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Healthy skepticism

A very cultured minister

The Minister of Culture in an interview with the American Russian-language newspaper "Russian Life" blurted out that Russians have an extra chromosome. He certainly didn't mean Down syndrome, but the word is not a sparrow…

22.01.2013
Your health

Once again about the benefits of family life

A new study has confirmed the fact that married people live longer, adding another nuance to it: those who have never been married or married were on average twice as likely to die in middle age than those who were in a stable marriage throughout their lives.

21.01.2013
Note to the businessman

Seminars for innovators

The specialists of the Progress Research and Development Center invite you to the practical seminars "Management of innovative projects: from the idea to attracting investments" (St. Petersburg, March 11-15) and "Management of innovative activity of the enterprise" (Moscow, March 25-28).

21.01.2013
Various

Optimistic cancer statistics

According to the report of the American Cancer Society "Cancer Statistics 2013", cancer mortality in the United States decreased by 20% from 1991 to 2009.

21.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of infarction: latest news

Geneticists managed to reverse the course of events in myocardial infarction and grow a healthy heart muscle in place of the scar.

18.01.2013
Various

Heart on the palms of your hands

In a photo that has flown around the world, a patient named Penny holds her old heart in her hands after a successful transplant.

18.01.2013
Genetics

Once again to the question of biohackers

A group of biologists from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge (USA) has convincingly demonstrated that the identity of anonymous volunteers can be easily calculated using publicly available data on the Internet.

18.01.2013
Exhibitions and conferences

CIS Pharmaceutical Forum – 2013

The Pharmaceutical Forum of the CIS countries will be held in Moscow on February 5-7, 2013.

17.01.2013
Biomedicine

A big step towards developing a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease

Injections of MPL, long used as an adjuvant (a substance that enhances the immune response during vaccination), led to the elimination of up to 80% of beta-amyloid plaques from the brains of mice with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Tests on the ability to solve new problems showed a significant improvement in the cognitive abilities of animals.

17.01.2013
Biotechnologies - into life

Biotechnology in Russia: there would be a desire…

How to create your own biotech company in Russia and what are the features of the introduction of scientific developments here and in the USA, said the famous biologist Sergey Lukyanov.

17.01.2013
Other life sciences

Dopamine as a stimulant of creativity

Many patients who have completed a course of taking drugs that increase the activity of dopamine in the brain, have a creative talent. Such patients suddenly become artists, sculptors or writers.

16.01.2013
Other life sciences

Unique video: Virus infects cell

Researchers from the University of Texas were able to see and film all the subtleties of this process performed by the bacteriophage T7 in real time.

16.01.2013
Various

Choose: a cure for old age or for rejuvenation?

According to Alexey Turchin, an expert of the Russian transhumanist movement on global risks, a cure for old age will be sold barely, and a means for rejuvenation will cause a violent stir.

15.01.2013