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Healthy skepticism
Not all yogurts are equally healthy
The fact that our people love to self–medicate is an indisputable fact. Food manufacturers have recently realized this and have begun to actively use it for their own good. The milkmen were especially excited. No, not those mustachioed guys from advertising, but companies that produce the corresponding products – yoghurts, kefirs and so on.
16.07.2008
Healthy skepticism
Sunscreens do not save from cancer :(
Most sun protection products do not filter ultraviolet light and do not block the penetration of dangerous rays into the skin, and many of these creams themselves can lead to the formation of toxic components.
16.07.2008
Your health
What you need to know about prostatitis
Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland (prostate). It is the most common urological disease in men under 50 years of age and the third most common urological diagnosis in men over 50 years of age (after benign hyperplasia and prostate cancer), accounting for 8% of outpatient visits to the doctor. The incidence of prostatitis increases with age and reaches 30-73%.
16.07.2008
Your health
Fighting obesity: expert advice
It is known that waste recycling has a positive effect on the state of the entire planet. A cellular version of this process may be useful in the fight against cancer. Stanford University scientists have identified a molecule that uses one of the methods of self–purification of the body – autophagy - to selectively destroy tumor cells.
16.07.2008
New in Gerontology
Old age on schedule: when and how do our organs change their work?
In childhood and youth, our body grows and develops, then exists, as they say, according to a rolled-up scheme, and then begins to age gradually. It turns out that different organs begin to age at different times.
15.07.2008
Biomedicine
About the benefits of smoking
According to scientists, smoking "strengthens memory and the ability to concentrate."
15.07.2008
Controversial
The drunk will survive
As soon as large settlements began to form, dysentery and other water-borne diseases immediately became the main deterrent to population growth. And almost always the solution to this problem was not water purification, but its replacement with alcoholic beverages
15.07.2008
New in Gerontology
Ordered to live a long time
Comparing the mortality charts of human populations in different regions of the world and calculating them according to a special program, the researchers got the result: 95 years. It is this age that corresponds to the specific duration of human life.
15.07.2008
Your health
Brain Food
Diet, exercise and sleep can change the state of our brain and mental functions. This statement points to an inspiring perspective: the ability to improve cognitive abilities, protect the brain from damage and slow down the aging process through changes in the principles of nutrition.
15.07.2008
Cloning
Cloning benefits a person
From a practical point of view, human cloning has two purposes. The first is reproductive cloning to produce offspring. Especially acute issues of reproductive cloning affect infertile people, as well as people of non-standard sexual orientation who are unable or unwilling to have children sexually. The second purpose is therapeutic cloning, obtaining embryonic stem cells, for the treatment of diseases.
14.07.2008
Grants and competitions
We have mobility for young people everywhere!
The Russian Foundation for Basic Research holds competitions in 2009 within the framework of the program "Mobility of Young scientists".
14.07.2008
Genetics
Dr. Watson's visit
The legendary James Dewey Watson, the one who, together with Francis Crick, proposed a model of the DNA molecule in the form of a double helix, came to Moscow at the invitation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and his lecture at the House of Scientists on Prechistenka was organized by the Dynasty Foundation.
14.07.2008
Innovative Russia
Venture capitalists break records
The sector of the biomedical industry, which combines biotechnologies and the production of medical equipment, set its absolute record in 2007, receiving $ 9.1 billion (or 31% of all investments) in the course of 862 venture deals.
11.07.2008
Innovative Russia
The exhibition-fair "RosBioTech-2007" was held in Moscow
To talk about the complete death of domestic biotechnology would be a clear exaggeration. But now, in terms of development, it is inferior even to the Soviet years, not to mention competition with foreign colleagues.
11.07.2008
Innovative Russia
Pharmaceutical companies spend twice as much on the promotion of medicines as on research
For many decades, the pharmaceutical industry has positioned itself as an active initiator of major innovative and research activities. However, critics claim that pharmaceutical companies are actually speculating on this.
11.07.2008
Innovative Russia
Nanofibers in medicine: we would like THEIR problems…
The owner of a successful small business has created a new company (spin-off) that will specialize in the use of nanofibers in medicine.
11.07.2008
Innovative Russia
Entrepreneurial competition "Business of Innovative Technologies" (BIT-2008)
Make the investor believe in you! Under this motto, the Business of Innovative Technologies Business competition is being held in Russia for the fifth time. Its goal is to initiate the creation of new technology companies and promote the development of a culture of entrepreneurship in the Russian high tech sector.
11.07.2008
Innovative Russia
Will business angels, venture funds or investment consultants steal my idea?
There are such business angels, which it is more correct to call business devils. They are looking for attractive patents available to inventors, which they put in the basis of their startup, and select them in order to resell or implement the project on their own.
11.07.2008
Innovative Russia
VTB and the EBRD are creating a venture fund with a capital of 3 billion rubles.
Among the initial goals of the fund are investing in information technology and the Internet, semiconductors and biotechnologies, medical and laser equipment, nanotechnology and composite materials, as well as in other promising and profitable areas.
11.07.2008