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50 years of melatonin research

The search for an AIDS vaccine has reached a dead end

Away from the "big pharma"

We are implicitly given to understand that all efforts to create new original Russian drugs are generally meaningless, because everything is already there, everything is invented, everything can be bought on the world market.

The lame companion of geniuses: five questions about gout

Among talents, the prevalence of gout is 5-10%, which is 10 times higher than the average, and among geniuses it soars to 30-50%. In other words, every second genius was gouty!

Nanomachines will signal about single DNA molecules

An experimental biosensor can be compared to a mass of microscopic beacons that flash upon contact with a certain sequence of nucleotides. The sensitivity of the new sensor is millions of times higher than that of existing DNA detection methods.

Cancer doesn't have enough red wine

Scientists used resveratrol in a fairly high concentration - about 50 g per liter of nutrient fluid in which pancreatic cancer cells grew. In the wine obtained as a result of natural fermentation, the concentration of this substance reaches 30 g per liter.

From knee to brain: a journey through the human body

A museum in the form of a human body, CORPUS, has opened in Holland. Visitors are invited to enter the giant model through the knee, and exit through the brain.

A smart tablet controls not only itself, but also the patient

Each Raisin system tablet contains an indigestible sensor, which is a microchip the size of a grain of sand and a thin-film battery that activates upon contact with an aqueous medium after ingestion.

The triumph of computer methods: prediction of the structure of proteins

One of the research teams actively engaged in predicting the structure of proteins using computers is the Washington laboratory of David Baker.

Deposit or lose

The new model of circulation of scientific publications involves both independent depositing of articles by scientists in electronic archives, and the release of peer-reviewed journals that do not charge a subscription fee or for access to their archives.

Hydrogen sulfide for prolonging life: possible mechanism of action

Hydrogen sulfide, harmful in large quantities, in small doses can not only prolong life, but also save the body's resources and significantly reduce the need for food and oxygen.

State vitamin deficiency

For too long, the fact of technical backwardness, the wretchedness of hardware equipment, unprofitable volumes of unit capacity, etc., plus the notorious residual financing, was ignored. Ignoring these facts exacerbated the consequences – the collapse of domestic ascorbic acid production.

The country will be shod in nanos

Long before the appearance of Rosnanotech, which does not spare millions for the development of nanotechnology production, the director of a small knitting company "Mayor" Vladimir Rodionov conceived to produce socks with the addition of silver nanoparticles.

The bioprinter created a functioning piece of heart muscle

According to scientists, the first "marketable" fabrics from the printer will appear on the market in the very next few years.

Psychology of entrepreneurship: risks

The creation of risk management systems that would allow them to be managed comprehensively and effectively is an urgent task in any field of entrepreneurship, regardless of the scope and specifics.

For new knees – to Munich

The results achieved to date allow us to talk about a real sensation and a breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of arthritis of the joints, especially the knees.

Body Parts

The legalization of organ trafficking also threatens serious problems that exist today on the black market: paid donors are primarily representatives of social groups who do not have access to quality medicine and may be carriers of dangerous infections.

Shark of the pharmaceutical market

In the current situation in the pharmaceutical market, wholesalers have room for maneuver only in certain narrow niches of specialized supplies. Such until recently was the niche of biological products. Now a specialized distributor, Megard Group, is trying to keep it exclusively for itself

Genetics of life expectancy and aging

Cigarettes pretended to be useful

The Berley variety, namely, it was modified by agronomists, refers to "light", used exclusively for cigarettes. The interest in it is easily explained: more than 75% of all Burley plantations are located in the states of North Carolina and Kentucky, whose scientists formed a creative alliance together with specialists from the "multinational" Philip Morris, which paid for the research.