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Grandmothers, don't jump with a parachute!

Laverna Everett from California, succumbing to the provocations of her friends, decided to celebrate her 80th birthday in an original way and jump with a parachute. Both the birthday girl and the instructor remained alive, but they did not recover quickly :)

Probiotics against kidney stones

Matadors are not being cloned yet…

RUSNANO Nanotechnology Dictionary

RUSNANO has opened an electronic dictionary of basic nanotechnology terms.

Will your own neurons help with Parkinson's disease?

Autologous transplantation of neurons to replace damaged cells in certain areas of the brain of monkeys with simulated Parkinson's disease provides partial restoration of subcortical structures and dopamine synthesis.

Gene delivery to stem cells: nanoparticles instead of viral vectors?

Nanoparticles as a means of delivering additional genes may prove to be an effective means to improve the results of cell therapy.

101 years, 100 miles per hour

American Virgil Coffman, who turned 101, got behind the wheel of a brand new supercar.

The innovative economy is growing, especially in the field of biomedicine

Companies engaged in developments in the field of biotechnology and medicine received the most investments ($1.5 billion, 41%). Software developers are in second place in terms of the number of funds raised. But this is in the USA...

Has the diet made a human out of a mouse?

Bioprinting in orbit

Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, previously trained to work with a bioprinter, began an experiment on printing living tissues on December 4.

Don't chase expensive pills!

Branded drugs can cost several dollars per pill, while generic drugs cost only a few cents. In terms of effectiveness, no difference was found between them, at least in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Argus has earned

Cyber vision, according to experts, is one of the ways to give people deprived of this natural gift of nature to start living a normal life again.

Rapid growth and price appreciation are expected in the Russian pharmaceutical market

The pharmaceutical market, like the food market, is more protected from the crisis. The population will start saving on medicines last of all, but a decrease in consumer activity will certainly affect the market situation.

New investments in Russian innovations

RVC will invest 4.5 billion rubles in three joint funds with Skolkovo. The first fund will invest in IT, the second in biomedicine, and the third in industrial technologies.

Doctors gave the woman her sight back without surgery

A 45-year-old woman turned to Balashikha Hospital with complaints of rapid loss of vision as a result of a domestic injury

The incidence of coronavirus in Russia has increased by more than 30% in a week

It is noted that an increase in the number of hospitalizations was recorded in 56 subjects of the Russian Federation, and the disease incidence itself is increasing in 72 regions

The incidence of COVID-19 in Russia rose by 20.1% over the week

Russia has seen a surge in the incidence of coronavirus infection. The number of hospitalizations increased by 14.3% compared to the previous week

Scientists have for the first time printed skin that grows like real skin

A new bioprinted skin created at Wakee Forest's Institute for Regenerative Medicine replicates the layers and thickness of human skin

Vitamin D deficiency increased the risk of death from cancer

In the case of vitamin D supplementation, the risk was lower

Opioid analgesia did not reduce the intensity of acute low back and neck pain

Researchers proved there was no significant reduction in the severity of acute low back and neck pain when opioid analgesics were added to standard treatment