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Other life sciences

Found a way to turn white fat into brown

A decrease in the expression of microRNA-155 in adipocytes activates a feedback loop that triggers the formation of brown fat cells and the breakdown of fat deposits.

24.04.2013
Other life sciences

Cells gone mad

What are tumor cells? These are cells that are "crazy", they behave incorrectly, not in the way the body needs. And the most dangerous "crazy" are tumor stem cells.

24.04.2013
Biomedicine

A promising candidate for drugs against neurodegenerative diseases

Researchers have synthesized a compound whose oral administration significantly slows down the progression of Parkinson's disease, and possibly other neurodegenerative diseases caused by the formation of toxic protein aggregates in brain tissue.

24.04.2013
Cellular technologies

Antibodies turn hematopoietic cells into nerve stem cells

By a lucky chance, scientists have created antibodies whose interaction with the receptor of the surface of hematopoietic stem cells of the bone marrow transforms their precursor cells of neurons.

24.04.2013
Innovative Russia

Has Skoltech cost Russia too much?

The question is how much money went to the United States to create the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, and what results it will give for the country, the science department of the Newspaper.Ru" tried to figure it out together with scientists, foundation staff and independent experts.

23.04.2013
Biomedicine

A new method of delivering radioisotopes to metastases

An unusual method of cancer treatment: Listeria bacteria selectively infect cancer cells, acting as couriers for the delivery of radioisotopes, the radiation of which destroys tumor metastases.

23.04.2013
Controversial

Amyloids are not always bad?

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken a firm course to restore the reputation of these proteins that form the so-called amyloid plaques. It looks like they're going to turn the whole neuroscience upside down.

23.04.2013
Cellular technologies

Human neurons have made mice smarter

Human embryonic stem cells were differentiated into neural progenitor cells, the introduction of which contributed to the restoration of the ability to learn and remember in mice.

23.04.2013
Genetics

What will genomic technologies lead to?

Today, having the opportunity to read the genome, we have a lot of information – what to do with it? How to use this information in life?

23.04.2013
Genetics

Taming Cancer telomerase

Many researchers believe that the cancer problem can be solved by suppressing telomerase activity in malignant cells. Scientists from the University of Texas offer their own way of taming cancer telomerases.

23.04.2013
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy will cure parkinsonism

To cope with Parkinson's disease, scientists have proposed using nanoparticle-packed genes encoding a "medicinal" protein. And in order to bypass the blood-brain barrier, they proposed to instill DNA nanoparticles into the nose.

23.04.2013
Biomedicine

New anti-cancer antibodies

Experiments on animal models have demonstrated the ability of new monoclonal antibodies to suppress the growth of triple-negative breast cancer and angiosarcoma by inhibiting angiogenesis.

23.04.2013
Various

Medicine of the near future

With an aging population and financial instability, healthcare should spend resources efficiently. This requires innovations that rely on preventive measures, personal medicine and informatization.

22.04.2013
New in Gerontology

The risk of developing senile dementia is reduced

Improving preventive measures and medical care reduces the risk of developing senile dementia, but you should not relax, since the number of such patients will grow along with an increase in life expectancy.

22.04.2013
Biomedicine

How does "Homunculus" work?

In six cells of the "Homunculus", cells of organs (intestines, liver, lungs, heart, brain, skin) are cultivated, washed by the culture medium. In a closed system, conditions have been created that simulate the "life" of one hundred thousandth of a person.

22.04.2013
Nanotechnology

Caution: Gold nanoparticles!

Even in very low concentrations, gold nanoparticles, including those included in personal hygiene products, disrupt the work of adipose tissue stem cells, potentially impairing the ability of many organs to regenerate and, accordingly, accelerating the aging of the body.

22.04.2013
Other life sciences

The role of cholesterol in Alzheimer's disease – "acquired Down syndrome"

Cholesterol disrupts the process of chromosome distribution during cell division, which leads to the accumulation in the body of cells with trisomy on the 21st chromosome, which is the cause of Down syndrome, and increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other pathologies.

19.04.2013
Cellular technologies

Stem cells against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

The FDA has approved a phase II clinical trial of ALS therapy, which will determine the maximum allowable dose of nerve stem cells injected into the spinal cord and study the potential effects of treatment.

19.04.2013