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Nanoparticles with nitric oxide: better than Viagra

A drug based on nanoparticles containing nitric oxide, which causes blood vessels to dilate, was tested only on rats, but the results were amazing.

The early stage of Alzheimer's disease is a reason to give up your driver's license

Scientists are developing tests that should show when people with early stages of Alzheimer's disease should give up driving.

Artificial DNA: no sensations :(

The application for self-replication of artificial DNA, to put it mildly, is greatly exaggerated. Brenner himself says that this molecule is reproduced in them using PCR (polymerase chain reaction). As for the evolution of molecules in vitro, this has long been a well-known approach. So we need to wait for a scientific publication to evaluate the novelty of this work.

The rarest blood in the world: how people with Rh factor zero live

"Golden", or Rh-zero blood type is the rarest on Earth

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

Wealthy people have discovered a new competition - reversing biological age

Синхронизация биологических часов поможет преодолеть джетлаг и смягчить старение

Исследователи смоделировали работу внутренних часов организма и определили, как ими «управлять»

Molecular 'wedge' disrupts bacteria's defense against antibiotics

Scientists have identified a new class of molecules that prevent bacteria from turning on a defense mechanism

Mechanism that stimulates brain self-healing after stroke discovered

Researchers have identified a molecular pathway that stimulates damaged cells to self-repair after ischemic stroke

The Rosnanomedicine Project

The parties will join efforts to organize the practical use of nanotechnology in medicine – to create new medicines, methods of treatment and prevention of diseases. In particular, Rosnanotech Group and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences plan to cooperate in conducting research and development in healthcare based on nanotechnology and their commercialization.

Pharmacogenetics has reached Yakutia

The program being developed at NEFU will automatically issue conclusions based on the entered results of pharmacogenetic testing of 21 drugs of 11 pharmacological groups.

Ebola Drug proved effective for monkeys

During the study, it was found that the AVI-7537 drug from Sarepta Therapeutics Inc helps 75% of macaques infected with an almost lethal dose of ebolavirus survive.

The FDA took on the producers of fake dietary supplements "from cancer"

The US Food and Drug Administration intends to put an end to the trade in dietary supplements, creams and teas allegedly intended for the prevention and treatment of cancer.

For the first time in Russia

For the first time, Russian transplantologists managed to perform cadaveric liver transplantation in two patients. In general, the posthumous donor saved the lives of six incurable people: in addition to the liver, the heart and lungs were transplanted, as well as two kidneys of the deceased.

British murderers will remain at large

The UK government intends to destroy all samples of biomaterials due to the fact that their expiration date has expired. The police are afraid that after this investigation of crimes can stretch for many years.

Nobel laureates received awards

The Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm. The names of the laureates, as usual, were announced earlier. And the ceremony itself, also, according to tradition, took place on the day of memory of Alfred Nobel, who passed away on December 10, 1896.

Bones will tell you how soon a person will grow old

After screening 300,000 synthetic peptoids, scientists selected five compounds with the properties of therapeutic antibodies used to treat cancer. One of them, which binds most strongly to the receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor-2, blocked the growth of human tumors in an experimental mouse model.

Grandmothers, don't jump with a parachute!

Laverna Everett from California, succumbing to the provocations of her friends, decided to celebrate her 80th birthday in an original way and jump with a parachute. Both the birthday girl and the instructor remained alive, but they did not recover quickly :)

Nicotine addiction genes increase the risk of lung cancer in smokers

Probiotics against kidney stones

Matadors are not being cloned yet…