Science and Technology

Scientists have studied the long-term effects of brain injury

Researchers at the University of South Florida and their colleagues at the James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center studied the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury and found that TBI leads to a progressive deterioration in brain function characterized by inflammation and suppression of cell regeneration.

13 January 2013, 14:45

Scientists have discovered what sharp eyesight depends on

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with a team of scientists from the Salk Institute in California, have discovered for the first time that a specific protein is important not only for retinal health, but also for understanding and potentially treating other diseases of the immune, reproductive, vascular and nervous systems, as well as various types of cancer.

13 January 2013, 09:24

Unexpected factors affecting the sex of the baby

Researchers from the University of Geneva have sought to shed light on this complex process by identifying the crucial role of insulin and the insulin-like growth factors IGF1 and IGF2, a family of hormones known for their direct involvement in human metabolism and growth.

12 January 2013, 14:20

Anemia can fight cancer cells

During the research, doctors found out that the body that suffers from sickle cell anemia is able to fight malignant cancer cells.

12 January 2013, 09:07

Chemotherapy is more effective intermittently

Nowadays, a huge number of people suffer from malignant and benign cancerous tumors. Chemotherapy is the most common method of cancer treatment. Depending on the stage of the disease and the type of tumor, chemotherapy of varying intensity is used. A single medicine capable of destroying a malignant tumor has not yet been invented, but scientists around the world do not give up trying to fight the disease.

11 January 2013, 11:46

A gut bacterium may protect against stroke

A new study by researchers at New York University suggests that a particular strain of the spiral-shaped gram-negative bacterium Helicobacter Pylori, which infects various areas of the stomach and duodenum, may protect people from stroke and some types of cancer.

10 January 2013, 16:08

Physical and emotional pain are closely related

People who are happy and content with their lives tolerate physical pain more easily and calmly than those who are preoccupied with worries.

10 January 2013, 15:32

Scientists have finally identified the point at which aging begins

There is hardly a single person in the world who is not afraid of their own aging. You can want to grow up, mature, gain life experience... But no one wants to suddenly become old.

10 January 2013, 11:38

Study: Vitamin D has no effect on knee osteoarthritis

For two years, patients with signs of osteoarthritis of the knee joint took vitamin D. As a result, it turned out that its use does not affect the degenerative disease of the knee joint. Specialists did not find a significant difference between the condition of patients taking vitamin D and placebo.

10 January 2013, 10:18

Scientists know how to make lung cancer prevention more effective

Testing drugs to prevent lung cancer takes a long time. It can take five, ten or even fifteen years to get results. Unfortunately, there is currently no way to quickly determine the effectiveness of a drug.

09 January 2013, 16:12