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Genes and candidiasis

The revealed connection between certain genes and the body's ability to resist pathogenic fungi will allow in the future to develop alternative methods of treating candidiasis and other fungal infections.

02.11.2009
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Time Receptors

"Time receptors" – special groups of neurons responsible for the perception of time, discovered in the primate brain after many years of research.

02.11.2009
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The alcoholic brain

The nerve cells of alcoholic monkeys recovered 7 times worse than those of their non-drinking neighbors. And if you consider that excessive alcohol consumption also causes degeneration of existing neurons...

29.10.2009
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Cell therapy without cells

Myocardial regeneration during cell therapy is stimulated by endothelial vascular growth factor secreted by stem cells. This discovery makes it possible to use individual growth factors, primarily VEGF, for treatment.

28.10.2009
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Gene therapy saves from blindness

In patients with Leber's amaurosis, complete blindness develops by the age of forty. Gene therapy has proved particularly effective in the treatment of children who still have enough intact retinal tissue.

26.10.2009
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Useless healthcare

The American healthcare system uselessly spends about a third of its budget. Due to fraud alone, it loses up to $200 billion. per year.

26.10.2009
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Suspended sentence for unconditional falsification

The court found Hwang Woo Suk, convicted in 2006 of falsifying the results of stem cell cloning experiments, guilty of embezzlement of budget funds and sentenced him to three years of probation.

26.10.2009
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The "peydodna" gene

Changes in the gene responsible for the enzyme ME1 can increase the body's tolerance of alcohol. In any case, fruit flies with certain single changes in the genome get drunk later than less successful winged wares.

23.10.2009
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Cell therapy of chronic heart failure

For cell therapy, scientists used cardiomyocyte progenitor cells obtained as a result of differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells from the bone marrow of 46 patients.

20.10.2009
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Cutlets with meat taste identical to natural

The developers hope that in the near future "powdered" cutlets-semi-finished products, sausages and even minced meat will appear on the shelves of the capital's stores.

20.10.2009
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Telomeres are being restored!

According to the authors, this was such a confusing observation that they had to repeat the experiments several more times until they were finally convinced of the ability of telomeres to recover.

19.10.2009
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Nicotine vaccine has reached the finish line

The US National Institute for Drug Addiction has allocated a grant of $ 10 million for the final stage of the development of NicVAX – a vaccine against nicotine addiction.

16.10.2009
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Complete epigenome

At the next stage, the researchers plan to study the influence of the epigenetic structure of DNA on cell development and the formation of a number of diseases, as well as to evaluate changes in the epigenome during aging and under the influence of environmental factors.

16.10.2009
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Three-gene therapy for Parkinson's disease

The simultaneous inclusion of three genes allowed certain neurons to take over the production of dopamine, a low level of which is the cause of motor problems – the "calling card" of Parkinson's disease.

15.10.2009