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Are you afraid of obesity? Check your dopamine receptors!

Obese people may have fewer dopamine receptors, and they overeat to compensate for the lack of pleasure from food.

Put the tumor on a diet

The impact of nanoscale agents with a diameter of 200 nm and a thickness of less than one nm developed by Tomsk researchers leads to "starvation" of cancer cells.

New drug against Alzheimer's disease shows great promise

Oral administration of PBT2 induces a marked improvement in the ability to learn and memorize in both mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. These effects manifested themselves very quickly: a decrease in the level of the soluble intermediate form of beta-amyloid occurred within a few hours, and a significant improvement in cognitive function occurred within a few days after the first intake.

Keep going, or you'll lose it!

Men who had less than one sexual contact per week were 2 times more likely to develop erectile dysfunction over the next five years than men who had sexual contact at least once a week.

Grandma, you're pregnant!

A hundred-year-old British woman Doris Ayling from the city of Fareham received a letter from the city hospital informing the woman about the pregnancy.

Renaissance creates a fund for investments in the pharmaceutical industry

Renaissance Investment Management Management Company plans to open the first mutual fund on the Russian market, which will invest shareholders' funds in the medical services market and pharmaceuticals.

Diabetics, take care of your heart – drink cocoa!

The results obtained prove that the use of natural flavonoids is an important factor in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Stem cells in space

Abba Zubair, MD, from the Mayo Clinic in Florida, received a $300,000 grant to conduct an experiment on growing stem cells aboard the International Space Station.

Thirty-one years with someone else's heart

When McCafferty was supposed to have surgery, doctors warned that they would be able to prolong his life for no more than five years. However, the patient, who is now 71 years old, managed to beat the previous record, having lived after surgery for more than 30 years.

A pill for cancer prevention?

Scientists at the University of Oklahoma have identified the compound SHetA2, which prevents cell malignancy and suppresses tumor growth and the formation of tumor blood vessels.

Record increase in life expectancy

The life expectancy of cats and dogs in Israel has increased by an average of 42% over the past decade. At the same time, pets not only began to live longer, but also became healthier.

Science of the XXI century

The 17th International School-conference of young scientists "Biology - Science of the XXI Century" and the Russian–German forum will be held in Pushchinsky Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences from April 22 to 26.

Test for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases

Replenishment of the atmospheric oxygen supply is partly due to viruses infecting cyanobacteria inhabiting the world ocean.

Golden Cancer Diagnosis

The appearance of cholesterol in atherosclerotic plaques is a secondary process. The cholesterol theory of atherosclerosis is not shared by many biochemists, physiologists and gerontologists. Atherosclerosis under a variety of conditions can occur with a low cholesterol content in the blood and, conversely, may be absent in people with high cholesterol.

The paradox of Alzheimer's disease sheds light on the mechanisms of memory loss

If a person lives in a happy marriage, his blood pressure is in good condition. But if stress happens in a marriage, they are accompanied by sudden pressure surges.

New method of genetic modification of stem cells: 100 times more effective

Roll, cage, big and small

Two types of microRNAs, miR-1 and miR-133, associated with the development of muscle tissue, not only stimulate the formation of heart muscle tissue, but also actively suppress genes whose functioning leads to the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cells of other types, for example, neurons or osteocytes.

Nerves in a test tube – another step

There are about a million atoms in the fibrinogen molecule, and it took scientists about six months to calculate the model of its stretching.

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%.

Electronic nose for intestinal infection

OdoReader analyzes gases evaporated by patient stool samples and detects the presence of Clostridium difficile, the causative agent of a dangerous hospital infection of the gastrointestinal tract.