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Will cannabis protect against senile dementia?
Marijuana can have a certain protective effect with a hereditary predisposition to Alzheimer's disease, but doctors do not recommend this "treatment". And in the future, drugs with a similar mechanism of action without a psychoactive effect may appear.
21.11.2008Heart instead of battery
Scientists have created a pacemaker that charges from the heart.
12.11.2008Neutron accelerator for oncologists
The accelerator will be used to treat cancerous tumors that cannot be surgically removed. We are talking, first of all, about glioblastomas of the brain and melanoma metastases.
31.03.2017YaDonor.ru
Internet portal YaDonor.ru it is designed as a single platform where information about the state of the Blood Service and donation in the country is accumulated.
06.11.2008Bacteria with an expanded genetic code were obtained
Over the past two years, scientists have been able to make their bacteria much hardier, as well as ensure the transfer of nucleotides X and Y to descendants during bacterial division.
24.01.2017Fossil DNA
NEFU researchers, together with South Korean colleagues from the Sooam Biotechnological Research Foundation, have carried out work on isolating the DNA of ancient fossil animals.
22.12.2016Popular sweetener linked to risk of stroke and heart attack
Popular sugar substitute linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke in at-risk adults
05.06.2023Nobel Prize in Chemistry – for green fluorescent protein
The 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists working in the USA for the discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and the development of methods for its application in science.
08.10.2008The head of Skolkovo will be replaced
Sources of information differ in the reasons that forced Andrei Burenin to leave the post of chairman of the Board of the Skolkovo Foundation.
26.04.2016When can we become cyborgs?
The authors of this short video talk about bionics, prosthetics and human genetic engineering, albeit with humor, but quite intelligently. And they show – well, very beautiful!
22.03.2016Hot dogs with human flesh?
Human DNA was found in 2% of the analyzed samples, and most often it was found in vegetarian sausages.
26.10.2015Molecular diversity of life
On November 16, Konstantin Severinov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, a well-known specialist in the field of molecular biology, will give a lecture at the Central House of the Journalist. The topic of the lecture is "The molecular diversity of life".
22.10.2015Badovtiratel – behind bars!
The composition of dietary supplements included a potent substance sibutramine. The drug police took a woman red-handed at the time of the implementation of the drug for weight loss.
11.07.2008Maybe Platonov 's own…
Kazan scientists are planning to start clinical trials of a new antibiotic of the fluoroquinolone group, 800 times less toxic than similar drugs, and hope that after 2020 the drug will enter the market.
01.07.2015Microflora as a marker of intestinal cancer
Scientists from the University of Minnesota have discovered two pathogenic strains of bacteria of the genus Providencia, the presence of which in the intestinal microflora is a marker of the disease.
26.06.2015Granulocytes from healthy donors – a cure for cancer?
The authors tested leukocytes from healthy donors with high antitumor activity against human cervical, prostate and breast cancer cells. Unexpectedly good results were obtained in all experiments. Experts emphasize that granulocytes, which carry out innate immunity reactions, have predominantly antitumor activity.
01.07.2008New growth inhibitors of estrogen-dependent breast cancer
Several substances have been identified that inhibit the binding of regulatory regions of DNA with the estrogen-receptor complex activating them. These compounds effectively blocked the production of proteins that stimulate the growth and proliferation of cancer cells expressing
27.06.2008Epigenetics, age and heredity
The authors believe that, in general, genomic health is an inherited factor, and epigenetic changes observed during life explain the increasing predisposition to the development of various diseases with age.
26.06.2008Vegetables and longevity
Many generations of parents tell their children about the need to eat vegetables, because "vegetables are the key to health." Recently, these persuasions were supported by the results of a study that demonstrated the benefits of vegetables, especially if you use them all your life.
25.06.2008