Science and Technology

GMOs can be harmful as well as beneficial

Canadian scientists have begun to prepare medicines from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In particular, Canadian researchers from the company SubTerra have high hopes for two of them from the legume family - lupine and wood sorrel. From genetically modified plants, scientists plan to extract an enzyme capable of overcoming severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), also known as bubble boy syndrome, alymphocytosis or Glanzmann-Rinicker syndrome.

18 June 2012, 09:29

Predictions: 10 years from now, hepatitis C deaths will double

Viral hepatitis has become a real challenge to humanity. In terms of growth rates and the scale of its spread in the world, viral hepatitis far exceeds AIDS and even influenza and acute respiratory viral infections.

18 June 2012, 09:23

A vitamin found in milk cures obesity and diabetes

Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne report the amazing properties of nicotinamide riboside, which can be found in a variety of products, from milk to beer. This modification of the vitamin nicotinamide has long been known, and there is evidence that it affects mitochondrial activity. But no one has undertaken more detailed studies of this substance.

18 June 2012, 09:18

Viral therapy successfully tested on human cancer patients

An international team of scientists has tested viral therapy on cancer patients for the first time. The results of the joint work by researchers from the UK, US and Canada were published in the June issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine.

18 June 2012, 09:12

Breast milk is the best tool to suppress HIV infection

Scientists say breast milk may be the best way to suppress HIV infection. An unknown component or combination of components in breast milk can kill HIV particles and virus-infected cells, and block HIV transmission in mice with human immune systems.

18 June 2012, 09:04

A retina has been grown from human embryonic stem cells

Human stem cells spontaneously form tissue that develops into the retina, the tissue in the eye that allows us to see, according to a paper published in the journal Cell Stem Cell. In the future, transplanting this 3D tissue could help patients with vision problems.

18 June 2012, 08:51

Liposuction can only be effective under one condition

Exercise will help patients who have undergone liposuction to protect themselves from the return of the removed fat reserves. This is the conclusion reached by Brazilian researchers. Liposuction will remain one of the most popular cosmetic surgeries in the world, allowing for an immediate effect in the fight against excess weight. Unfortunately, often after some time after the procedure, the fat returns to its place, or appears in other parts of the body, which makes patients even less healthy than before the operation.

15 June 2012, 10:21