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Bowel Cancer Survival Calculator

Researchers from Nottingham have developed a universal online service for calculating survival rates for different types of colorectal cancer.

20.06.2017
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Nebulous calculations for biomedicine

Andrey Voronkov dreams of transferring the project "Drug discovery at home" on the calculation of drugs, proteins, the creation of new generation drugs to a new computing platform.

20.06.2017
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People differ more than we thought

Small differences in the structure of DNA in different people unexpectedly strongly affect the structure of proteins and their work, the consequences of which were previously underestimated.

20.06.2017
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Biosensors (Part 3)

Comparison of biosensors in terms of technology, specificity and detection threshold, linearity range, analysis duration, cost and portability.

16.06.2017
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Biosensors (Part 2)

The technical strategies used to develop biosensors are based on the identification of biomarkers with and without the use of molecular targets.

15.06.2017
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Tan without a beach and a solarium

A protein molecule that causes human skin cells to be covered with a real tan without the participation of the Sun, works even for red-haired girls and blondes.

14.06.2017
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Don't give up

The main goal of prosthetic developers is to create a ready–made and user-friendly device that you can buy, put on and use without complex training. How far is it to this?

14.06.2017
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Dogma in doubt

Russian scientists have found that alternative splicing of matrix RNAs contributes significantly less to the diversity of proteins inside the cell than expected.

13.06.2017
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Biosensors (Part 1)

The use of biosensors has become of great importance in the fields of biomedicine, food security, defense, security and environmental quality monitoring.

09.06.2017
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Prevent a seizure

Scientists have developed and tested on rats a prototype brain-computer interface for predicting and preventing seizures in patients with epilepsy.

09.06.2017
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Protein radiometers

The glow color of the obelin protein changes even at low radiation doses, which opens up the possibility of creating new systems for testing radiation toxicity.

09.06.2017
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Help a neighbor

Cancer cells that have developed resistance to a lack of nutrients and chemotherapy transmit a signal to other tumor cells that includes the same resistance.

08.06.2017
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Prosthetics by personal measure

The novelty of the development lies in the fact that the prostheses are created personified for each person, taking into account the individual characteristics of the patient.

08.06.2017
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Accelerated X-ray structural analysis of proteins

Scientists from the University of Grenoble and MIPT have created a highly efficient method for calculating X-ray scattering curves for analyzing the structure of protein molecules.

08.06.2017
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About the benefits of a "beer belly"

Internal fatty deposits of the omentum bring a lot of benefits to the body. Scientists have pointed to another of their functions – protection from infections and toxins.

08.06.2017
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Why is the heart not being renewed

The discovery of the fact that the Hippo and DAG signaling pathways act as a "brake" on cardiomyocyte division may lead to the possibility of updating the heart muscle.

07.06.2017
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Algorithm for predicting mortality

The automated system is able to predict 5-year survival with an accuracy of 69% in comparison with the forecast made by specialist doctors.

06.06.2017
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Minions are necessary for myogenesis

Named after the characters of the animated series of the same name, the microbe is synthesized during the growth of the muscles of embryos, and in the adult body – when they are damaged.

05.06.2017