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Reconstruction of a bicentennial beer

In Finland, they decided to restore a beer recipe found among the remains of a ship that sank 200 years ago.

Let's teach you how to nano!

Rusnano is going to create a network of schools whose main specialization will be nanotechnology. The state corporation plans to spend almost 28 million rubles for these purposes.

Genomes of ten thousand cores

Decoding the genomes of 10,000 patients with cardiovascular diseases is aimed at identifying the hereditary causes of heart muscle pathology and, possibly, genetic risk factors for the development of other diseases.

Another biomechanical arm model is ProDigits

The bionic fingers of the ProDigits prosthesis are capable of performing subtle, precise and diverse movements that maximally reproduce the functions of the fingers of the human hand.

Gene therapy against HIV/AIDS success inspires

The technique developed by scientists at the California Institute of Technology was called "opacity suppression by optical reversal of the wavefront" (turbidity suppression by optical phase conjugation, TSOPC).

"Leaking" muscle cells are the cause of physical exhaustion

Almost every person at least once in their life had to take any medications three times a day every day for, say, two weeks. And someone has to swallow such funds almost all his life, and at night too. For these people, as well as for those who constantly forget to take a pill on time, scientists have come up with an artificial tooth dispenser.

I eat what I want and lose weight

Knockout of the IKKE gene in mice not only prevents excess weight gain, even on a very fatty diet, but also protects them from obesity-related symptoms leading to the development of type 2 diabetes.

"Sticky ends" of DNA for assembling micro- and nanostructures

Specialists from New York University managed to solve the problem of controlled unification of micro- and nanoparticles, on the surface of which DNA strands are located - "sticky ends".

Stem cells against heart attack: another success

According to the authors, the positive effect of stem cells in the treatment of the consequences of myocardial infarction can be explained by the fact that they promote the regeneration of heart muscle cells, as well as stimulate the formation of new blood vessels.

Generics: hundreds of billions of savings

The US healthcare system has saved almost three quarters of a trillion dollars on generics over the past ten years.

Increased life expectancy: poorly digested food is better than a low-calorie diet

A good substitute for a low-calorie diet has been found, contributing to an increase in life expectancy in the simplest organisms. Yeast cells grown on a glycerin diet live twice as long as yeast grown in a conventional low-calorie environment. In addition, such yeast is more resistant to damaging environmental factors.

Induced pluripotent stem cells: fibroblasts are optional

To create induced pluripotent stem cells, scientists used hemocytoblasts, precursors of all types of blood cells. In the process of cultivation, scientists by the method of transduction introduced reprogramming factors into them – genes whose expression is observed in embryonic stem cells.

Who does not smoke and does not drink, it is more expensive for the state to treat

Nanodrugs from the crisis

The Finnish Agency for Technology and Innovation Financing Tekes has simplified the procedure for issuing grants to developers. Russian companies can claim the money.

Stem Cell Registry: St. Petersburg, 2012

By 2012, 10,000 stem cell samples should be harvested. Such a bank, according to doctors, will greatly simplify the treatment of hematological diseases – for example, leukemia.

Induced pluripotent stem cells without viruses

Scientists were able to induce "embryonality" in adult cells without leaving "tumor" genes in them.

Diets are different – the result is the same

By the end of the second year of observation, the weight loss in the groups of participants who were on four different diets was almost the same – about 3-4 kg. At the same time, from 14% to 15% of the participants lost at least 10% of their body weight (10-12 kg).

Anti-obesity remedy: electronically tested :)

Preliminary clinical trials have shown that EndoBarrier leads to the same effect as surgical gastric reduction. Obese subjects who tested the device experienced rapid weight loss while maintaining their usual food intake.

Measles vaccine will help cure prostate cancer

The strains of measles virus used in vaccines in an experiment on mice effectively infected and destroyed cells of inoperable prostate tumors. In the near future, the researchers plan to move on to testing the method on humans.

Bax-beta, an effective cancer cell killer

The effectiveness of Bax-beta on the mechanism of apoptosis is 100 times higher than this indicator for the related Bax-alfa and even contribute to the activation of its counterpart. Scientists have high hopes for the development of new drugs for the treatment of cancer that will selectively activate Bax-beta or stimulate its interaction with Bax-alfa.