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Alcohol against Alzheimer's: useful, but in moderation and on time

"Most studies of the effect of alcohol on health eventually produce a two–horned curve – that is, the risk is increased for people who do not drink at all and for alcoholics, and for people who drink alcohol moderately, it decreases," comments William Thies, head of the scientific and medical department of the Alzheimer's Association.

15.07.2009
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How the child will grow up, the DNA and EEG analysis will tell

Of those babies who showed increased activity in the frontal cortex of the left hemisphere at 9 months, carriers of the long allele of the dopamine receptor D4 gene grew calm and obedient. However, the same long allele in combination with increased activity in the right hemisphere gave the opposite effect.

14.07.2009
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A small but proud Russian biotechnology

Currently, our country is at the most important stage of making a strategic decision: how to bring the domestic bioindustry from an outsider position in the conditions of the global biotech boom.

10.07.2009
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Antibodies against rabies

Russian scientists have begun developing a technology for obtaining therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of rabies using genetically modified yeast.

09.07.2009
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Sperm from stem cells

British researchers have created a strategy for obtaining in vitro male spermatogenic progenitor cells (germline stem cells - GSCs) from human embryonic stem cells.

08.07.2009
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Glycans as oncosuppressors

Scientists from the Burnham Medical Research Institute have discovered that one of the types of polysaccharides that make up cell membranes can act as oncosuppressors in breast and prostate cancer.

08.07.2009
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Eye of the tooth

Initially, doctors turned the tooth into a "stand" for special optical lenses. Then the tooth was returned to its place and within three months it overgrown with new tissues and "reunited" with blood vessels. And finally, the whole structure was carefully inserted into the patient's eyeball. After two weeks, the vision in the eye was almost completely restored.

06.07.2009
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Breakthrough in Sequencing: DNA Sudoku

Modern DNA sequencing technologies allow you to work with dozens of samples simultaneously. The DNA Sudoku method will allow sequencing hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences simultaneously.

06.07.2009
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Stem cells for "self-treatment" of the heart

The heart tissue sample obtained by biopsy is grown for about a month so that the number of stem cells reaches 10-25 million. After that, the resulting stem cells are again delivered to the heart through a catheter.

03.07.2009
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Do video games help with senile dementia?

Scientists plan to establish whether video games are able to positively influence the thinking processes of older people, and if so, write recommendations for developers of therapeutic video games and create a prototype of such a game.

01.07.2009
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Diet and longevity: the molecular relationship

Scientists have identified a key element determining the relationship between diet and longevity. As it turned out, two proteins are responsible for the lifespan of nematodes, the activity of which depends on the amount of food consumed.

30.06.2009
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Cancer treatment: an encouraging result

Researchers from the Sydney biotech company EnGeneIC cured cancer with drugs in a "wrapper" from the membrane of bacteria. Scientists plan to start testing on cancer-stricken volunteers within a month.

30.06.2009
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Keep your health to...

The main focus of the health centers will be the preservation of the health of citizens and the formation of a healthy lifestyle for them.

29.06.2009
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Anti-anti-oncogene: Trim24 vs p53

One of the main functions of the p53 protein is to counteract the replication of potentially oncogenic cells. Trim24 attaches a "black label" to it – the ubiquitin protein, and p53 is destroyed under the influence of specialized protein complexes – proteasomes.

29.06.2009
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Artificial liver for pharmacologists

To create it, scientists used blood vessels of pigs' intestines, on which they then grew cultures of liver cells – hepatocytes.

29.06.2009
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Urine analysis instead of biopsy

After kidney transplantation, the patient has to undergo a painful biopsy procedure every six months, or even more often. The Russian Scientific Center of Surgery has developed a method for determining the danger of rejection of a transplanted kidney by protein markers in urine.

26.06.2009