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Scientists have learned to create a map of human movements using the analysis of his hair

Scientists have learned to create a clear map of human movements by analyzing his hair; The method is based on the fact that the isotopic composition of water is unique for each locality and is reflected when this moisture enters the human body at the atomic composition of the hair, according to the website of the University of Alaska (UAF, USA).

19 June 2012, 10:16

Scientists on the verge of creating oral vaccines against bowel diseases

As a result of joint work, Japanese and American scientists discovered a gene that is responsible for differentiation of unexplored intestinal cells - M cells. A study of the development of these cells can help in creating an oral vaccine. The results of the work of scientists from the University of Emory (Emory University, USA) and the Center for Research of Allergy and Immunology (Japan) were published in the journal Nature Immunology.

19 June 2012, 09:14

Four vitamins recognized as the best for sex

The list of nutrients that can increase libido and significantly improve the quality of sexual life, included vitamins, which can be bought in almost any pharmacy. Reducing the level of sex hormones in men and women is often associated with a lack of specific vitamins, doctors said the other day. The most important for a full intimate life, in their opinion, are 4 components: vitamin E, vitamin C, a complex of vitamins B and vitamin A.

18 June 2012, 09:58

The hidden utility of coconut oil

Coconut oil is still an exotic product, so few know about its powerful medicinal properties. Currently, coconut oil is used for various cosmetic and industrial purposes, for many centuries it has served as an excellent source of nutrients in the tropics.

18 June 2012, 09:45

The current will carry the medicine into the body

American scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a syringe that injects drugs into the human body without using a needle. The results of the work of Professor Ian Hunter and his colleagues are published in the journal Medical Engineering & Physics.

18 June 2012, 09:32

GMOs can be not only harmful, but also useful

Canadian scientists began to prepare medicines from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In particular, two of them from the legume family - the lupine changeable and the tuberose acid - Canadian researchers from the company SubTerra have high hopes. From genetically modified plants, scientists plan to extract an enzyme that can overcome a severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), also known as a boy's syndrome in a bladder, alimphocytosis or Glanzmann-Riniker's Syndrome.

18 June 2012, 09:29

Forecasts: in 10 years, mortality from hepatitis C will increase by 2 times

Viral hepatitis has become a real challenge to humanity. By the rate of growth and the scale of the spread in the world, the incidence of viral hepatitis far exceeds AIDS and even influenza and ARVI.

18 June 2012, 09:23

Vitamin, contained in milk eliminates obesity and diabetes

Researchers from the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (Switzerland) report the amazing properties of riboside nicotinamide, which can be found in a variety of foods, from milk to beer. This modification of the vitamin nicotinamide has been known for a long time, there is evidence that it affects the activity of mitochondria. But no one undertook more detailed research concerning this substance.

18 June 2012, 09:18

Viral therapy successfully tested in cancer patients

The international group of scientists for the first time experienced a viral therapy for cancer patients. The results of the joint work of researchers from the UK, the US and Canada were published in the June issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine.

18 June 2012, 09:12

Breast milk is the best way to suppress HIV infection

Scientists say that breast milk may be the best way to suppress HIV infection. Unknown components or a combination thereof in human milk are capable of killing HIV particles and virus-infected cells, as well as blocking the transmission of HIV in mice with a human immune system.

18 June 2012, 09:04

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