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Science and Technology

A strain of bacteria from the genus clostridium has been created that destroys cancer cells

According to the new method, a soil bacterium from the genus Clostridium will search for cancerous growths in the human body: having settled in a tumor, it will begin to synthesize an enzyme that converts an inactive antitumor drug into an active killer of cancer cells.
05 September 2011, 20:30

Moderate consumption of walnuts reduces the risk of breast cancer

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Scientists from Marshall University (USA) have found that the risk of breast cancer is significantly reduced when the usual diet contains a moderate amount of walnuts. However, so far this has only been established for mice.

04 September 2011, 17:28

Stem cells have been discovered that trigger hair growth

Researchers at Yale University (USA) have discovered the source of signals that trigger hair growth. The discovery could lead to the development of fundamentally new treatments for baldness.
04 September 2011, 17:24

Scientists have built a "flavor map" of the brain

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Taste sensations in our brain are not controlled by a complex of multi-profile neurons, as was previously believed, but by a set of clusters of nerve cells responsible for a particular taste.
02 September 2011, 23:13

Erythrocytes from a test tube have successfully taken root in the human body

Red blood cells from a test tube successfully take root in the human body, which was demonstrated for the first time by a group of researchers from several French research institutes.
02 September 2011, 23:08

Scientists have developed an automated innovative injection needle

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The innovative needle will help avoid mistakes when injecting into a vein, and therefore - repeated injections. About a third of all intravenous injections end with the needle piercing the vessel through and through, making it impossible to administer the medicine. Another attempt has to be made.
02 September 2011, 22:45

Scientists have developed a virus that destroys cancer cells

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A virus has been created that finds cancer cells and inhibits the growth of metastatic tumors without affecting healthy tissues. Our immune system must monitor cases of cancerous degeneration and eliminate cells that have become foreign to the body.
01 September 2011, 22:16

Artificial meat will be on the market in a few years

If artificial meat can be perfected, the expensive process will migrate to the meat processing plants of the future, where the same thing will be done faster and cheaper.
01 September 2011, 22:10

Intestinal bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus develop stress resistance and masculinity

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Gut bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus interfere with the behavior and brain physiology of mice, making their hosts more cold-blooded, courageous and stress-resistant.
30 August 2011, 14:31

Mating Neanderthals with other groups of ancient humans improved human immunity

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Mating of Neanderthals with representatives of other groups of ancient people played an important role in the formation of the immune system of modern humans, American scientists report in an article published in the journal Science.
28 August 2011, 23:42