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Got an appetite? Slow down the right enzyme in the neurons!

Duke University scientists have identified the brain cell enzyme CaMKK2 in neurons, the effect on which will simultaneously control appetite, reduce weight and improve carbohydrate metabolism.

Iron oxide nanocervices for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors

Nanoparticles, made of spherical iron oxide nanoparticles interconnected like segments of an earthworm, are able to move through human blood vessels in search of tumors.

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.

The platypus genome has been decoded

Scientists have managed to decipher the genetic code of the platypus, which will help to unravel the patterns of mammalian evolution and find their connections with other living creatures – birds and reptiles.

Measure your waist and blood pressure!

In the capital, an action called "Are you at risk? Measure your waist and blood pressure" will be held in business centers, large supermarkets, pharmacies and other public places.

Charging for the brain is much more useful than it was thought

Scientists at the University of Michigan claim that special exercises to develop the ability to memorize can improve the so–called "flexible intelligence" - the ability to successfully perform new cognitive tasks in new conditions.

Rapid HIV test: just spit on the test strip

Scientists at McGill University (Montreal) have recently successfully completed clinical testing of a new rapid method for detecting HIV in a saliva sample, which allows you to get a result within 20-40 minutes.

Predators and prey in a Petri dish

Scientists have rewritten the "software" of Escherichia coli in such a way that two different bacterial populations have formed a typical predator-prey interaction system in the laboratory.

Pancreas in a metal tube

The prototype of the "biosynthetic" pancreas is a metal tube filled with insulin-producing cells and coated with a special coating, no larger than a cigarette.

Once again about the dangers of "beer belly"

Abdominal obesity – a "beer belly", or an apple–shaped figure - is associated with an increased risk of diabetes and premature death. A "pear-shaped" figure reduces this risk.

Why does the brain need so much energy?

The brain spends about two–thirds of its energy budget on generating nerve impulses, and the remaining third on maintaining the normal state of cells.

BIORAN will build a biotechnological plant in Pushchino

By 2011, BIORAN plans to build a biotechnological plant capable of producing a wide range of genetically engineered drugs, including those based on mammalian cell cultures.

How to make cancer cells eat themselves?

Take care of your weight from a young age!

The change in body weight of adults occurs due to changes in the size of adipocytes, while children gain kilograms due to an increase in the number of these cells in the body. This means that it is much more difficult for adults who have been overweight since childhood to lose weight than for those who gained it at later stages of life.

Sunflower seeds against prostate cancer metastases

Is beta-catechin one of the causes of alcoholism?

Dairy products do not lose weight, and sometimes even get better

Absinthe is not a psychedelic, but a path to rapid alcoholism

Synthetic antibodies will save patients with autoimmune diseases

Of all that surrounds us, life seems to be the most inexplicable. We got used to it being always around us and in ourselves, and lost the ability to be surprised. But go to the forest, look as if you saw them for the first time, at the trees, grass, flowers, birds and ants... Is there really something in common in the whole world around us, something that unites all living beings, be it a person or a microbe that is not visible to the eye?

The US wants to ban genetic discrimination