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Metabolic reprogramming restores heart function after heart attack

In experiments on mice, researchers have shown that altering the energy metabolism of cells promotes heart regeneration

Smoking during adolescence can harm future children

Boys who smoke as teenagers risk damaging their future children's genes

There is a safe vaccine for pregnant women. It protects babies

The FDA has just approved a vaccine that can be administered to women in their third trimester of pregnancy

Unique surgery restored movement and sensation in a paralyzed man

Using brain implants, artificial intelligence and electrical stimulation, a team of researchers, engineers and surgeons have developed a new 'dual neural shunt' technology

Gum disease and dental health affect brain size in old age

Researchers found a correlation between dental health, gum health and the development of Alzheimer's disease

Solutions to improve the nation's health presented at SPIEF

As part of this theme, with the support of the Association for Risk Factor Modification (ARMF), a SPIEF session was held, where representatives of the business, medical, and scientific communities participated in the discussion

Antibiotics: present and future

According to Nobel Laureate Sidney Altman, relatively simple antibiotic molecules isolated from natural sources will be replaced by artificially synthesized compounds aimed at turning off the genes of microbes.

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Nobel Prize Winners in Physiology and Medicine Announced

In 2011, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to Bruce Boitler, Ralph Steinman and Jules Hoffman for research on innate immunity.

Ahead – Japanese old ladies

Japanese women live an average of 86 years, which is a world record today.

Contact lenses with stem cells restore the cornea

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (Australia) have learned how to grow stem cells on contact lenses. This method of therapy will improve the vision of people suffering from corneal damage.

Together against breast cancer

For the third time together for the sake of life, participants of the march "Together against Breast Cancer" will walk through the streets of the capital of Russia. The action under the motto "Together for life" starts at noon on May 30 at Vasilyevsky Descent and finishes in "Luzhniki", where the concert "Rock against Cancer" will take place.

Pharmacies sell hundreds of names of dangerous drugs

Roszdravnadzor is particularly concerned about a significant number of substandard and falsified pharmaceutical substances from which medicines were produced.

DNA in space

According to the organizers of the project, a new human civilization will be created with the help of this genetic material.

The younger brother will be smarter than the older one

Japan plans to create a medical supercomputer with an artificial intelligence system, the capabilities of which will exceed the capabilities of IBM Watson.

Opioid aversion switch found in the brains of mice

American, Canadian and French researchers conducted a series of experiments in mice and discovered a population of atypical glutamatergic neurons in the ventral prefrontal cortex of the brain responsible for switching between the reinforcing and aversive effects of opioids

Financial hardship has hit health harder than the grief of loss

A new study shows that stress over money affects more than just a person's psyche

Sodium channel inhibitor helped with postoperative pain in phase III trial

US researchers reported positive results from a phase 3 clinical trial of the non-opioid analgesic VX-548 for postoperative pain

Hundreds of thousands of microplastic particles found in bottled drinking water

In a new study, scientists have found that the average bottle of water contains more than 200,000 particles of dangerous nanoplastics

Cannabis did not improve aerobic exercise performance

US researchers conducted a cross-sectional laboratory study and concluded that cannabis use before aerobic exercise increases motivation and enjoyment, but does not affect performance