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Oncology & Cancer

Scientists 'get on the nerves' of cancer cells

Modulation of neuroreceptors can stop the growth of lung carcinoma (cancer) cells, according to a recent study conducted by a group of researchers from the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences ...

Medical research

Biophysicists develop a model for arterial thrombus formation

A group of biophysicists, including representatives from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, have developed a mathematical model of arterial thrombus formation, which is the main cause of heart attacks and strokes. ...

Oncology & Cancer

Peptide mutants may help to identify vulnerability in tumor cells

Researchers from MIPT, the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, the Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, and the Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Medicine have presented an algorithm to detect mutant proteins ...

Oncology & Cancer

Scientists find a molecule to fight chemoresistant cancer

A team of Russian scientists led by MIPT's Prof. Alexander Kiselyov has synthesized an antitumor compound that could be used to fight chemoresistant cancer. The research findings were published in the European Journal of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Scientists plot antibiotic resistance on a world map

Russian scientists have created an interactive world map of human gut microbiota with potential to resist antibiotics, known as the resistome. Their ResistoMap will help identify national trends in antibiotic use and control ...

Genetics

Scientists develop method to standardize genetic data analysis

MIPT researchers have collaborated with Atlas Biomedical Holding and developed a new bioinformatics data analysis method. The developed program, EphaGen, can be used for quality control when diagnosing genetic diseases. The ...

Cardiology

Heart tissues of different origins can 'beat' in sync

Researchers from MIPT and the University of Bonn have shown that heart tissues of different origins can contract in sync. In a series of experiments, they first merged two rat tissues of different ages and then combined rat ...

Medications

Compound offers prospects for preventing acute kidney failure

Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Institute of Cell Biophysics, and elsewhere have shown an antioxidant compound known as peroxiredoxin to be effective in treating kidney injury ...

Genetics

Researchers reveal the secret of radiation vulnerability

The discovery can help both in predicting the consequences of irradiation and understanding the fundamental patterns of morphogenesis. The work of the researchers has been published in PLoS One journal and is available ...

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