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How to treat the healthcare system?

A titanic task in its complexity – how to make health protection adequate to the challenges of our time without undermining its foundations – is also facing prosperous countries. In Russia, this is even worse...

It is necessary to sell marijuana beautifully

The SPARC medical marijuana store in San Francisco has won the annual award of the American Architectural Institute.

RNA interference: improved method of reversible gene shutdown

One way to study the function of a gene is to turn it off. However, if a gene is important for survival, it will kill the organism before its function is determined. CSHL scientists have overcome this obstacle with the help of reversible RNA interference technology

Nanobiochips will become the basis of medicine of the future

The electronic detection principle allows a miniature nanobiochip to process information coming through tens of thousands of channels in parallel with record sensitivity at the femtomole level.

Scary, dangerous, genetically modified...

The hysteria around genetically modified plants increasingly resembles an information war on the part of the main competitors of bioengineered products – manufacturers of traditional agrochemicals.

References to the article "On DNA, digestion and mythology"

Modern problems of immunology, allergology and immunopharmacology

The Institute of Immunology and the Russian Association of Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists invite you to take part in the XI International Congress "Modern Problems of Immunology, Allergology and Immunopharmacology" (Moscow, July 5-8, 2011).

Business angels are flapping their wings

The participants of the III Annual Congress of the National Association of Business Angels are full of optimism.

Genomics in the fight against cancer

The decoding of the genome helped American doctors to choose a therapy for a woman with cancer.

Contraception, reproductive health and family planning

On Wednesday, April 20, a meeting of doctors with the media devoted to the problems of women's reproductive health was held in Moscow. The question of the benefits and harms of hormonal contraception caused the most controversy.

The global pharmaceutical market and import substitution problems

The policy of import substitution, including in the field of pharmaceuticals, was adopted by many countries, but in most cases it did not give tangible and long-term results.

We are twin brothers, we have different fathers…

Twins from different fathers? It happens, but rarely. You can see for yourself how it happens.

Antibodies against heart attack and stroke

Injection of antibodies to a protein that triggers an inflammatory reaction after the resumption of blood circulation in a heart attack or stroke can significantly reduce the number of cells that die in these diseases.

The recipe for a heart attack: lean on fat!

Eating fat-rich foods for short periods of time provides protection for the heart in case of myocardial infarction.

Coordinating Genetic Council begins work

Geneticists are preparing for the Sochi Olympics: on April 26, a press conference will be held at the Budapest Hotel (Moscow) dedicated to the beginning of the work of the Coordinating Genetic Council, which includes five leading genetic centers in Russia.

HIV and AIDS: briefly about the main thing

About HIV/AIDS has published more than 200 thousand scientific articles. We offer you 20 (in two parts, 10+10) the most important facts about HIV and AIDS that everyone should know.

The new generation does NOT choose nanotechnology

Most young people, from high school students to students, if they have heard anything about nanotechnology, it is on TV or from friends. And they don't dream of becoming nanotechnologists at all.

Nanodrugs are just around the corner: fullerenols are being tested

Chemists of St. Petersburg State University are preparing biological tests of fullerenols, which can become the basis for a whole group of new medicines. Their antiviral, bactericidal and antioxidant properties will be tested.

New Megagrant competition

The Ministry of Education and Science has announced the start of the second cycle of the megagrant competition. The participants of the competition can be both Russian and foreign scientists who occupy leading positions in a certain field of sciences.

Breast cancer: another line of defense

Normal breast epithelial cells, producing interleukin-25, function as an additional protective mechanism for the active and specific destruction of breast cancer cells.