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Healthy skepticism

(NOT)serious science

An article without a single word, a cat in co–authors, dozens of pages of the purest nonsense generated by a computer - you don't expect to see all this in a scientific journal.

19.09.2016
Other life sciences

Negative results are publicly available

The regulations adopted by the FDA obliges pharmaceutical companies to publish information about the results of clinical trials, even if the drugs have proved ineffective.

19.09.2016
Other life sciences

Schwann cells will repair axons

Scientists have discovered an epigenetic mechanism that directs auxiliary cells to the peripheral nervous system and repairs damaged axons.

19.09.2016
Nanotechnology

Another nanofish

"Nanofishes" sailing under the control of an external magnetic field have demonstrated greater maneuverability, speed and efficiency than their closest competitors.

19.09.2016
Other life sciences

Oncologists lost to the computer

According to 15 MRI images of patients treated for brain cancer, one of the doctors correctly diagnosed 7 patients, the other – 8. The computer correctly diagnosed 12 cases.

19.09.2016
Your health

Reduce the pressure!

In patients who maintained systolic pressure at up to 120 mmHg, compared with the standard treatment group, overall mortality decreased by 27%.

16.09.2016
Innovative Russia

GenerationS-2016 continues to work

At the moment, the collection of applications continues within the framework of the regional GenerationS tour, which will cover 30 cities. Applications to the accelerator will be accepted until October 15.

16.09.2016
Note to the businessman

Investments-2016 (1st half of the year)

We present to your attention the "Overview of the direct and venture capital Investment Market for the first half of 2016, prepared by the Russian Venture Investment Association.

16.09.2016
New in Gerontology

Aging of the brain can be compensated

Old age impairs memory and slows down cognitive skills, however, a new study has shown that the brain has significant potential to reduce these effects.

16.09.2016
Bioethics

Is it possible to plan a healthy person?

A new medical service is being actively promoted in Russia – DNA testing for parents, which allows predicting diseases in an unborn child.

15.09.2016
Various

Robbery in Italian

In Italy, 14 thousand DNA samples collected to study the secrets of longevity were stolen from a laboratory. The Italian prosecutor's office is investigating.

15.09.2016
Prolonging youth

Naked diggers settled in Moscow State University

On the basis of the first colony of Cape naked diggers in Russia, biologists will study the secrets of their longevity and try to transfer them to the human population.

15.09.2016
Cellular technologies

Partial parthenogenesis

It was not eggs that were fertilized, but parthenogenetic embryos that began to develop. Mice that were born in such a strange way successfully multiplied.

15.09.2016
Various

Do you want to become a bone marrow donor?

Then this Friday do not drink alcohol and do not eat fat, because on Saturday at the Hematology Research Center in Moscow and in forty other cities of Russia – donor Day.

15.09.2016
Nanotechnology

Caution: nanofibers!

FEFU scientists have come to the conclusion that carbon nanofibers, unlike nanotubes, reduce the behavioral functions and cognitive activity of experimental animals.

15.09.2016
Various

Whoever pays, orders the results

In addition to other compromising documents, correspondence between the Sugar Association and one of the leaders of a study on coronary heart disease fell into the hands of scientists.

14.09.2016
Other life sciences

Monkeys print Shakespeare

The monkeys were shown excerpts of texts from the New York Times and Hamlet on the screen, and they had to reprint them by selecting letters with the cursor on the on-screen keyboard.

14.09.2016