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Other life sciences

Neurotransmitters, part 2

In the second part of the story, we will talk about mediators who perform important invisible work: stimulate and inhibit other neurotransmitters, help us learn and remember.

04.10.2016
Other life sciences

"Nobel Prize" in medicine – 2016: details

Autophagy, for the study of which the prize was awarded this year, is a set of processes that allow a cell to get rid of accumulations of intracellular "garbage" with the help of lysosomes.

04.10.2016
Biomedicine

Two polyvalent influenza vaccines

The first one was created for the USA and is effective against 95% of influenza virus strains common in this country. The second protects against 88% of the world's existing strains.

03.10.2016
Your health

Scarier than heroin

If the requirements of the current drug classification were met, alcohol would be classified as a Class A drug, much more dangerous than heroin and crack.

03.10.2016
Your health

Recovery after stroke

On September 23-24, the All-Russian conference with international participation "Innovations in Angioneurorehabilitology" was held at the First St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov.

03.10.2016
Genetics

Genes for immunity are not the main thing

Generalization of all data on factors affecting immunity showed that genetics determines only 20-40% of individual differences in the immune system.

30.09.2016
Other life sciences

Superelastic bones

A flexible polymer from which bone blanks can be printed does not cause an immune response, fills with cells on its own and ossifies naturally.

30.09.2016
Controversial

Let's remember the whole Wikipedia

The American startup Kernel has announced the beginning of the development of an implant to improve the memory and learning ability of people with disorders of these functions – for example, in Alzheimer's disease.

30.09.2016
New in Gerontology

DNA methylation and the likelihood of death

A team of scientists from 7 countries has demonstrated that DNA methylation can not only determine a person's biological age, but also predict his life expectancy.

29.09.2016
Genetic engineering

Genetically modified plants: expert opinion

Why people are afraid of GMOs, how the GMO ban will affect science, how China is fighting GMOs and multinational companies, and how GMOs interact with nature.

29.09.2016
Biomedicine

Rhinovirus vaccine

Scientists have tested such a vaccine on cell cultures and found out that it provokes the development of an immune response and the formation of antiviral antibodies.

29.09.2016
Your health

"Maiden memory" of genes

After we stopped playing sports, the genes in our muscles quickly return to normal, "unsportsmanlike" activity.

28.09.2016
Nanotechnology

A useful side effect

Scientists accidentally discovered that iron nanoparticles, which were created as a cure for anemia, cause macrophages to attack cancer cells.

28.09.2016
Other life sciences

The propeller in the heart

The tiny Heartmat heart pump is inserted into the femoral artery, along which it is moved to the left ventricle, where it maintains blood flow, helping the heart to recover.

28.09.2016
Cellular technologies

The first "child from three parents"

The boy was born on April 6 of this year, but doctors decided to notify the general public about his birth only now, when it became clear that Ley syndrome was not threatening him.

28.09.2016
Healthy skepticism

Smeared with one world

We recently wrote about the falsification of research results on the effect of sugar on health. And whether to believe the research on the benefits of sweeteners? First find out who funded them :)

27.09.2016