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Solitaire, decomposed by the power of sight

The ability to control a computer without the help of hands excites the minds of neurophysiologists all over the world, and several interfaces have already been created that connect a computer with different organs of the human body and directly with the brain. Scientists from the Research Institute of Physiology named after A.A.Ukhtomsky St. Petersburg State University suggest using eye movement for this purpose. The first experiments confirmed that this method works.

A female camel cloned 6 years ago is pregnant

A female camel named Injaz (translated from Arabic as "achievement") was cloned from the eggs of a dead relative and was born from a surrogate mother six years ago. Now she is waiting for offspring herself.

The Russian generic is no worse and much cheaper than the Swiss one

In the second half of 2015, a domestic analogue of the drug for metastatic cancer will enter the Russian market. The tests showed full compliance of the biosimilar with the original of the drug.

James Watson sold the Nobel medal

The first ever Nobel Prize winner who decided to sell his award was 86-year-old Watson. The scientist previously stated that he would spend the funds received on charity.

Terminators are getting old too :(

The physical aging of the T800 terminators will find a simple explanation in the new film. Arnold Schwarzenegger told about it in an interview with MTV.

The genome of another super microbe has been decoded

The genomes of the more common antibiotic-resistant bacteria C.difficile and methicillin-resistant S.aureus have already been decoded. The third was the gene of the causative agent of nosocomial diseases Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

Elemento

Scientists from the Department of Structural Biology of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry are engaged in the creation of targeted drugs that can treat specific forms of cancer. academicians M.M. Shemyakin and Yu.A. Ovchinnikov. New generation drugs are being developed in the course of studies of the structure, dynamics and functions of membrane proteins and peptides.

Protein map of human saliva

About 1.5 tons of ascorbic acid are imported to Russia annually. Thus, about $ 15 million from the fatherland goes over the cordon in an explicit form, in a hidden form – for dietary supplements and other products containing ascorbic acid sold, consider at least four times more. Plus lost jobs and lost tax deductions.

Son's tooth restored sight to blind Irishman

Immunity Switch: Innate/Acquired

A new method of vaccination against infectious diseases by instilling an oil emulsion containing various antigens into the nose causes the development of a pronounced immune response against the corresponding diseases.

Long-lived antibodies increase the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs

A change in the structure of the stable site of antitumor monoclonal antibodies led to an increase in the duration of their "life" in the body and, accordingly, to an increase in the effectiveness of treatment.

Embryonic stem cells help reduce the effects of stroke

There will be a lot of stem cells

For the first time in almost 10 years, US scientists will receive 13 new lines of human embryonic stem cells for government-funded research. Another 96 lines are under consideration.

Nanoparticles in toothpaste are extremely dangerous!!!

Do not believe the horror stories: to protect yourself from this terrible danger, it is enough not to eat a tube of toothpaste every day and not to use perspirant deodorants instead of snuff.

The current generation of children will live to see the centenary

Most children born in rich countries this century will live to be 100 years old, according to British scientists (TM).

The program "Molecular cell biology" extended life for another year

Humanity has come to a turning point in its history. It will either find a way to survive in a world that will be changed by global warming and the robotoom, or it will plunge into the era of obscurantism, says English futurist James Martin.

Mobile Microscope

Scientists from the University of Berkeley (California) suggest using mobile phones as microscopes or "mobiscopes" (CellScope).

Hypertension genes

Each of the detected genetic differences is very common in the world, but causes minor fluctuations in pressure. It is the combination of several genes that leads to the development of hypertension.

The cow genome has been sequenced

The first paper describes the results of work on reading the complete genome of a cow of the famous Hereford breed selected for sequencing. In the second – the results of a side project that cost a hundred times less – comparison of the genome of almost 500 cows of 19 different breeds for 37740 single-nucleotide polymorphisms ("snips").

Another case of fake pills

The second criminal case has already been initiated against the St. Petersburg firm "G-Pharma" for carrying out unlicensed activities, production and sale of counterfeit medicines.