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Bioethics

Vaccination – for or against? For!

The paradox of the situation lies in the fact that it is the effectiveness of immunization that leads to the emergence of the anti-vaccination movement. This is due to the fact that with effective vaccination, cases of diseases for the prevention of which it is carried out become increasingly rare, the circulation of pathogens decreases.

09.07.2008
Exhibitions and conferences

Congress on Parkinson's Disease

The First National Congress on Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders (with international participation), September 22-23, 2008.

09.07.2008
Genetics

Avoid boring conclusions

The Nobel laureate, who turned 80, stressed that he had never lost interest in science. At the same time, to the surprise of many, Watson stated that he practically did not do it all those years while he was in charge of the laboratory.

08.07.2008
Exhibitions and conferences

40th European Conference on Human Genetics

The 40th Annual Conference on Human Genetics (40th European Human Genetics Conference, ESHG 2008) was held in Barcelona, Spain from May 31 to June 3, 2008.

08.07.2008
Controversial

From "magic mushrooms" to evidence-based medicine

A single intake of the hallucinogen psilocybin contained in "magic mushrooms", carried out in conditions of proper training and support of a specialist, increases the feeling of well-being and satisfaction with life, and this effect persists for a long period of time.

04.07.2008
Your health

We exchange fat for stones

The number of our fellow citizens hooked on the famous Kremlin diet is incalculable. And they really lose weight. But at what cost?

04.07.2008
Prolonging youth

The New American Dream: Limit Calories to Prolong Life

Anyway, today most American experts agree that everyone should do physical exercises, reduce stress loads and eat less. After all, the results of experiments with calorie restriction and dietary supplements will have to wait for several more decades.

03.07.2008
Genetics

He, she, it: how animals choose their gender

How does temperature affect the sex of the embryo? The balance of sex hormones plays a decisive role here. During the formation of the body, sex hormones are responsible for the development of sex signs. In many organisms, female hormones are derivatives of male hormones. Certain enzymes are responsible for the transformation. It is their activity that may depend on temperature.

03.07.2008
Biomedicine

Lodamine is the first broad–spectrum angiogenesis inhibitor for oral use

Unlike currently available vascular growth inhibitors, such as Avastin, most of which act only on one of the angiogenesis factors, for example, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and are approved only for the treatment of a small number of specific types of cancer, Lodamine prevents capillary growth under the action of all tested angiogenesis stimulants.

03.07.2008
Other life sciences

Kasparinsky Laboratory

The DVD series "Modern course of lectures on classical Physiology" consists of 12 discs with lectures by famous physiologists of Russia, the highest authorities in their field, who were invited specially for filming from eight research institutes, universities and medical academies from four cities of Russia.

02.07.2008
Your health

The most pleasant way to keep healthy

Making love, you not only improve your mood. Sex burns calories, strengthens the immune system and may even reduce the risk of cancer.

02.07.2008
Cellular technologies

Stem cells: a review of the latest news

Stem cells that ensure the renewal of cardiac tissues will someday be able to be used to repair the heart in myocardial infarction and other diseases. And the creation of methods for converting embryonic or other stem cells into neurons would be the beginning of a genuine revolution in the fight against strokes, neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic injuries of the central nervous system.

02.07.2008
Your health

Lose weight without pills

Despite the fact that a reduced diet is an indispensable condition for any therapeutic regimen for weight loss, the most effective result in most cases is possible only with a comprehensive approach to the treatment of obesity with mandatory consideration of the phases of pathophysiological rearrangements of fat metabolism.

01.07.2008
Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology Boom: Speculation, exaggeration and hysteria

The fact that many technologies or research are now called nanotechnology, which in the strict sense of the word cannot be attributed to nanotechnology, should not always be perceived negatively. When the "fashion" for nanotechnology passes, it turns out that the "nano" prefix can be discarded without prejudice to the development, but at the same time, the funding that it can receive thanks to this prefix will allow them to develop.

01.07.2008
Grants and competitions

RFBR grants for 2009

The Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) holds competitions in 2009 to receive financial support (grants) for Russian scientists to carry out basic scientific research.

30.06.2008
Other life sciences

Is group selection coming back?

Where did the author of the "Selfish Gene" and the father of sociobiology disagree, both Darwinists, educators and anti-prejudice fighters? The apple of contention turned out to be group selection.

27.06.2008
Note to the businessman

New trends in the medical services market

Information technologies certainly increase the effectiveness of treatment. Buyers of medical services (those who pay for them) express concern about the need to finance technological developments, since medical technologies, such as effective diagnosis of diseases at early stages, can lead to an increase in the effectiveness of treatment.

27.06.2008