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The Russian pharmaceutical industry has fallen

According to the results of January 2015, the production of pharmaceutical products in Russia fell by 34.1% compared to the previous month.

Have you decided to get rid of alcoholism? Try migraine pills!

The drug topiramate, approved as an anticonvulsant and a migraine drug, not only suppresses the desire to drink, but also reduces the severity of the physical and psychological consequences of alcohol dependence.

Triclosan is banned

The decision to ban triclosan is based on the latest scientific research that has shown that this disinfectant has a negative effect on the human body.

Google on guard of health

Google Corporation has opened the Google Health medical service. Now everyone can create their own profile and store all their medical documents online on this service.

Are nanotubes a potential carcinogen?

It is necessary to study the probability of carbon nanotubes entering the body with inhaled air, their subsequent migration and possible carcinogenic effects.

Society does not help the elderly to chew their food thoroughly

Municipal authorities do not always believe that assistance in brushing teeth is included in the mandatory complex of providing assistance to elderly people at home. Only one commune out of 20 takes into account the needs for such services.

DNA in the library is glamorous!

The Italian firm Cattelan Italia has developed a DoubleHelix bookcase in the form of a DNA double helix.

VI All-Russian Congress "Symbiosis-Russia"

About 300 people will take part in the VI All-Russian Congress of Young Biologists "Symbiosis-Russia", which will be held in Irkutsk for the first time from August 19 to 23, online.

The Chairman of the Commission has died – long live the fight against pseudoscience!

The Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) on combating Pseudoscience and falsification of scientific research will exist after the death of its chairman, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Eduard Kruglyakov.

Immunotherapy will stop the development of AIDS

Presentations of innovative projects and technologies, as well as investment projects supported by state regional programs will be organized within the framework of the forum.

Biotechnology-2020

The government has approved a program for the development of biotechnologies of the Russian Federation until 2020.

An ambassador for innovation!

Special attaches for innovation will soon appear in Russian embassies abroad. By 2012, the Russian Foreign Ministry (!) will create a network to attract foreign scientists and technologies, as well as promote Russian innovations in foreign markets.

The selection of projects for the creation of nanocenters has been completed

The RUSNANO Competition Commission named the winners of the last, fourth, open competition for the selection of projects for the creation of nanotechnology centers.

Premature birth negatively affects the health of both the child and the entire population

$30,000,000 for personalized medicine in cancer treatment

Representatives of the J. Hopkins and S. Kimmel Cancer Center announced the opening of a new Center for Personalized Medicine, which will develop cancer treatment methods.

Ecstasy vaccination

Nanotechnology has broken into the future for the fifth time

On March 26, a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners and prize-winners of the fifth All–Russian Intellectual Forum-Olympiad "Nanotechnology - a breakthrough into the Future" took place in the assembly hall of the First Academic Building of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Russian innovators rent an office in Silicon Valley

Skolkovo, Rusnano and RVC will open their office in the USA in the spring.

A protein that stimulates the formation of fat cells has been found

Sanofi still swallowed Genzyme

Representatives of Sanofi-aventis predict that due to the takeover of Genzyme by 2013, the company's net profit per share will increase by 0.75-1.003 euros.