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Gene therapy against opiate addiction

The authors created genetically modified mice in which endorphin receptors, after meeting with opiates, could enter into endocytosis in the same way as it happens in the presence of endorphins. For these animals, morphine continued to be an excellent analgesic, not causing the development of tolerance and dependence.

04.02.2008
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A good start

The next stage of clinical trials of an experimental HIV vaccine has been successfully completed. 393 volunteers participated in it.

09.07.2018
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Genes of predisposition to herpes

To search for genes of predisposition to the formation of herpetic ulcers, the authors used a method of analyzing the coupling between gene loci, which allows tracking genetic markers in families to identify regions of chromosomes containing genes of predisposition to the disease.

30.01.2008
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The fight against HIV continues

American biotech companies are not giving up in the face of HIV – currently 52 medicines and vaccines are at the stage of development and registration.

03.07.2017
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Doctors grow an ear on a patient's arm

A man from China, who has been living without a right ear for the last few years, will soon get a new one. After doctors grow this part of the body on the patient's arm, using the cartilaginous part of his rib.

14.11.2016
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Biomedicine 2016: Cell technologies in Russia

On the first day of the Biomedicine-2016 forum, a round table dedicated to the law "On Biomedical Cell Products" will be held at the Technopark of Novosibirsk Akademgorodok.

23.06.2016
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Modified embryos are now in Japan

The use of editing the genome of human embryos in clinical settings is still prohibited, because it can have unpredictable consequences for the child and his future offspring.

16.05.2016
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Once again about the old recipe for prolonging life

Reducing the caloric content of the human diet by 300-500 kilocalories per day reduces the synthesis of triiodothyronine, which leads to a slowdown in metabolism and, accordingly, tissue aging.

09.07.2008
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Biomedicine at the Open Innovations Forum

One of the most notable features of the international forum "Open Innovations" held in the capital was the expansion of its scientific program through the discussion of biomedicine projects.

05.11.2013
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Polymerase chain reaction in almost unreal time

The laboratory-on-a-chip, developed at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore, can perform PCR in raw DNA samples in real (and record-breaking) time.

13.05.2008
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Like a bullet from DNA

Plastic pistols and rifles of the SelectaDNA High Velocity system shoot capsules weighing 1 gram. Each store contains 14 capsules with the same DNA markers, so they can tag up to 14 people.

25.01.2013
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Acta Naturae is freely available

You can now download the issues of the Russian and English versions of the Acta Naturae journals on his website in the Archive section.

28.12.2012
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My Neanderthal great-great-great-grandmother

The results of the new work confirm the previously obtained data: on average, the X chromosome of modern people of non-African origin contains about 9% of Neanderthal DNA.

19.07.2011
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Immunity against flu instead of stomach ulcers

Nobel Prize winner in Medicine Barry Marshall has developed a vaccine against influenza, for the delivery of which the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is used in the human body – the cause of stomach and duodenal ulcers.

29.06.2011
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The longevity gene also protects against senile dementia

In carriers of two copies of the "longevity gene", memory deteriorated less quickly, and the risk of developing senile dementia was reduced. The risk of Alzheimer's disease, for example, was as much as 70% lower.

14.01.2010
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Nanofilm will hide drugs from the immune system

Scientists have covered tiny chips with layers of inert polymer nanofilm, making them "invisible" to the body's immune system. After that, the anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone was introduced between the layers of the film and chips were implanted in mice.

30.01.2008
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Innovation failure

A feature of the introduction of pharmaceutical innovations in Russia will be the emphasis on drugs with a new metabolism, new forms and methods of delivery of the active molecule to the diseased organ. However, today it is far from that.

01.12.2008