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Sugar tax

According to WHO, increasing taxes on products containing sugar (as well as glucose, fructose, honey and syrups) can reduce the incidence of diabetes, obesity and tooth decay.

12.10.2016
Other life sciences

Volcanic RNA ligase

Isolated from microbes living near the vents of volcanoes, RNA ligase can work at high temperatures desirable for some laboratory procedures.

12.10.2016
Genetics

Stolen genes

The genes borrowed from spiders and insects help the bacteriophage to penetrate into their cells, find parasitic bacteria – wolbachia there, and destroy them.

12.10.2016
Grants and competitions

Sandoz HACk Contest (Healthcare Access Challenge)

Private individuals aged 18-35 who speak English can take part in the competition. Applications for participation in the competition are accepted until November 30, 2016.

11.10.2016
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy cured mice of Alzheimer's disease

Molecular biologists have created and tested the first retroviral therapy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, relieving and protecting mice from the consequences of its development.

11.10.2016
Innovative Russia

12 main questions about megagrants

What is a megagrant? How did megagrants appear and how to get them? What amounts are allocated for them and how to spend them? How are the laboratories that have received state funding developing?

11.10.2016
Biomedicine

A new method of selecting anti-cancer drugs

A device called a "suspension microchannel resonator" can determine the reaction of cells of a specific tumor to various chemotherapy drugs in 15 hours.

11.10.2016
Other life sciences

Eye Roboticist

Using a joystick, a touch screen and an operating microscope, the surgeon can control the movements of the robot with positioning accuracy in thousandths of a millimeter.

11.10.2016
Other life sciences

Neurotransmitters, part 3

In the last part of the article we will talk about small tricky molecules-peptides, which play an important role in the life of the body – bring joy and relieve pain.

11.10.2016
Cellular technologies

IPSC helped monkeys with a heart attack

Japanese scientists have managed to partially restore cardiac function in monkeys after myocardial infarction with the help of induced pluripotent stem cells.

11.10.2016
Other life sciences

New eggs

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh claim that the use of a drug for the treatment of lymphoma returns the ovaries of adult women the ability to produce new eggs.

11.10.2016
Nanotechnology

Network for catching viruses

American scientists have developed a configurable micro device that captures viruses in samples with low levels and contaminated with foreign impurities.

10.10.2016
Healthy skepticism

Not out of the kindness of my heart

In 2011-2015 The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo have sponsored more than 96 healthcare organizations. Thus they tried to neutralize the opponents and keep the profit.

10.10.2016
Bioethics

Have a drink before the autopsy

American scientists have concluded that beer provides the proper level of anesthesia and immobilization of laboratory land snails before killing in the framework of research.

10.10.2016
Other life sciences

The most important neurotransmitter

The brain is based on the interaction of nerve cells, and they talk to each other using substances called mediators.

07.10.2016
Other life sciences

Waiting for the Cybathlon

80 research groups from 25 countries will take part in the Cybathlon, from small startups to the world's largest manufacturers of fancy prosthetics.

07.10.2016
Grants and competitions

Expir Project

The free service for finding funding for scientific and technical projects contains all relevant grants and competitions from development institutes, foundations and commercial structures.

07.10.2016
Other life sciences

Predatory protocells

Chemists from the University of Bristol have developed a system of microscopic water-soluble particles, so-called protocells, that can hunt each other.

07.10.2016