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UNESCO-L'OREAL Scholarships for young women engaged in science

Russian candidates should inform the Secretariat of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO about their participation in the UNESCO-L'OREAL Scholarship competition.

British scientists have created a hybrid of a human and a cow

They took an egg from a cow, removed the nucleus from it and placed a nucleus taken from a human skin cell in this cell envelope, and after three days they stopped the experiment. The largest hybrid preembryon consisted of 32 cells.

Bionic eye restores blind vision

Surgeons implanted "bionic eyes" to two men who became blind as a result of retinitis pigmentosa, and partially restored their vision.

The most common medical myths

Ten myths about diseases and treatment with their subsequent exposure.

Biotechnology from a finger

The crossing of homeopathy with bioresonance medicine has given rise to an amazing device. He is able to determine without any tests in a matter of minutes whether you have ever used drugs, and if so, which ones, when and in what quantity.

Why do we need "unnecessary" genes

If a gene becomes unnecessary, then it should quickly fail under the influence of random mutations that are not eliminated by selection. But how to explain the high evolutionary stability of many of these genes?

Neurons are treated by fusion

In response to chronic inflammation signaling the disease, blood stem cells rush into the brain and merge with one of the types of neurons 100 times more intensively than previously thought.

Mustard instead of doping?

Blood doping and the administration of synthetic erythropoietin are prohibited by all sports governing bodies. Perhaps in the future, the desired results can be achieved by exposing the skin of athletes to air with a low oxygen content, or by increasing skin blood flow.

Another touch to the connection of fasting with life expectancy

The increased production of Gcn4 in the cells of long-lived yeast strains in combination with its need for an increase in life expectancy associated with fasting makes this protein an important factor in the mechanism of life extension that has been actively studied recently.

The Cloning Revolution, stage 2

Revolutionary cloning technology will be used in desperate attempts to save one of the rarest animals on Earth – the northern white rhinoceros, which is on the verge of extinction.

Youth lasted until death

SkQ1 does not give immortality, but gives "eternal youth" within the normal or slightly increased lifespan.

Sister! A tit!

The medical procedure in different sources is called differently: "admiring seductive female forms", "contemplation of beautiful female forms", as well as - viewing, looking at and even viewing (!) female breasts (bust).

About the dangers of masturbation, radioactive mineral water and heroin from dandruff

You can make fun of the author of the handbook, feeling so smart and well-read that there is nowhere else. However, I had an amazing teacher in the history of medicine, so I will try to apply the knowledge gained at the lectures now.

The second annual Forum of Private Investors of Ukraine

The seventh EU Framework Program: competition for the section "People"

Another competition has been announced for the section of the Seventh Framework Program of the EU "People" – Initial Training Networks (Initial professional training of researchers).

2008 competition for medals of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The Russian Academy of Sciences annually awards 19 medals with prizes of 50,000 rubles for the best scientific works to young scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences, other institutions and organizations of Russia and 19 medals with prizes of 25,000 rubles to university students.

Vegetarianism – take three

Some vegetarians are mistaken immediately in some points related to dietary proteins. Therefore, today I propose to talk about proteins.

Diagnosis of diseases by saliva: details and comments

Every day, the technologies of laboratory and functional diagnostics are supplemented with new techniques that allow you to quickly detect diseases at an early stage. Perhaps, in the future, people will be tested not for blood, but saliva.

At the membrane level

The Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences has been working on membrane proteins since the mid-1970s. During the years of perestroika, most of the scientific groups actually broke up. And only in the laboratory of structural biology, the work related to membrane proteins, despite all the difficulties, continued.

Eight and a half reasons NOT to be a vegetarian. Part 2

Continuation of the analysis of the arguments in favor of vegetarianism with their subsequent exposure.