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A conditionally pathogenic bacterium produces a cure for intestinal inflammation

A substance produced by one of the types of symbiotic bacteria in the human intestine can become a new medicine for inflammatory bowel diseases, such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

The US has opened a national program for the study of nameless diseases

The US National Institutes of Health is launching a program to work with patients whose diseases are so rare that they still don't even have a name

Miracle pill – sex and weight loss in one bottle?

If Viagra only affects the erection, then the miracle pill has a healing effect directly on the brain. And at the same time discourages appetite, contributing to weight loss.

Federal Target Program OF THE Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation will soon send the concept of the Federal Target Program (FTP) for the development of medical science to the government.

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.

I will not give my Rusnano to anyone

There are no plans to privatize Rusnano in the foreseeable future, Putin said.

Shall we discuss the problems of the elderly?

A forum on the problems of the older generation, where the problems of social adaptation of the elderly will be discussed, has opened in St. Petersburg.

Gene therapy for the treatment of drug addicts and alcoholics

Excess fat in the abdominal area (abdominal fat) synthesizes the hunger-enhancing hormone neuropeptide Y, which stimulates the formation of new fat cells, thereby further increasing the waist circumference.

Spy Eye Drops for Brain Probing

Folic acid improves sperm quality

One of the essential problems of logic elements based on ribozymes, enzymes or optical materials is the different nature of the incoming and outgoing signal, unlike electronic systems that use a common input and output signal (electron). American researchers have tried to work around this problem by constructing logic gates based on DNA.

Are you treating with stem cells? Come on, citizens...

The authorities are considering the possibility of initiating a criminal case against the administration of a closed clinic and one of the doctors in connection with two cases where stem cell treatment led to fatal consequences.

Do you want to go to Skolkovo? Call right now!

You can ask your questions by phone (free of charge from all regions), by fax and by e-mail. They will be answered by members of the Skolkovo Foundation team.

Check the prostate, brother!

Doctors, exaggerating the role of heredity in the development of prostate cancer, recommend that the brothers of sick men check the condition of the prostate gland and more often detect the disease in the early stages.

Test tube lungs: the first pancake

Scientists transplanted lab-grown lungs to several rats. The organ functioned normally in different individuals from 45 minutes to two hours after transplantation.

Artificial antigen-presenting cells stimulate immunity better than real ones

Nanomedicine under supervision

Roszdravnadzor has formed a Scientific and Technical Council for the development of scientific approaches and methodological documents on regulatory aspects of the use of medical products created using nanomaterials and/or using nanotechnology.

Are mitochondrial DNA mutations to blame for the appearance of age-related diseases?

AG Copernic announces a contest of business ideas among talented students, postgraduates and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Zygomatic bones from stem cells

First, the boy was transplanted small parts of donor bones, which became the foundation of future cheekbones. Then, stem cells taken from the patient's own fatty tissues were injected into the holes drilled in the allografts.

Russian pharmaceutical industry will be treated in clusters

Zelenograd Technopark for pharmaceutical companies became the third, the creation of which was announced over the past month: earlier, the authorities of St. Petersburg and Yaroslavl reported on the creation of clusters for the pharmaceutical industry.

Induced pluripotent stem cells against infarction

The study was conducted on mice. This was the first attempt to use induced pluripotent cells (iPS) to treat the heart.