are beginning to be justified

We are entering an era when antibodies for targeted cancer therapy, once called miraculous, are beginning to justify this title.

23.03.2012

Genetics

The tissues of all Danes will be preserved in a biobank

Denmark has announced the opening of a national biobank, which today combines about 7 million samples of living tissues stored in freezing.

23.03.2012

Genetics

Are you going bald? Block the prostaglandin D2 receptor!

The cause of premature baldness was an increase in the level of prostaglandin D2 in the scalp. It remains only to find effective blockers of this hormone.

22.03.2012

Grants and competitions

New Award for research in the field of biomedicine

The award fund of 480,000 euros will be distributed among four projects: rare tropical diseases, innovative vaccines, drug resistance, therapeutic approaches to aging problems and restorative medicine.

22.03.2012

Grants and competitions

R&D competition "Medicine of the Future"

The Bortnik Foundation is holding an open competition "Performing research and development work on the development of medical technologies within the framework of the DEVELOPMENT program on the topic "Medicine of the Future".

22.03.2012

New in Gerontology

Alzheimer's disease – type 3 diabetes?

The discovery of molecular mechanisms of the link between an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease in diabetes and a decrease in the concentration of insulin in brain tissue in Alzheimer's disease gives hope for the emergence of new treatments for this disease.

22.03.2012

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology: results of the first five-year plan

For five years, the word "nanotechnology" in Russia has become familiar in our lexicon and the scientific community has finally reached a consensus on what this concept includes.

21.03.2012

Healthy skepticism

Homeopath-stripped turned on former colleagues

The former head of the Department of Complementary Medicine and a practicing homeopath called on the British government to stop funding this quack method of "treatment".

21.03.2012

Controversial

Good Doctor Askarid

Another publication that intestinal parasites are necessary to maintain our health and that many diseases can be cured with their help. Maybe it's not really an anti-scientific idea?

20.03.2012

Note to the businessman

The cost of developing pharmaceuticals: crafty figures

Justifying the high cost of medicines with large research costs has always been a ploy on the part of the pharmaceutical industry.

19.03.2012

Genetic engineering

It is possible to determine gene doping, but it is difficult

Based on the results of a muscle tissue biopsy, it would be possible to distinguish a well-trained athlete from one who received gene doping, but this method is not suitable for mass doping tests.

19.03.2012

Grants and competitions

Additional competition of the Internet Olympiad on nanotechnology

Within the framework of the VI All-Russian Internet Olympiad on Nanotechnology, a competition for research and educational works of students, postgraduates, young scientists, teachers, teachers is announced.

19.03.2012

Biomedicine

Drugs against Alzheimer's disease: another candidate

The results of the study help to understand how epothilon D (ePOD) can be used to combat Alzheimer's disease in the early stages of its development.

19.03.2012

Various

Healthcare in a mousetrap

The myth of free medicine, which has been fed to us for many years at various official levels, turned out to be quite tenacious. But at the next collision it becomes obvious: free medicine has long been paid.

19.03.2012

Other life sciences

I drink because girls don't like me

After mating, the male fruit fly will prefer a soft drink, and the rejected one will reach for a drink. Scientists intend to further study the effect of neuropeptide F on the formation of attitudes to sex and alcohol, including in humans.

19.03.2012