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The Nobel Prize in medicine, synthetic blood, a T-shirt for the lungs, how many mushrooms and tomatoes you need to get rid of various diseases - these latest news in medicine write "Present Tense".

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Mushrooms in the fight against prostate cancer

A scientific team led by Japanese professor Shu Zhang conducted a study among 36 thousands of men aged 40-79 years.
The eating habits of men were analyzed, all factors that can contribute to the development of cancer were taken into account: overweight, lack of exercise, smoking and alcohol. As a result Found outthat in men whose diet included mushrooms, the likelihood of developing prostate cancer decreased by 17%.

Scientists explain the “anti-cancer effect” by the content of powerful antioxidants in mushrooms - L-ergothioneine and glutathione. To reduce the risk of cancer, mushrooms should be eaten at least three times a week, scientists said. Moreover, one serving must be at least 7,6 grams.

Tomatoes Fight Male Infertility

University of Sheffield UK scientists Found outthat two tablespoons of concentrated tomato puree increase 40% sperm quality - sperm motility and activity.

And all this thanks to the substance lycopene (it gives the tomato a rich red color), which is an antioxidant and can prevent sperm damage. Best of all, by the way, this substance is absorbed from heat-treated tomatoes.

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Lycopene is also able to help reduce sperm DNA damage, which increases the chances of a successful fertilization of the egg and a better development of the embryo.

The amount of lycopene that men took every day during the experiment is equivalent to two kilograms of boiled tomatoes, therefore, in their study, the scientists used a tablet drug based on lycopene - Lactolikopen (two tablets per day).

Artificial blood will replace real

Scientists at the National Defense College of Japan under laboratory conditions were able to Create human blood.

It is suitable for transfusion to any person, regardless of blood group and rhesus. Scientists hope that this can significantly increase the chances of survival in humans with massive bleeding, while completely eliminating the possibility of transmission of HIV and hepatitis.

Artificial blood imitates its main function - storage and transportation of oxygen. The synthetic one consists of red blood cells (red blood cells) and platelets. Platelets stop bleeding, and red blood cells provide oxygen saturation.

Unlike donor blood, which is stored for up to 35 days at a temperature of +4-6 C, artificial “does not spoil” at room temperature for a year.

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Scientists have already managed to save experimental rabbits from the massive bleeding. In this case, no side effects, according to scientists, have been reported.

"Smart T-shirt" monitors your lungs

Canadian company Carré Technologie's Hexoskin tank is capable of evaluate lung condition, and at a distance, which eliminates the need for the patient to go to the clinic for monitoring. Unlike traditional equipment, a T-shirt can be worn unnoticed under clothing.

Sensors are built into the smart T-shirt that measure the amount of inhaled air, breathing rate and heart rate. Data is transferred by a special application to a mobile phone or computer.

A smart shirt can be especially useful for patients with bronchial asthma, cystic fibrosis or after a lung transplant.

The study of scientists from the medical center of the University of Radbud (Netherlands) for the first time presented in Madrid at the international congress of the European Respiratory Society.

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for research on hormones

Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2019 Year got: Oxford British scientist Sir Peter Ratcliffe, Americans - Professor of Medicine at - William Celine Jr .; oncologist at the Johns Hopkins Medical University Gregg Semenets. Prize awarded for studies of cells and how they adapt to oxygen deficiency.

Semenza and Ratcliffe in the 2016 year already became the laureates of the Laskeran Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for American doctors and biochemists, for the same research. Their work was devoted to oxygen starvation. Scientists have discovered that cells under these conditions produce hormones, which in turn cause the production of red blood cells. Scientists have also discovered the HIF-1 protein, which is activated only with hypoxia.

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William Kelin, Jr., an oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute at Harvard School of Medicine, studied the Hippel-Lindau disease, a rare genetic disease called cerebroretinal angiomatosis, around the same time. With this disease, tumors form in various organs, and most often they are found in the cerebellum and other parts of the brain, on the retina, in the kidneys and adrenal glands. According to him, a gene that inhibits the growth of tumor cells in Hippel-Lindau disease is also associated with the disappearance of the HIF-1 protein with an excess of oxygen.

Experts believe that the discoveries of Kelin, Semenets and Ratcliffe can help find a cure for a number of cardiovascular diseases, some types of cancer and anemia (anemia). Already today, several companies in the laboratory are trying to use the HIF-1 hormone to create red blood cells.

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