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Controversial

A billion for brain powder?

Professor Markram still hopes to receive a billion euros to continue the project on computer modeling of the human brain, despite the negative reviews of colleagues to the point of unprintability.

16.04.2012
Bioethics

Unethical bioethics

Ten years ago, Diana Irving published an article "Bioethical Confusion". In a new article on the same topic, her doubts about the ethics of bioethics sound even more acute.

16.04.2012
Healthy skepticism

Scarier than an atomic war

Starting with illiterate, but having some claims to be connected with the reality of reasoning about genetics, the author has come to miracles with torsion fields. However, the final chord is still ahead – we are waiting for a collision with the laboratory... combat parapsychology.

16.04.2012
Grants and competitions

Postdoctoral oncologists are expected at Gutenberg University

The project is dedicated to research in the field of chemotherapy and immunotherapy of oncological diseases. Fundamental training in molecular biology and protein biochemistry is required to participate in research.

13.04.2012
Genetic engineering

Modified stem cells to fight HIV

Modified human hematopoietic stem cells differentiate into HIV-specific CD8 T lymphocytes and destroy infected cells in the animal model.

13.04.2012
Cellular technologies

Stem underground workers are not hindered by prohibitions

Despite the tightening of the ban of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China on the clinical use of stem cell treatments that have not received official approval, the illegal business of cell therapy continues to flourish.

13.04.2012
Genetic engineering

Synthetic biology in Siberian

At the Novosibirsk Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, work is underway to create a microchip DNA synthesizer.

12.04.2012
Various

eLife – a new biomedical journal in the public domain

The Wellcome Trust Charitable Foundation supported the desire of scientists to publish their works in open access and announced the scientific biomedical journal eLife, articles from which will be available to everyone.

12.04.2012
Other life sciences

Alzheimer's, heal yourself!

The cure for Alzheimer's disease lies in the same protein that causes it: one of the fragments of the beta-amyloid precursor protein suppresses the work of the enzyme responsible for pathogenic modification of the same protein.

12.04.2012
Nanotechnology

Shuriken on the tumor

Gold nanoparticles shaped like stars find tumor cells and deliver a deadly cargo directly to their nuclei.

12.04.2012
Cellular technologies

Lung and thyroid progenitor cells from ESCs

The researchers obtained lung and thyroid progenitor cells from embryonic stem cells, suitable for experimental work and, possibly, for cell replacement therapy.

11.04.2012
Grants and competitions

Nanoaspirantura in France

Nanosciences Foundation (France) announces the acceptance of applications for a three-year postgraduate course (Ph.D. Program) in all areas of interdisciplinary research related to nano-sciences and nanotechnology.

10.04.2012
Grants and competitions

RIKEN invites postdocs

The Japanese scientific organization RIKEN announces the acceptance of applications from foreign scientists for participation in postdoctoral research programs.

10.04.2012
Biomedicine

Take the tumor in a pincer

A young Russian company has taken a swing at a new method of treating cancer. Its specialists decided to combine two unique technologies to arm the immune system against tumor cells and at the same time disarm the defense of the tumor itself.

09.04.2012
Genetic engineering

Genetically modified astronauts

Six rodents participated in the experiment on the ISS – three transgenic mice and three control mice. Rodents with increased pleiotrophin production lost 3% of bone tissue in 91 days, while the spine of ordinary mice lost 41.5% of its mass.

09.04.2012
Various

600 children, and all – in the pope

B. Wiesner, who founded an artificial insemination clinic and promised childless couples "intellectual" children, acted as a donor himself in more than half of the cases. However, they went to the pope face, not mind:(

09.04.2012