Healthy skepticism
Shnobelevka-2012
The next awarding of the Nobel Prize took place. Let's see for what merits the Nobelists were honored this time.
21.09.2012- English version
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Your health
Russian men do not value their health
For many men, the topic of a healthy lifestyle is just an excuse for humor. How to make them take care of their health and live no less than women?
21.09.2012
Note to the businessman
Investment Search: Investor Tips
The main theses of the master class of Sergey Gribov, Managing Partner of Startup Access and Director of Minerva Capital Partners.
21.09.2012
Your health
Sewage and the reproductive system
The impact on the ecosystem of synthetic chemical compounds that disrupt the endocrine system of animals and humans may be no less significant than climate change.
20.09.2012
Other life sciences
Another cause of obesity
The absence or insufficient number of so-called AgRP neurons in the center of metabolism in the brain of mice causes obesity in cases when their diet is excessively saturated with sugar and other carbohydrates.
20.09.2012
Various
Tooth cover
An elastic lining with a thickness of 0.004 mm based on calcium hydroxyapatite should protect teeth not only from caries, but also from hypersensitivity. And at the same time, it will make them white forever.
20.09.2012
Other life sciences
Step-by-step description of the transformation of an embryonic cell into a cardiomyocyte
Scientists have traced all stages of the interaction of genes, proteins and epigenetic mechanisms that control the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into mature heart cells – cardiomyocytes.
20.09.2012
Various
Young fifties
According to a sociological study conducted in the UK, most residents of this country believe that old age begins after 70 years. And youth ends only at 55.
20.09.2012
Genetics
Diabetes and cancer: bound by the same gene
The discovery of a new function of the PTEN anti-oncogene will allow us to better understand the mechanisms of type 2 diabetes development and advance in the development of its treatment methods.
19.09.2012
Genetics
Scientists said they have figured out the functions of 80 percent of the human genome
This discovery is worthy of being called epoch-making, but have scientists really discovered exactly what is reported in press releases?
19.09.2012
Other life sciences
A new look at the placebo effect
Mathematical models developed by scientists from the University of Bristol allow us to take a fresh look at the causes of the placebo effect, and perhaps learn how to control its manifestation.
19.09.2012
Various
The number of centenarian Japanese exceeded 50 thousand people
In Japan, the number of residents whose age exceeds 100 years, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan, amounted to 51,376 people on September 16.
19.09.2012
Genetics
Diagnosis by genes: truth and fiction
Doctor of Biological Sciences Yuri Aulchenko about genetic tests: which of them can be trusted, and which are outright commerce.
19.09.2012
Your health
For those who are particularly intelligent, we repeat: mobile phones are safe!
The next expert commission also found no evidence of the harm of electromagnetic fields created by mobile phones and other wireless means of communication to human health.
19.09.2012
Bioethics
Should the birth of "three-parent" children be allowed?
The UK has launched a public consultation on the controversial method of in vitro "three-parent" fertilization (IVF with three parents), which will allow families with incurable diseases to have healthy children
19.09.2012
Innovative Russia
Russia is promised a fantastic development of biomedicine
The Ministry of Health will submit to the government a strategy for the development of biomedicine, as well as a law on biomedical products and assures that Russia by 2016 (!) can become a leader in the field of biomedicine.
18.09.2012
Innovative Russia
Biomedicine in Russia: the Prime Minister is optimistic
"Experts believe ... that modern biomedical technologies allow us to create real prerequisites for increasing life expectancy by 30 years," Medvedev said at a meeting in Skolkovo.
18.09.2012
Other life sciences
There is no chronic fatigue virus – this is a medical fact
A group of doctors led by Ian Lipkin from Columbia University in New York finally put an end to this hypothesis, not finding the virus in blood samples of several hundred sick and healthy people.
18.09.2012
Innovative Russia
Happy road, Bio-2020!
The implementation of a comprehensive program for the development of biotechnologies in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020 ("Bio-2020") has begun.
18.09.2012
Note to the businessman
Five million for genome analysis
Station X, a software developer for genomic data analysis and visualization, has raised $5 million from a group of investors led by Runa Capital.
18.09.2012