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Doctors will be offered amulets

Every year there is less and less pharmacoeconomics at the symposium, and propagandists of poorly proven technologies are lining up under the slogans of "evidence-based medicine". Visitors of the congress are invited to purchase various amulets, zirconium bracelets and other occult accessories, of which more and more appear on the stands every year.

Vaccination saves lives

Scientists were faced with the task of creating an effective vaccine against the human papillomavirus, and therefore against cervical cancer. And they were created: Gardasil quadrivalent vaccine and GlaxoSmithKline bivalent candidate vaccine.

PHARMA-2020. Shaping the future of the pharmaceutical industry

Currently, the global pharmaceutical industry has reached a precedent level of changes. And the future belongs to those pharmaceutical companies that will learn to save money: first of all, the patient, and secondly, their own

The kitchen river grows greens and fish for the table

In the aquarium "Local River" everything should be balanced in such a way that both fish and vegetables are good. And the owner of the Local River, too: he will be able to produce food for himself right on the kitchen table. In what quantity is another question.

The reference cell

The attitude of the resolving organs to the problem of stem cells is cautious. But it will be so only until the moment when there is no serious breakthrough in stem cell research associated with the real success of new treatment methods.

Political science: Why cabbage is healthier than apples

Cabbage is much more useful for our deputy than apples. It is necessary for a deputy to chop it properly, so his well-being improves dramatically. However, Russian nutritionists advise Ukrainians to refrain from focusing on Brussels sprouts – this can cause allergies and even problems with gases.

Eggs in men increase the risk of early death

Perhaps the aging process cannot be stopped, but its speed can be estimated and the results obtained can be used to maximize life expectancy.

How to turn normal cells into cancer stem cells

Upon activation of the transcription program characteristic of embryonic stem cells, adult differentiated cells may acquire the pathological ability to self-renew characteristic of cancer stem cells.

Genetic map of the brain

Scientists from the Allen Institute of Brain Science in Seattle are going to create a three-dimensional map of the human brain, which shows the activity of 20 thousand genes.

Therapeutic antitumor vaccines are a matter of the near future

There are still many difficulties to overcome before therapeutic antitumor vaccines appear on the market, the most difficult of which is proving their effectiveness.

Evolution on a chip

Researchers have created an installation that is controlled by an autonomous computer and is able to direct the evolution of so-called RNA enzymes – catalysts of biological processes based on RNA – without human intervention.

Energy drinks: to drink or not to drink?

Recently, the noise around the "power engineers" has intensified in connection with court proceedings over several deaths allegedly related to their use. Let's try to figure out what energy drinks really are.

Diets don't work?

Dieters usually lose 5-10% of their original weight in the first six months, but 30-60% of them gain more weight after dieting than they lost within four to five years. And in reality, the picture can be even scarier.

Ahead of the whole planet

Russia will become the first country in the world to sell a cancer vaccine. A small pharmacological company Antigenics announced on Tuesday that Russian regulatory authorities have approved Oncophage for sale.

Dear germ

After the chromosomes of hundreds of species of individual bacteria were deciphered, a new approach appeared in the genetics of microorganisms – the population approach. Of course, the population of the "human bioreactor" turned out to be one of the most important for the study of microbial populations.

They are alive and glowing

It is simply impossible to list everything that genetic lighting engineers have done in some ten years. Maybe while this issue of the magazine is being prepared for publication, we will learn about another living and glowing miracle.

10 tips for those who want to get out of the subway alive and well

After the tragic death of a passenger in the St. Petersburg metro, the administration of the subway prepared a memo, following the advice of which you can go down to the subway, get to your destination and come to the surface alive and well.

Body mass index is not yet an indicator of health

The results of the study call into question the adequacy of such an indicator as the body mass index as an indicator of human health.

From science to business

Seminar "Genetics of life expectancy and aging": personal impressions

On March 25-26, 2008, the first All-Russian seminar "Genetics of life Expectancy and aging" was held at the Institute of Biology of the Komi National Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Syktyvkar).