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Bioethics

Euthanasia tour

The number of "suicide tourists" coming to Switzerland for the purpose of euthanasia doubled in four years, from 2009 to 2012. Such data are given in a scientific paper devoted to the study of the phenomenon of "suicide tourism".

22.08.2014
Healthy skepticism

Doctors are against the study of quack methods in medicine

American experts have called on the medical community to stop spending money on clinical studies of practices that, in their opinion, are extremely questionable from a scientific point of view, such as homeopathy and reiki (treatment by laying on of hands).

22.08.2014
Exhibitions and conferences

Pharmaceutical business in Russia

RBC Media Holding invites you and your colleagues to take part in the conference "Pharmaceutical business in Russia: Development strategies in an era of change", which will be held on September 24, 2014 at the Marriott Grand Hotel.

21.08.2014
New in Gerontology

Why don't old people sleep well?

American scientists have explained why older people suffer from insomnia and often wake up ahead of time. Brain magazine reports on a group of inhibitory neurons, the deficiency of which leads to sleep disorders in the elderly.

21.08.2014
Nanotechnology

DNA sequencing: molybdenum disulfide instead of graphene

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found that molybdenum disulfide can make DNA sequencing using nanopores more accurate, faster and cheaper than any other material available today.

21.08.2014
Biomedicine

Helminthotherapy of autoimmune diseases

Australian researchers have managed to isolate specific proteins from the secretory glands of some species of parasitic worms, with the help of which helminths suppress the activity of the host body's immune system.

21.08.2014
Healthy skepticism

Non-genetic testing

The "genetic test" is, it turns out, "the business of testing human abilities, which is based on the scientific method of fingerprint analysis." This practice has nothing to do with genetics or modern genetic tests and analyses.

21.08.2014
Cellular technologies

Hematopoietic stem cells against stroke

In the UK, for the first time in the world, a clinical study of the treatment of acute ischemic stroke with hematopoietic stem cells isolated from the bone marrow of patients was conducted.

21.08.2014
Other life sciences

How to feed your microflora?

Bacteria living in the gastrointestinal tract can influence the host's eating behavior. This hypothesis was put forward by American scientists based on a review of a large number of independent studies.

20.08.2014
Other life sciences

Sweat and charge the batteries

A small electronic tattoo is attached to a person's body and monitors the state of his health during physical training. The device will be powered by the decomposition of lactic acid released with sweat during intense loads.

20.08.2014
Innovative Russia

Disabled people are invited to test

The creators of Russia's first medical exoskeleton are recruiting disabled volunteers to test it. The organizers have already received hundreds of applications from people with musculoskeletal disorders. The start of the tests is scheduled for the fall of this year

20.08.2014
Biomedicine

How to grow a new bone

A framework of dozens of layers of biodegradable polymer, as it is destroyed at a given rate and in the required amount releasing growth factors, allows for two weeks to restore large defects of bone tissue.

20.08.2014
Genetic engineering

Another success of gene therapy

Gene therapy has taken a step towards the treatment of beta-thalassemia and other diseases caused by a mutation in a single gene. Scientists obtained iPSCs from the patient's cells, edited their genome and forced them to differentiate into blood cells.

19.08.2014
Innovative Russia

Russian scientists have taught nanoparticles to count

In order not to miss the priority, the lead author of the article Maxim Nikitin worked 70 hours a week, spent about $ 20 thousand of family money on reagents, and spent part of the experiments at home, because security did not allow him to work at the institute at night.

19.08.2014
Various

Young geriatricians are waiting for you in Switzerland!

The shortage of qualified geriatric doctors in Switzerland is superimposed on the overall shortage of physicians in the country. At least a third of the doctors working in the Confederation were educated abroad.

19.08.2014
Nanotechnology

Nanorobots with a spiral motor

A group of Israeli and German researchers managed to create a nanomotor, which is not only the smallest in the world, but also due to its spiral shape allows nanorobots not to get entangled in protein molecules.

19.08.2014
Grants and competitions

Presidential Awards for Young Scientists

The Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Science and Education begins accepting documents for the 2014 Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of science and innovation for young scientists.

19.08.2014