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Other life sciences

Scalpel will be able to "sniff out" tumors

A mass spectrometer connected to an electroscalpel installed in the oncosurgeon's operating room will distinguish malignant tissues from healthy ones based on their molecular characteristics.

21.10.2009
Healthy skepticism

Pseudoscience generates a new kind of organized crime

Pseudoscience has become a noticeable phenomenon in many countries of the world. In Russia in the 90s, about 200 different "academies" arose. And the main goal of many "academics" is to gut the pockets of our citizens.

21.10.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

Medicine and business

Annual conference "Medicine and Business: a look into the future and factors of long-term success".

20.10.2009
Genetics

Personal genomics: it's time to put things in order

Predicting predisposition to diseases based on individual DNA characteristics will soon become a routine procedure. But the work of companies engaged in the analysis of personal genomes is not standardized enough and needs improvements.

19.10.2009
Prolonging youth

Work is the best geroprotector

People who switch from full-time employment to temporary or part-time work get sick less often and their overall well-being is better than people who immediately stopped working completely. Moreover, pensioners working in their specialty retain their intelligence longer.

19.10.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Paper biotechnology

The conversation that the Russian biotech needs resuscitation has been going on for about ten years. Biotechnologies are included in the list of priority areas for the development of science and technology. And the case is not moving from a dead point.

19.10.2009
Various

A young man considering an article

Strange as it may seem for "ordinary" people, scientists are judged not by the case, but by the "word", that is, by their articles. But how much effort is made by editors and reviewers of scientific papers so that the printed word can be believed!

16.10.2009
Other life sciences

Nobel Ribosomes

The achievement awarded with the prize "for research on the structure and work of ribosomes" has played a significant role in the development of science; it also has practical applications — in particular, antibiotics that kill bacteria by turning off their ribosomes.

15.10.2009
Genetics

The gene of the quick mind

The difference in the speed of thinking due to the "correct" allele of the COMT gene is small. But the variants of this gene differ by only one nucleotide, and the molecules of the corresponding protein differ by one amino acid.

15.10.2009
Other life sciences

Fractal DNA

The DNA in the cell nucleus is packed into an incredibly compact "fractal globule", on the surface of which the genes necessary for protein synthesis move.

14.10.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

EurasiaBio-2010

The second International Congress, Exhibition and partnership on biotechnologies, bioenergy and bioeconomics "EurasiaBio-2010".

14.10.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

German-Russian biotechnologies

Russian-German Biotechnology Forum "Russia and Germany in a Single European Space. German-Russian Biotechnological Cooperative Union"; 3rd Biotechnological Exhibition-Fair "RosBioTech-2009".

14.10.2009
Your health

Women have hormones, men have work

Birth control pills have changed the sexual preferences of modern women, and these changes may not serve humanity well. As for the sexuality of the stronger sex, it can be significantly influenced by the profession of a man.

13.10.2009
Note to the businessman

Fly in-buy shares of innovative and growing companies!

Vice-President of MICEX G. Margolit – about the innovation and investment market, which should become a conveyor for attracting financing by young companies and obtaining promising assets by investors.

13.10.2009
Other life sciences

Nobel Telomeres

It is a pity that Olovnikov was not among those who received the award. At the same time, Blackburn, Grader and Shostak, who have devoted many years to successful experimental studies of telomeres and telomerase, undoubtedly deserve this award.

12.10.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

Nanoforum-2009: results

The official results of the Second International Forum on Nanotechnology have been summed up.

12.10.2009
Other life sciences

The brain-computer interface is squared

The new development is a further step in creating a brain-computer interface. A group of scientists from the University of Southampton has developed a new version of this technology – brain-to-brain communication.

09.10.2009