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The effect of baseline estradiol levels on the efficacy of anastrozole was studied

Researchers evaluated the effect of serum estradiol and testosterone concentrations on the efficacy of an aromatase inhibitor in preventing breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal women

Engineers have created a "training mat" for muscle cells

The vibrating platform will help grow artificial muscles for soft robots and test treatments for neuromuscular diseases

A new two-in-one microscope has helped scientists look inside cells

The researchers combined two imaging techniques in a single microscope to obtain high-resolution images of such cells

Competition for the best Button: why no one will win the Rejuvenation Olympics

Wealthy people have discovered a new competition - reversing biological age

Clinical trials of a drug to reduce harm from chemotherapy have begun in Russia

The drug has a polysaccharide nature and a mechanism of action different from foreign analogs

Calcium channel blockers increased risk of glaucoma

Use of systemic beta-blockers has been associated with lower intraocular pressure

A new generation bandage

The ACCSIL bandage ("First aid for acute limb injury") allows not only to bandage the injury, but also to minimize damage from injury for up to 3 days.

Solitaire, decomposed by the power of sight

The ability to control a computer without the help of hands excites the minds of neurophysiologists all over the world, and several interfaces have already been created that connect a computer with different organs of the human body and directly with the brain. Scientists from the Research Institute of Physiology named after A.A.Ukhtomsky St. Petersburg State University suggest using eye movement for this purpose. The first experiments confirmed that this method works.

Human trials of two Ebola vaccines have begun in Liberia

Soon, similar tests will be conducted in Guinea and Sierra Leone. If the effectiveness of vaccines is proven, then their mass production will begin.

The Russian generic is no worse and much cheaper than the Swiss one

In the second half of 2015, a domestic analogue of the drug for metastatic cancer will enter the Russian market. The tests showed full compliance of the biosimilar with the original of the drug.

Terminators are getting old too :(

The physical aging of the T800 terminators will find a simple explanation in the new film. Arnold Schwarzenegger told about it in an interview with MTV.

New Executive Director of the Skolkovo Biomedical Technology Cluster

Kirill Kai has been appointed Executive Director of the biomedical Technologies cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation.

The genome of another super microbe has been decoded

The genomes of the more common antibiotic-resistant bacteria C.difficile and methicillin-resistant S.aureus have already been decoded. The third was the gene of the causative agent of nosocomial diseases Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

Elemento

Scientists from the Department of Structural Biology of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry are engaged in the creation of targeted drugs that can treat specific forms of cancer. academicians M.M. Shemyakin and Yu.A. Ovchinnikov. New generation drugs are being developed in the course of studies of the structure, dynamics and functions of membrane proteins and peptides.

Protein map of human saliva

About 1.5 tons of ascorbic acid are imported to Russia annually. Thus, about $ 15 million from the fatherland goes over the cordon in an explicit form, in a hidden form – for dietary supplements and other products containing ascorbic acid sold, consider at least four times more. Plus lost jobs and lost tax deductions.

Son's tooth restored sight to blind Irishman

Immunity Switch: Innate/Acquired

A new method of vaccination against infectious diseases by instilling an oil emulsion containing various antigens into the nose causes the development of a pronounced immune response against the corresponding diseases.

Embryonic stem cells help reduce the effects of stroke

Pharmacy-on-a-chip: the prototype is ready

About the prospects of the development of the venture financing system to the OPEC Expert Channel.Ru was told by Alexander Galitsky, a well-known Russian technology entrepreneur and venture investor in the West.

Will dietary supplements be kicked out of the media?

The main danger of advertising dietary supplements is that sellers position them as a medicine. "Scammers make money on the grief and credulity of citizens," the author of the bill notes.