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Bioethics

Every blood donor is a hero

For the World Blood Donor Day 2012 campaign, the theme "Every blood donor is a hero" was chosen, which is based on the idea that each of us can become a hero if we donate our blood.

14.06.2012
Various

Happiness Index

The British non-governmental organization New Economics Foundation has published the World Happiness Index. Do you want to calculate how happy you are personally and compare the results with the average values?

14.06.2012
Other life sciences

"Human microbiome": first results

The results of the Human Microbiome project show that our biological characteristics depend on the microbial population much more than previously thought.

14.06.2012
Biomedicine

Anti-cancer virus hitchhiking

Hiding "on the back" of red blood cells, the virus is not destroyed by the immune system, affects only cancer cells and stimulates an immune attack on infected and uninfected tumor cells and metastases.

14.06.2012
Genetics

Genomics: a time of great expectations

Enthusiasts of individual genomics promise a lot of opportunities to predict the risks of developing diseases and treatment features. But they are silent about the fact that this connection itself is not proven at all for many diseases.

14.06.2012
Genetic engineering

A probiotic for cancer prevention?

American biologists modified the genome of the lactic acid Bacillus Lactobacillus acidophilus in such a way that this bacterium began to destroy polyps – precancerous formations in the colon of mice.

13.06.2012
Cellular technologies

Postmortem stem cells

It turns out that stem cells live in a dead body for at least seventeen days.

13.06.2012
Biomedicine

Cancer Treatment: Kill the Courier

Researchers from the Weizmann Institute have synthesized a small peptide that replaces a protein with a command about unlimited division, preventing it from reaching the nucleus of a cancer cell.

13.06.2012
Nanotechnology

Artificial cell semiconductors

The method of artificial evolution of genes of enzymes providing synthesis of silicon dioxide crystals opens the way to biotechnological production of materials for electronics.

09.06.2012
Nanotechnology

Computer modeling of nanomaterials for medicine

The seminar at NUST MISIS discussed the results of the work on the international project ViNat (Virtual Nanotitanium), the subject of which is computer modeling, development and functional testing of biocompatible metallic nanomaterials.

09.06.2012
Cellular technologies

A mouse with a human liver

The organ grown in the mouse body is small – only 5 millimeters, but its composition and functions are no different from the human liver.

08.06.2012
Bioethics

Organ transplantation: cut alive?

One of the leading transplant specialists in the USA believes that the current rules for determining the death of a donor prevent an increase in the number of transplant operations. He points out that, for example, kidneys can be extracted even before the donor's heart stops.

08.06.2012