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Elderly Happiness Index: Russia is at the end of the list

HelpAge International assessed the lives of elderly people in 91 countries. The Russian Federation (in 78th place) was overtaken by its closest neighbors: Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan.

Google Anti-aging

Google has announced the launch of a new project. Calico will be engaged in research aimed at protecting health, treating age-related diseases and potentially increasing life expectancy.

Pensioners are ruining Japan

The aging of society is becoming not only a social, but also an economic problem for Japan: the existing pension system was designed for a ratio of "11 employees – one pensioner". Now this ratio is 3:1.

The next end of the world is canceled

The panic raised by the media due to the fact that British scientists (TM) discovered an unknown to science "Armageddon virus", which will destroy humanity in five years, turned out to be (quite a bit :) exaggerated.

Biotechnology-2020

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

IMF warns: prolonging life is a risky business

Currently, it makes sense to pay more attention to the risk of longevity due to the scale of its financial consequences and the fact that effective measures to minimize them will give results only in a few years.

For the safety of cellular technologies

Legal regulation in the field of biomedical cell technologies in Russia is not systemic and has significant gaps.

There are no silent genes, there are whispering ones

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

The first day of the IV International Innovation Forum

Innovative strategies for the development of cities and regions, training for the new economy of the country, as well as cluster policy will be the main topics of the IV International Innovation Forum, which opened today in St. Petersburg.

Stem cells against viral hepatitis

The aim of phase II clinical trials is to evaluate the effectiveness of the allogeneic mesenchymal bone marrow stem cell transplantation technique in patients with hepatic insufficiency caused by the hepatitis B virus.

Don't confuse old people with thoughts!

Neurologists from the University of California explained why with age the human brain loses the ability to work in multitasking mode.

Ecstasy vaccination

The Tooth Fairy's Castle

A British artist asks children to give her fallen baby teeth to create a monument to stem cells.

Skolkovo Innovation Award: Semi-final

23 out of 2318 ideas that made it to the second round reached the semi-finals of the Skolkovo Innovation Award competition.

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

Will mice teach cows to milk cream?

Experiments with transgenic mice that have begun in the USA should help to find out what affects the fat content of milk.

Development of a new method for the diagnosis of blood clotting disorders

The project provides for the creation of unique diagnostic devices that can detect disorders of the blood coagulation system.

The Complete electronic Encyclopedia of Life

The new gene map will not only help scientists better understand the biology and genetics of corn, but will also accelerate the development of new varieties of this important food grain. Now researchers will have to carefully analyze the collected information and draw a lot of conclusions, both purely cognitive and practical.

Breast cancer risk: Is genetic testing useless?

The assessment of the probability of developing breast cancer based on long-known factors turned out to be correct in 58% of cases. The addition of the ten most common genetic risk factors to the model increased the accuracy of the forecast by less than 4%.