In Ukraine, for the first time an artificial heart was transplanted. It was announced by Boris Todurov the director of Institute of Heart.

The scientists of the University of Chicago declare that this method will change the lives of people with a common eye disease. The procedure is cheaper and safer than surgical intervention. According to “The Times of India”, the patients with Fuchs syndrome - dystrophy of the cornea, have participated in the study.

It’s not a secret that sometimes the cancer is untreatable. But the scientists of the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry of N.N. Vorozhtsov, have revealed why drugs, such as topotecan and irinotecan cannot express themselves fully.

"Remedium" reports: the third trial phase of an experimental anticancer drug has been recently completed. And we can already say for sure that niraparib of Tesaro company (poly-ADP ribose polymerase inhibitor, associated with the formation of cancer) has coped with the challenge perfectly.

Scientists from Vanderbilt University and the University of Oregon have revealed several factors that increase the risk of transmission of chronic pain from parents to children. They include genetics, early development particulars and social learning, Zee News said.

The University of California experts are working to develop a special glue for intrauterine operations in which surgeons can treat anatomical defects before birth. Mussels gave the idea to create such glue.

New programmable vaccine, developed by American specialists from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), is a universal vaccine and can be used against most existing viruses and even some types of cancer.

The scientists of University of Nottingham have presented a unique artificially synthesized biomaterial for the treatment of dental diseases. The development is designed to update the damaged teeth, by stimulating the generation of stem cells in the dental pulp.

The experts of Wolverhampton University and University of Sheffield have established that if you often repeat the motivated purpose, for example, the phrase «I can do it better», then you can really improve your potential and perform any task efficiently.

An artificial pancreas is a device that controls the level of blood glucose in patients with diabetes mellitus of type one, and then automatically adjusts the level of insulin that gets into the body. This device will be prepared by 2018.