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Nanotechnology

Injection of electronics

A grid of flexible wires and electronic components that can be injected directly into the brain with a syringe can be connected to nerve cells without harm to their health.

11.06.2015
Other life sciences

Frozen ovary in childhood allowed to give birth to a child

For the first time, doctors achieved the birth of a healthy child in a patient whose reproductive function was restored by transplanting the tissue of her own ovary, removed and cryopreserved in childhood.

11.06.2015
Other life sciences

Blood Type Affects Brain Health

People with "zero" (I) blood type have more gray matter in the posterior part of the cerebellum, as well as in the temporal and limbic lobes of the cerebral hemispheres, which makes them more protected from Alzheimer's disease.

10.06.2015
Genetics

Genius and Madness

Variants of genes associated with genius and creativity largely coincide with versions of the same DNA fragments that are associated with increased exposure to schizophrenia and manic-depressive psychosis.

10.06.2015
Other life sciences

Unique transplantation

American doctors performed the world's first successful operation to transplant a part of the skull together with the skin.

10.06.2015
Grants and competitions

Corridor for innovation

The American Councils for International Education are opening the summer admission of applications to the USRIC program (US-Russia Innovation Corridor, American-Russian Innovation Corridor).

10.06.2015
Genetics

Genomics against orphan diseases

Postgenomic medicine will allow you to prevent the development of diseases that are now considered incurable in advance.

10.06.2015
Various

With a thought about the elderly

A "round table" on the topic was held in the State Duma: "Improvement of legislation regulating medical care for the elderly and their provision of medicines."

10.06.2015
Other life sciences

Sick humanity

Only 5% of the world's population is healthy, and about a third of us suffer from five or more diseases at the same time, which indicates the need for a complete reformatting of the healthcare system.

09.06.2015
Cellular technologies

Cellular technologies: present and future

"The future of medicine belongs to cellular technologies" – you hear this phrase more and more often. Is everything really going to the point that cellular technologies will replace the pill in the treatment technique?

09.06.2015
Various

Watch your sense of smell!

The new data confirmed the researchers' previous observations that loss of sense of smell is an important factor in predicting premature death.

09.06.2015
Genetics

Blockade genes

Most of the 206 study participants who survived the siege of Leningrad had three variants of alleles (different forms of the same gene) associated with a more economical metabolism.

09.06.2015
Grants and competitions

RUSNANOPRIZE-2015

This year the RUSNANOPRIZE 2015 Prize will be awarded for work in the field of energy efficiency and "green" technologies.

08.06.2015
Genetic engineering

Silk instead of beer

Silk grown in the laboratory with the help of sugar and yeast may soon become stronger, more elastic and softer than the natural material produced by silkworms and spiders

08.06.2015
Other life sciences

The technique of head transplantation has been worked out on mice

Surgeon Xiaoping Ren from Harbin Medical University is conducting experiments on head transplantation. Now the professor is operating on mice, this summer he plans to switch to monkeys and admits the possibility of such an operation for humans.

08.06.2015
Various

Fecal therapy is a game without rules

Scientists warn that fecal mass transplantation can lead to unforeseen consequences. The governments of the USA and Canada have taken the regulation of fecal transplants under control. In other countries, it would be worth following their example.

08.06.2015
Genetics

Choosing a service for cloud genomics

Research institutes and pharmaceutical companies will have to choose between two "cloud" services for storing human genome data - Google Genomics and Amazon Web Services.

08.06.2015