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Scientists from Cornell University have created a subcutaneous implant that releases insulin and does not require immunosuppression

A thread-like implant, or SHEATH (Subcutaneous Host-Enabled Alginate THread), stimulates the body’s production of insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. In type 1 diabetes mellitus, the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas (the so-called islets of Langerhans), which prevents secretion and requires lifelong insulin injection or the […]

December 7, 2023

AstraZeneca and Absci use AI to create cancer drugs

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has signed a deal worth nearly $247 million with Absci, an artificial intelligence company, to develop antibodies to fight cancer, Reuters reports. Absci’s collaboration with AstraZeneca is aimed at creating a generative AI model with a minimum level of risk for the development of new advanced antibodies. So far, the companies have […]

December 4, 2023

Three regions of Ukraine are threatened by localized patterns – Ministry of Health

Three regions of Ukraine – Ternopil, Zhytomyr, and Chernivtsi – have recorded exceeding the high-level epidemic threshold, the Ministry of Health reports. Anti-epidemic measures may be intensified in the respective regions after analyzing the epidemic situation and by the decision of local authorities. For example, to declare local quarantine in certain classrooms or schools, to […]

December 1, 2023

Medical certificates for enrolling a child in school will now be issued by family doctors

The Ministry of Health has adopted a unified medical examination procedure for enrolling a child in a kindergarten or school. From now on, a child can undergo all basic examinations at a family doctor. This was reported by the Ministry of Health. A primary care physician’s examination will include a medical history, a full physical […]

November 24, 2023

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has developed a unique 3D implant that grows with bones and saves lives (photo)

Postgraduate student of the Mechanical Engineering Institute of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Svitlana Burburska has developed a titanium implant that not only replaces the damaged part of the bone but also grows with it. The uniqueness of these implants lies in the fact that they are individualized, and 3D printing is used to create […]

November 23, 2023

Came under fire in Kherson: a fragment of a Russian mine was removed from the heart of a 4-year-old girl (video)

A 4-year-old girl who was wounded during the shelling of Kherson underwent surgery in Kyiv. A fragment of a Russian mine was removed from the girl’s heart. This was announced on Facebook by the Director of the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Borys Todurov. “A fragment […]

November 23, 2023

Ordinary lidocaine may help in cancer therapy: researchers’ study

A recent study conducted at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has shown that lidocaine, a common local anesthetic, has cancer-fighting properties. The study shows the ability of lidocaine to cause cancer cell death by activating bitter taste receptors, in particular through such unique mechanisms as mitochondrial calcium ion overload and […]

November 23, 2023

New diabetes drug can reduce dose from daily to 3 times a year

Diabetes treatment includes regular injections of insulin or other medications. But soon, patients may have to inject themselves only a few times a year. Scientists at Stanford have developed a hydrogel based on the hormone GLP-1 that slowly releases drugs to control diabetes and weight. The gel is injected under the skin and dissolves over […]

November 22, 2023

The UK is the first in the world to license the CRISPR gene editing tool for the treatment of hereditary anemia

In 2020, scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the genome editing method, and three years later, the tool was licensed for the treatment of sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia. Both inherited blood disorders are caused by errors in the hemoglobin gene. People with sickle cell anemia […]

November 19, 2023

A gene drug that can lower cholesterol levels has been created in the United States

Trials conducted by the biotechnology company Verve Therapeutics have shown that a single infusion of the gene drug VERVE-101 can reduce cholesterol levels in patients. The company announced this on its website. Researchers have successfully used the CRISPR gene editing technique to alter liver gene cells. They “turned off” the PCSK9 gene, which causes plaque […]

November 17, 2023