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Your health

Cancer alertness without carcinophobia

When these symptoms appear, you should not panic, but you need to understand that the sooner the cancer is detected, the more chances of a successful cure

30.08.2010
Nanotechnology

What is nano?

The first lecture "What is nano?" will be held at 12:00 on September 4, 2010. You can connect to the broadcast of the lectures of the "World of Nanotechnology" cycle on the Internet; at the end of the cycle (at the end of October), the materials will be published in open access.

30.08.2010
Note to the businessman

You are attractive for investment...

Due to the fact that the main purpose of investment activity is to ensure the most effective forms of capital investment, each business entity should pay special attention to its investment attractiveness.

30.08.2010
Bioethics

Defenders of the rights of embryos: expert comment

Does it make sense to discuss the possibility of using 50-100 blastocyst cells for the benefit of science and in the name of a chance to cure many patients, which should be destroyed, while abortion of a three-month-old fetus is legally allowed in many countries?

27.08.2010
Other life sciences

A circle of suspects the size of a biochip

When analyzing DNA using a new biochip, the probability of a random match of genotypes is 0.4%. This probability is too high to prove involvement in a crime, but it allows you to narrow down the circle of suspects.

27.08.2010
Innovative Russia

Winners of the competition of entrepreneurs-innovators

The summer training School on innovative entrepreneurship, organized with the support of Intel Corporation, Rusnano and Lomonosov Moscow State University, ended with a competition of entrepreneurial projects.

27.08.2010
Biotechnologies - into life

"HimRar" has started the sowing campaign

So far, HimRar has submitted one project to the seed fund, a drug for the treatment of alcohol addiction. In August, the firm plans to submit two more projects to the RVC FPI, and 5-10 projects by the end of the year.

27.08.2010
Various

Japanese Longevity: Skeletons in closets

Despite her daughter's protests, the administration representatives opened the door of Kato's room and found his mummified body. During the time when relatives said that Kato was alive, the state paid him a pension totaling almost 10 million yen.

27.08.2010
Other life sciences

Biosynthetic cornea

Griffith's group tried to find a replacement for donor tissues and synthetic corneas by resorting to the use of biosynthetic tissues derived from human collagen synthesized by genetically modified microorganisms.

27.08.2010
Note to the businessman

The price of innovation

In the vast majority of developed businesses, there is no need to put the issue of pricing at the forefront, since the market itself is able to adjust prices. The approach to pricing innovative products looks somewhat more complicated.

25.08.2010
Biomedicine

Antidepressants based on ketamine?

Finding out the molecular mechanism by which ketamine quickly and effectively eliminates the symptoms of depression opens the way for the creation of antidepressants similar to ketamine in action, but more convenient and safe.

25.08.2010
Genetics

Oncogenes and anti-oncogenes: who's who?

The development of malignant tumors in the body is opposed by the anti-cancer protection system. Its main participant, the anti-oncogene p53, has been known for a long time, but until now scientists did not understand what makes it activate.

25.08.2010
Bioethics

Embryonic stem cells were again blocked from oxygen

The Alliance Defense Fund, a public organization dedicated to protecting the interests of adherents of various Christian denominations, filed a lawsuit to cancel state funding for embryonic stem cell research.

24.08.2010
Other life sciences

Pure BRCA2

Three research groups managed to isolate the BRCA2 protein in its pure form, corresponding to a gene in which mutations are associated with the development of breast and ovarian cancer.

24.08.2010
Biomedicine

Resveratrol and sirtuins: to be continued

The discussion continues about the ability of resveratrol and its analogues to activate the work of sirtuins "in vitro" and in a living organism.

24.08.2010
Grants and competitions

PhD programs within the framework of the Marie Curie Campaign

As part of the Marie Curie Campaign, talented masters working on a dissertation in the field of biological, chemical, medical or other related sciences can take an internship at the Max F. Perutz laboratories of the Vienna Biological Center.

24.08.2010
Various

Only old people live here

The village of Fairhall is Britain's first residential complex for the elderly. Now the Scottish government is considering a plan to build a whole network of such villages where elderly people could live a full life in nature in peace and comfort.

23.08.2010
Biomedicine

Genentech's Success Story

Since its birth, Genentech has not conceded leadership in biotechnology. For twelve years in a row, including in 2010, Fortune has named Genentech one of the best companies worth working for, and last year Science named it the best employer in biotech.

23.08.2010