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"Nanotechnology in the world" No. 12-2008

The central theme of the new issue of the digest "Nanotechnology in the world" was the first International Forum on Nanotechnology, organized by RUSNANO.

Advertising of medicines: from changing the places of the components...

American pharmaceutical manufacturers pretend to change the rules for advertising medicines.

Scientists give hope to patients with multiple sclerosis

A drug used for leukemia can become a powerful weapon in the fight against multiple sclerosis, researchers have reported.

Wireless "patch" monitors heart rhythm and captures an ECG

Researchers have developed a compact and portable device to continuously monitor heart function

Our memory doesn't work at all the way scientists thought it did

Scientists have discovered for the first time that the area in the human brain where memory is stored consists of not one but two sections

Competition for the best Button: why no one will win the Rejuvenation Olympics

Wealthy people have discovered a new competition - reversing biological age

A man began to "see" music

The man's head injury led to a rare neurological condition that made him "see" the music and become more creative at the same time

Lung Cancer vaccine

The vaccine has already been tested on four thousand patients in Cuba and other countries, and the results are very promising: life extension has reached five years.

Don't wait for a compatible donor

The results of a study conducted by scientists from Johns Hopkins University indicate that it is not necessary to look for an ideal donor for a kidney transplant.

Who, where and how will cancer be treated with stem cells?

The Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Veronika Skvortsova said that Russian scientists are working on new methods of influencing the already formed oncological process with the help of stem cells.

A modern industry for the production of goods for the disabled will appear in Russia

This provides for the renewal of the state program "Accessible Environment", which in 2016 will differ in many ways from the one that is in effect now.

Stress during pregnancy increases the likelihood of allergies in the child

The combination of stress and exposure to allergens during pregnancy has a significant impact on the formation of the fetal immune system.

Caught up and overtake!

Russian scientists have discovered what their foreign colleagues have done for a long time.

Herceptin increases the effectiveness of chemotherapy by 1.5 times

The skin of mice is sensitive to low oxygen levels and regulates the synthesis of erythropoietin, a hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells, thus ensuring the adaptation of the body to conditions of high altitude and low oxygen content in the air.

In memory of Lev Kiselyov

Russian geneticists have learned how to grow human vascular tissue from stem cells. And they do it better than anyone else on the planet so far.

Born in the summer? Put on your glasses!

The brain has a sweet tooth

Ordinary cells shouldn't be too smart

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JSC is much better than a state corporation

Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Management Board of RUSNANO, assures that the reorganization of the state corporation into a joint–stock company is not just a change of signage.

Anxiety is the source of female longevity

The problem was to obtain phosphors of a very small size, comparable to the thickness of the cell membrane of a living organism. And Kharkiv residents succeeded – they managed to obtain single crystals with a size of only two nanometers, each of which contains only 100 molecules.