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Healthy skepticism

The virus of idiocy

The virus of idiocy is transmitted contactless: by words, articles and videos. The most common ways to transmit the virus: TV, radio and telephone.

13.11.2009
Your health

Myths about aphrodisiacs

The effect of traditional aphrodisiacs in most cases has not received scientific confirmation. But if you pay more attention to your diet, rest and physical education, aphrodisiacs will definitely work, bambara-chufara, loriki-eriki!

12.11.2009
New in Gerontology

Strong muscles protect against Alzheimer's disease

Physical activity as such is not related to the development of Alzheimer's disease: it is strength that is important, not how much a person spends in motion, how his lungs work and what body weight is.

12.11.2009
Theories of aging

Russia is the birthplace of telomeres!

Alexey Olovnikov, who theoretically predicted the shortening of chromosomes during aging and the existence of the "enzyme of immortality" – telomerase, was announced the winner of the Demidov Prize.

10.11.2009
Biomedicine

For each tumor – personal preparations

Determining the functional profile (a set of "working" genes) of a specific tumor in the future will allow for personalized therapy of cancer patients.

10.11.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Masked Nanoparticles Come out to fight cancer

The use of new nanoparticles filled with antitumor drugs and coated with guiding proteins will reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and increase its effectiveness.

10.11.2009
Note to the businessman

Bioengineering market: present and future

The pharmaceutical business could not ignore such a promising segment of the market as bioengineering, especially since the expiration of patent protection terms for many blockbusters favors the spread of similar biological products.

09.11.2009
Your health

Once again about vitamins

The lack of vitamins inevitably affects our well-being, performance, resistance to various diseases. There is only one way out – to regularly replenish vitamin and mineral deficiency.

09.11.2009
Biomedicine

Save the Brain: neuropeptides and stem cells

The Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences is developing peptide compounds and methods of using stem cells for the prevention and treatment of stroke and neurodegenerative diseases.

09.11.2009
Nanotechnology

Reading genomes for ridiculous money

Reading the human genome is now cheaper than "Zhiguli". The new method of "DNA nanosheets" allowed to reduce the consumption of reagents and their quality requirements. The procedure takes about a day.

09.11.2009
Other life sciences

Implantable silk-based microchips

Biodegradable silk-backed microchips will soon be used to produce efficient interfaces between the nervous system and external devices, as well as LED tattoos.

09.11.2009
Cellular technologies

Stem cell spray for the treatment of burns

Stem cell spray can become an alternative to skin transplantation in the treatment of burns and find application in cosmetic medicine.

09.11.2009
Healthy skepticism

Non-Medical Runet

The websites of pharmaceutical companies and clinics and artificial medical portals are a department of the advertising industry, and it is incorrect to call them "medical Runet". But there are more interesting network phenomena that are growing within the near-medical Internet communities.

06.11.2009
Biomedicine

Innovative technologies in laboratory diagnostics

Modern diagnostics means not just the detection of the disease at an early stage, but rather the statement of the risk of a disease that has not yet begun. What is happening now in the so-called personalized and, let's pay attention, already practical medicine, impresses even professionals.

06.11.2009
Nanotechnology

Carbon nanotubes for diagnosis and treatment

The use of nanotubes in medicine has already led to some results in vivo. In the near future, new results of the use of nanotubes for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases are expected.

06.11.2009
Other life sciences

Will a person learn to read thoughts?

A common brain scanning technique allows you to determine what a person is thinking at a certain moment. Does this mean the emergence of mind-reading technologies?

05.11.2009