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Healing photos boost immunity
Viewing a slideshow of photos of sneezing people, people with skin lesions, rashes and other signs of infectious diseases increased the number of interleukin 6 molecules in the viewers' blood, triggering an immune response, by 23%.
06.04.2010"Smart" clothes for athletes and heart attack patients
Advanced Cell Technology specialists have developed a highly efficient process for converting embryonic stem cells into hepatocytes, allowing them to begin large-scale production for use in basic research, clinical medicine and preclinical drug testing.
22.02.2008Reprogrammed cells: a record of productivity and precocity
The new method gives a more than two-hundredfold increase in the efficiency of reprogramming and a reduction in the period to two weeks compared to the "old" methods using four transcription factors.
27.10.2009Sick, wake up! It's time to take a sleeping pill!
Thanks to the microchips that are implanted into each tablet, the receiver tracks each intake of the drug. If the patient has not taken the medicine at the time set by the doctor, the receiver sends him a text message with a reminder.
23.09.2009Two more multiple sclerosis genes
After the discovery of the location of the genes responsible for the development of multiple (multiple) sclerosis, scientists plan to create accurate genetic maps and identify the molecular mechanisms of gene action.
16.06.2009The artificial heart is working!
The grown hearts were transplanted into the abdominal cavity of stem cell donor rats. The organs took root, and, as expected, did not cause a rejection reaction. Now it is necessary to check whether the resulting heart muscle is capable of providing sufficient blood circulation throughout the body.
08.06.2009Don't get old, don't get sick, don't breathe...
Scientists significantly reduced the level of the VHL-1 signaling protein and found that this not only increased the resistance of worms to hypoxia (which they tried to achieve), but also significantly slowed the aging of nematodes.
20.04.2009Doctor's Heart
The 59-year-old doctor felt a sharp pain in his chest half an hour after the start of the operation, but decided to bring the surgical intervention to an end despite the persuasions of colleagues.
24.03.2009Restricted access
23andMe, one of the first companies to provide access to its data for third-party applications, is ending their support.
11.09.2018The next counterfeiters have been arrested
In St. Petersburg, the activities of a group that was illegally engaged in the production of a fake drug "TeraFlu" were suppressed.
12.01.2009Alzheimer's disease and herpes: the tasks are clear...
Taking into account the new data, the authors suggested that drugs used to treat herpes can also prevent the development of dementia in Alzheimer's disease. A possible alternative to fighting this disease may be vaccination against the herpes virus.
09.12.2008Come to us for treatment
In St. Petersburg, they plan to create a medical tourism agency. It is expected to increase the number of medical tourists from 130 to 325 thousand people per year.
22.11.2017The brain-computer interface allowed the paralyzed American to pronounce sounds
The electrode implanted in the speech center was connected to a sound synthesizer through a computer converter. Thanks to this, the patient was able to clearly pronounce three vowel sounds. The researchers plan to achieve the utterance of individual words, and in the future, whole phrases.
25.11.2008Deep stimulation restores brain function years after stroke
Researchers have published the results of a phase 1 clinical trial of deep brain stimulation for stroke rehabilitation
16.08.2023