What did the year 2013 leave you?

Each year brings with it the possibility of a series of discoveries that provide solutions to major health problems such as Cancer; offering with it not only hope but a better quality of life. However, what are the scientific advances of 2013?

Each area that integrates the well-being of the human being (sexuality, nutrition, emotions, body) lives a constant transformation, which is marked by each finding that is made.
 

 

What did the year 2013 leave you?

There are more outstanding revelations than others, so here we provide the 7 most important scientific advances of the year 2013, according to the magazine Science.

1. Immunotherapy against cancer. It is a method that represents a change of focus in the treatment of Cancer, employ the immunity system of the body to fight tumors instead of attacking them directly with chemical compounds or radiation.

2. CRISPR technique. Genetic editing, discovered in bacteria, but now researchers use it as a scalpel for surgery in genes individual More than a dozen research teams have used the technique to manipulate the genomes of various plant, animal and human cells.

3. Perovskite solar cells. They constitute a new generation of solar cell materials, cheaper and easier to produce than those cells of traditional silicon.

4. Guide in the design of vaccines. This year, the researchers used the structure of an antibody to design an immunogen, the main ingredient of a vaccine for a virus of childhood causing the hospitalization of millions every year.

5. Why do we sleep? The brain cleans itself by expanding channels between neurons that allow the movement of more cerebrospinal fluid during sleep.

6. Stem cells. The researchers could derive cells mother of cloned human embryos, after discovering that caffeine plays an important role in the process, by stabilizing molecules keys in delicate cells of human ovules.

7. Lose weight. An investigation published in the magazine American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ensures that the intake of warm natural water reinforces the weightloss.

Around the world, there are investigations that are expected to give answers to many unknowns and diseases. Improving the quality of life is the goal of many!


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