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Bioethics

Blackened transplantologists

In Ukraine, another scandal is being fanned about "black transplantologists" and allegedly illegally dismembered corpses. The living suffer from this.

27.08.2009
Healthy skepticism

The future of science: the sweetness of dreams

Perhaps the predictions of modern scientists are not as fantastic as what their colleagues imagined 80 years ago. Or maybe they will cause our descendants to smile as condescendingly as the utopias of the 20s - with us.

27.08.2009
Genetics

DNA in criminology: forensic experts were taken by the throat

One of the researchers who published in the public domain a simple and reliable method of falsifying DNA samples, which can undermine modern methods of criminology, himself founded a company that developed a test to distinguish fake DNA from real ones.

26.08.2009
Note to the businessman

Crisis and pharmaceutical production: slowing down underperformance

The first steps to stabilize the pharmaceutical market have already been taken: as a result of the efforts of pharmaceutical manufacturers, despite the crisis difficulties, the rate of decline in pharmaceutical production volumes observed since September 2008 has slowed down.

26.08.2009
Note to the businessman

Personalized medicine is the engine of progress

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers experts, a number of factors will contribute to the development of personalized medicine and increase the value of innovative diagnostic methods.

25.08.2009
Note to the businessman

Stem cells go to IPO: first-hand details

The projects of the Institute of Human Stem Cells are characterized by a quick return on investment, which will be visible in 1-2 years.

25.08.2009
Healthy skepticism

Too healthy lifestyle

Obsession with diet leads to metabolic disorders associated with a lack of nutritional and biologically active compounds. The reason for the mass craze for healthy eating is the excess of information in the media about the harm or benefits of certain products.

25.08.2009
Bioethics

Is genetic engineering and eugenics our happy future?

Almost all societies at one time engaged in what we call "eugenics" or "genetic engineering". Why, in the name of what, control human genetics? This is a problem that will be acutely facing us in fifty years.

25.08.2009
Innovative Russia

Small entrepreneurs! Keep your pocket wider!

This was stated by the head of the Department of Support and Development of Small and Medium-sized Businesses in Moscow, Mikhail Vyshegorodtsev, during a meeting with entrepreneurs, which took place at the Central House of Entrepreneurs.

24.08.2009
Controversial

Antioxidants: for cancer or for cancer?

American scientists have found out that antioxidants can promote the spread of tumor cells. Previously, it was believed that these substances reduce the risk of ordinary cells turning into cancer cells.

24.08.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

Donor and personal storage of stem cells

The International Symposium "Topical issues of donor and personal storage of stem cells" will be held on September 21, 2009 in Moscow, at the Renaissance Hotel.

06.08.2009
Healthy skepticism

The main secret of the aksakals

The authors of the famous book "The Phenomenon of Longevity" have studied literally everything in centenarians. But they did not understand why Abkhazians, Balkars, Azerbaijanis, Karabakh Armenians, Yakuts, Evenks, Colombians, Ecuadorians and Pakistanis live for a long time, but Europeans – more civilized and cultured – do not.

24.07.2009