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Let's protect ourselves from Frankenstein's food!

Only 33% of Russians know that there are genes in all plants, not just in GMOs. The Duma, of course, is not the people, it is worse than the people. These are the best people in the country. But there is also something wrong with education there.

18.07.2016
Other life sciences

Virtual Reality in oncology

Virtual reality technology is used in various fields of activity. In oncology, it allows doctors to get inside the tumors and individual cancer cells of the patient.

18.07.2016
Other life sciences

Low-calorie diet and intestinal microflora

The intestinal cells of nematodes contained in a low-calorie diet are characterized by elevated levels of autophagy, which significantly improves their health.

15.07.2016
Prolonging youth

Aging can be turned off

Maxim Skulachev's lecture, held within the framework of the project "Intellectual parties "Caravan + Me", was called "Aging as a malicious program that can be turned off".

15.07.2016
Genetic engineering

Encryption in DNA

American researchers are working on a new, extremely reliable method of encoding and storing important information – in the form of a cipher written in DNA molecules.

15.07.2016
Your health

Diagnosis of cancer. Some nuances

Cancer diagnosis is an extremely popular and at the same time complex area of medicine. There are a number of misconceptions around it, and the author of this article has tried to dispel some of them.

15.07.2016
Your health

Why sweeteners increase appetite

The use of sweeteners can cause hunger by activating a complex neural network that signals the body that it has received insufficient energy.

15.07.2016
Controversial

Brain Biohacking

Over the past few years, scientific studies of electrical stimulation of the brain have demonstrated that it can improve many cognitive functions of healthy people.

15.07.2016
Note to the businessman

DNA testing in Russia

In recent years, genetic testing has become increasingly popular in the healthcare market. But in Russia, the state does not help to develop this direction in any way.

15.07.2016
Prolonging youth

The secret of the benefits of pomegranates

The intestinal microflora transforms the compound contained in pomegranates into urolitin A, which protects muscles from one of the main causes of aging – the accumulation of non-functional mitochondria.

14.07.2016
Your health

KINETIC: Intel Edison, Gravity, Health and Economy

The best way to protect yourself from back injuries when working with weights is to give this job to someone else. And no kidding, the correct handling of heavy objects is a whole science.

14.07.2016
Exhibitions and conferences

Winter Youth Scientific School at IBH RAS

The school for students, postgraduates and young scientists "Promising areas of physico-chemical biology and biotechnology" will be held in Moscow on February 7-10, 2017.

14.07.2016
Your health

The Riddle of Medicine

In the recent past, the number of patients and their mortality associated with dementia, heart disease and bowel cancer has been constantly increasing. Now scientists note the opposite trend.

14.07.2016
Nanotechnology

Russian-Korean oncodiagnostics

Scientists from MEPhI together with colleagues from Pohang University of Science and Technology are completing the development of a nanosystem for early diagnosis of oncological diseases.

14.07.2016
Other life sciences

Optic nerves can regenerate

With the help of gene therapy and visual stimulation, American scientists managed to partially restore the vision of mice after damage to the optic nerve.

14.07.2016
Genetic engineering

A picture from DNA

To create a copy of van Gogh's "Starry Night", scientists have developed a technology that allows pre-determined amounts of phosphors to be placed on the surface of photonic crystals.

13.07.2016
Grants and competitions

The best innovative product of St. Petersburg

Organizations registered on the territory of St. Petersburg and engaged in the production and sale of innovative products can take part in the competition.

13.07.2016
Biomedicine

A wound healing agent was found in the skin

Italian and American scientists have discovered substances in the skin that regulate wound healing. They can become the basis for effective wound healing drugs.

13.07.2016
Other life sciences

World Tumor Bank

Major global cancer research organizations have launched a project to produce models of human tumors, with characteristics as close as possible to the originals.

13.07.2016