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Your health

Genes for impotence

Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine presented the results of the first stage of clinical trials of a fundamentally new method of treating erectile dysfunction using gene therapy.

23.05.2008

Your health

Erectile dysfunction? Check the heart!

Usually, signs of erectile dysfunction appear more than three years before the first symptoms of heart disease appear. In one study involving men with type 2 diabetes, the symptoms of erectile dysfunction in all cases preceded the symptoms of coronary heart disease.

23.05.2008

Healthy skepticism

A kilogram of meat for a million dollars: activists get a discount!

This time, instead of organizing another nudist show, Peta's management announced a million-dollar prize for a group of scientists or a company that by June 30, 2012 will develop a method for making chicken meat "in vitro".

23.05.2008

Bioethics

"Black transplantologist" from Nizhnevartovsk: maybe the prosecutor's office still messed up?

Horror stories about "black transplantologists" appear regularly in the media, but are rarely confirmed. In this case, doubt about the validity of suspicions is also caused by the fact that corpses arrive to forensic experts at best a day after death, when there can be no question of any transplant.

22.05.2008

Healthy skepticism

Evidence-based medicine as a means of promoting medicines

The requirements for the content of advertising publications began to change back in the 80s, taking into account the movement of evidence-based medicine. Not the least role was played by consumer lawsuits against manufacturers of medicines.

22.05.2008

Genetic engineering

A supercomputer in a Petri dish

Scientists from the University of Missouri and Davidson College in the USA, led by Carmella Haynes, demonstrated the fundamental possibility of organizing biological computing systems in vivo (in a living organism).

21.05.2008

Healthy skepticism

Nitric acid and tobacco smoke vaccine kills tuberculosis virus

Thanks to the study, it became clear that a mixture of carbon monoxide, nitric acid and oxygen can be used for further development of tuberculosis vaccines... Inaccuracy and inattention of journalists to facts is a fairly common thing.

21.05.2008

Bioethics

The British Parliament has again allowed the creation of hybrid embryos

The law permits the production of true hybrids, chimeras (combinations of human and animal cells), and transgenic human embryos with the addition of a small fraction of animal DNA.

21.05.2008

Other life sciences

DNA-based logic gates

American researchers have constructed logic elements AND, OR and XOR. DNA fragments about 24 nucleotides long are used as input for these elements; oligonucleotides are also used as output.

21.05.2008

Nanotechnology

Nanomedicine of the Future: transdermal delivery using nanoparticles

The use of nanoparticles in medicine will not only effectively deliver biologically active molecules through various barriers of the body (skin, blood-brain), but also significantly change the nature of the drug's action.

20.05.2008

Bioethics

Informed consent (1)

The term "informed consent" appeared in the English-speaking environment only in 1957, and in 1960 it became widespread.

20.05.2008

Exhibitions and conferences

Society, the State and medicine for the elderly

The Russian Research Institute of Gerontology of Roszdrav, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, the Department of Health of Moscow, the Central Research Institute of Gastroenterology of Moscow are holding the V scientific and practical conference "Society, State and Medicine for the elderly".

20.05.2008

Grants and competitions

Support program for international visits and exchanges

The program of the British Council for the Support of International Visits and Exchanges is aimed at maintaining new scientific contacts of young scientists.

20.05.2008

Your health

An effective way to improve mental performance (2)

In a previous post, I wrote about what not to do if you have problems with performance. In this part, I will talk about an effective method that does not require medications.

19.05.2008

Your health

An effective way to improve Mental Performance (1)

The problem of insufficient mental performance and fatigue worries a lot of people. In this article I will tell you what not to do. I'll tell you what to do in the next one.

19.05.2008

Biomedicine

Anticancer DNA vaccines

The review discusses the potential advantages of DNA vaccines for cancer immunotherapy compared to traditional protein vaccines and viral vectors. The proposed mechanisms of induction of the immune response developing in response to DNA immunization are described. The results of preclinical development of DNA vaccines and clinical experience of DNA immunization in the treatment of cancer are analyzed.

19.05.2008

Biotechnologies - into life

UK biotechnology: the market will not forgive the lag

The UK's contribution to the improvement of medical technologies has always been huge. But from the point of view of one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the field of biotechnology, this industry is in serious danger.

16.05.2008

Other life sciences

Fold.it : we are playing protein folding!

A key feature of FoldIt compared to other protein computer folding projects is that it requires something more from the participant than just the unused processor time of his staff.

16.05.2008

Other life sciences

Mirror for the brain

In many ways, the features of the human mind depend on the functional anatomy of the brain, but this anatomy was created gradually, and we need to understand the laws of brain development, the laws of evolution related to genes.

16.05.2008

Note to the businessman

Key errors of the medical Runet

What does a network user want from medical sites? Why are medical websites "not working"? What should they be like for a visitor to want to use them?

15.05.2008