Cancer is the world's leading cause of death, killing more than seven million people each year. Cancer can affect any part of the body, and survival rates vary depending on the type of cancer and where the patient lives.
The hormone calcitonin greatly worsens the prognosis of patients with some types of cancer. Scientists believe that the level of calcitonin can be reduced by switching the enzyme that activates it to another hormone - oxytocin, which is associated with a feeling of sexual pleasure and satisfaction.
Doctors may soon be able to hear more than just wheezing in the lungs: British scientists are developing a method that will allow them to detect diseased tissue in the body using sounding liposomes.
Scientists from Lund University (Sweden) have discovered a new function of vitamin C: it is capable of dissolving toxic protein deposits that form in the brain during Alzheimer's disease.
It was generally accepted that the brain reaches the necessary "synaptic equilibrium" by the age of 20. But it turned out that this age is greatly underestimated. A group of neurophysiologists from the universities of Zagreb (Croatia) and Yale (USA) studied the structure of the prefrontal cortex in 32 people
The protein synuclein, responsible for the formation of amyloid deposits in Parkinson's disease, exists in a polymeric form in healthy cells, and in order to form toxic amyloid deposits, it must first leave the normal protein complexes.
The safest font for eyesight is Verdana, 10-12 points. This is the conclusion reached by American scientists after conducting a study financed by the customer of this font.
You can monitor your heart, brain and muscles without bulky electrodes and power systems. “Electronic skin” is the name of a new device that will be able to monitor body functions online.
