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Smart tissue detects muscle movement and vascular contraction

Researchers have developed a self-powered smart tissue that can perceive and measure body movements, from muscle flexion to the pulsation of veins

A vegan should be in jail!

A 12-year-old Scottish woman, put on a strict vegetarian diet by her parents, was hospitalized with a severe bone development disorder. Her spine is similar to the spine of an 80-year-old old woman. This is not the first case. For example, last year in the United States, a vegetarian couple was sentenced to life imprisonment for bringing their six-week-old child to starvation.

Artificial food dyes – protection against cancer?

This time, instead of a nudist show, Peta's management announced a prize of one million dollars for a group of scientists or a company that by June 30, 2012 will develop a method of making chicken meat "in vitro" (and so that the quality is like real!) and it will start selling it in at least ten US states (and not more expensive than usual!).

Atherosclerosis is even more dangerous than you think

Angiotensin-converting enzyme increases blood pressure and antitumor immunity

The RUSNANO delegation came to us

On February 17-18, the RUSNANO delegation headed by Director General Anatoly Chubais will visit St. Petersburg.

Excess vitamin E may increase the risk of lung cancer

Induced pluripotent stem cells – in one touch

The combination of four genes that induce pluripotent properties in cells in one section of DNA, the so-called cassette, ensures the embedding of all genes into one locus. This method is faster, more reliable and more cost-effective.

Immunity in old age: the skin is to blame

Older people are more at risk of skin cancer and infections because their skin is not able to mobilize the immune system to protect the body.

The RNA World: the first step

A group of scientists from the University of Manchester (England) managed to synthesize a ribonucleotide (a compound necessary for the formation of RNA) in external conditions comparable to the conditions of the primitive Earth, and on the basis of molecules that were most likely in the primary broth.

RUSNANO delegation flies to Texas

RUSNANO will present its projects at the International Nanotechnology Forum Nanotech 2009 in Texas.

New member of the Board of RUSNANO

In his new position, Yuri Udaltsov will oversee issues of stimulating innovative development, including the creation of a legislative framework and innovation infrastructure.

Conference in Krasnoyarsk

Since September 26, the II International Scientific Conference "Biotechnology of new materials – environment – quality of life" has been held at SIBFU.

Patents for nucleic acid analogues

The developer plans to patent in each country a whole class of substances on the basis of which drugs can be created. This will open up wider opportunities for Novosibirsk scientists.

The brain in a test tube

3,000 embryonic stem cells self-organized into a sphere of four types of nerve cells united in four layers, similar in many respects to the cerebral cortex of a 7-8-week-old embryo.

Scientists have found that the brains of overweight people share a common trait

To do this, they studied the hypothalamus in volunteers of different weights using an algorithm that analyzed MRI scans of the brain

Cough medicine can help treat Parkinson's disease

Ambroxol, an ingredient in common cough medicines, may be useful in treating Parkinson's disease

Link between chronic inflammation and cancer confirmed

People with a reduced ability to repair DNA damage are more susceptible to the development of malignant diseases associated with chronic inflammatory processes, such as ulcerative colitis.

Life has become longer, life has become more fun!

The average life expectancy of Russians in 2014, according to preliminary data, exceeded 71 years, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said at a meeting with doctors-chief specialists of the Ministry of Health.

The Gates Foundation has joined the fight against Ebola

The Bill and Melinda Gates Charitable Foundation has allocated $5.7 million to a program for the production of experimental drugs for the treatment of Ebola.