Archive for Biomedicine
Human embryonic stem cells in drug formulation
The EU prohibits the use of human embryonic stem cells in drug formulation: The Court of Justice rejects the patent application of a treatment against Parkinson’s disease that involved the use of human embryos. On 19 December 1997, German researcher Oliver Brustle had patented a treatment that involved the use of embryonic stem cells for [...]
Medical and pharmaceutical applications of enzymes
The potential use of enzymes in medicine and related fields are very large, at present the number of applications grows. Since the medical applications pharmaceutical and cover a wide range of subjects, is conveniently divided into three major areas of interest: enzyme therapy, analytical uses and production of pharmaceutical compounds. Unlike other industrial uses of [...]
The brain is ahead of the odor
According to new research, the perception of odor by the brain has a predictive character. The nostrils are competing for processing smells. This is an example of binaural rivalry where there is a game of tug of war between dominance and suppression of olfactory perception that exists only in the mind of the person who [...]
The protein of Alzheimer’s that causes loss of smell
For newly diagnosed early may be used the symptom of loss of smell caused by neuronal death by the APP protein. A study by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health showed that a preceding symptom onset of Alzheimer’s disease is loss of smell. APP, amyloid precursor protein, in this [...]
Completed the first clinical trial for HIV vaccine
During phase, trial of the vaccine was successful in 90% of volunteers with AIDS, using the MVA-B virus containing HIV genes 4. Spanish researchers have completed the first clinical trial of a new vaccine against HIV. This vaccine offers great hope to eradicate this scourge forever. The team led by Dr. Mariano Esteban, a researcher [...]
A new anti-cancer gene
A young Italian team discovered the anti-tumor activity of the mutated gene MTND1 able to block the tumor blood vessels of tumors. Thanks to a study funded by AIRC (Italian Association for Cancer Research), a team of young Italian University of Bologna was able to find a gene that can block tumor growth. The mutant [...]
The origin of remember mature over the years
The ability to remember the origin of memories is a long process that develops during adolescence, but only when we become mature adults. Researchers in Germany have discovered that children develop the ability to remember past events and the origin of these memories in childhood and adolescence. Presented in the journal child development, the results [...]
