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Genetics

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.

19.04.2011
Your health

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.

19.04.2011
Various

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.

19.04.2011
Grants and competitions

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.

19.04.2011
Biomedicine

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.

18.04.2011
Your health

Osteoporosis: safety precautions

Falls are often the cause of severe fractures in the elderly, as with age there is a risk of developing osteoporosis. To reduce the likelihood of falls, elderly people need to properly organize their home space.

18.04.2011
Other life sciences

Nobiletin – another potential geroprotector?

The flavonoid nobiletin contained in tangerines not only helps prevent obesity, but also protects against type 2 diabetes and even atherosclerosis. Interest in resveratrol, and then sirtuins began with the same effects...

18.04.2011
Healthy skepticism

It would be better to think about the soul...

Doctors are skeptical about the possible motherhood of the 94-year-old actress. There are opinions in the press that this is just another PR company.

18.04.2011
Nanotechnology

Micro-rockets aimed at cancer diagnosis

Researchers have achieved the specificity of micro-rockets in relation to cancer cells by modifying their golden surface with antibodies to proteins commonly present in certain types of cancer cells.

18.04.2011
Various

A disappearing world Power

This is the name of a study prepared by the Berlin Institute of Population and Development and devoted to demographic trends in Russia and other post-Soviet countries. The main conclusion of the scientists is formulated in the title of the report.

15.04.2011
Healthy skepticism

Twenty ridiculous ways to self-medicate

Being interested in patients, what they took, sometimes you have to hear about such methods of self-treatment, from which the hair on the head involuntarily moves.

15.04.2011
Grants and competitions

Zvorykin Prize – 2011

Citizens of the Russian Federation aged from 14 to 30 years and young scientists under the age of 35 who are the authors of innovative projects can become participants of the competition for the "Zvorykin Prize".

14.04.2011
Exhibitions and conferences

RUSNANOTECH 2011

On October 26-28, 2011, the IV International Forum on Nanotechnology RUSNANOTECH 2011 will be held in Moscow, on the territory of the Expocenter.

14.04.2011
Other life sciences

Science on the verge of art

At the exhibition "Life. Science version" science art, in which art and the latest scientific developments are woven together, has proved to be a very effective way to popularize science.

13.04.2011
Note to the businessman

Don't hide your money

Can charities act more effectively in the field of healthcare, or will their amateur efforts always be short-sighted, fixing only today's problems and not considering real threats?

13.04.2011