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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.

Macrophages will regain the ability to attack tumors

When the scientists suppressed the activity of ICK-beta in macrophages, they attacked the tumor and began the production of chemicals that attract specific antitumor immune cells to destroy the neoplasm.

DNA in the library is glamorous!

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

Three-dimensional portrait of a water flea in metal

Laszlo Vincze and colleagues from Belgium, Hungary and Germany used X-ray radiation to non-destructively determine the location of metal ions in biological samples, including living systems.

The smell of urine is an important criterion when choosing a partner

Clinical trials repeatedly prove that the effect of homeopathic remedies does not exceed the effect of placebo. Why, then, do many sane people swear that homeopathy helps them? Why do homeopaths claim that a smear campaign has been launched against them?

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.

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

Vyatka biopharmaceutics: the project is almost ready

Production complex in the village . Levintsy of the Kirov region will produce pharmaceutical substances and ready-made dosage forms of diagnostic and therapeutic proteins, including monoclonal antibodies and antibody-like proteins obtained using genetically engineered technologies.

$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.

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.

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.

The revenue of Rusnano project companies in 2012 should reach $1 billion

The income of the Rusnano design companies from the sale of nanotechnology products in 2012 should reach about $ 1 billion, the head of the state corporation Anatoly Chubais said.

Four Dolly slices

Three and a half years ago in the UK, as a result of cloning, four copies of the famous Dolly sheep were born.

Berlusconi's good intentions

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi intends to fund research to increase life expectancy to 120 years.

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.

Mobile phones and brain cancer are an inexhaustible source of grants

An increase in the likelihood of developing brain cancer with frequent communication on a mobile phone has not been proven once again, but research continues.