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Eggs withstand long-term storage

Despite the progress in the field of artificial insemination, the appearance of a child from an egg that has been frozen for 13 years is rare for Japan.

Nobel Prize for the GPS system in the brain

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for the discovery of cells that make up the positioning system in the brain to researchers John O'Keefe, as well as spouses Mae Britt and Edward Moser.

Gray hair in the beard – the devil in the rib: starvation does not affect it

In females "sitting" on a starvation diet, aging of the body leads to significant violations of the functions of the ovaries, and in starving males, age-related changes in the cells of the testes are much less pronounced.

The St. Petersburg IEM was restored

Reconstruction and re-equipment of the Institute of Experimental Medicine, which is part of the V.A.Almazov Federal Medical Research Center, has been completed.

Rapists and maniacs, don't forget about condoms!

When the police informed Richard Thomas that the woman he had raped was HIV-infected, he lost consciousness and collapsed on the floor. Naturally, at the time of the rape, the man did not think about using a condom.

Is beta-catechin one of the causes of alcoholism?

1.2 billion for the fight against counterfeiters

By 2015, the volume of the global market segment of information technologies used to combat counterfeit medicines will amount to $ 1.2 billion.

Have you been swindled by BADovtirateli? Call the Department of Internal Affairs!

We ask citizens affected by the fraudulent actions of another group of scammers to contact the SU ATC for CJSC GU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow by phone: 8(499)233-98-01, 8(499)233-98-02.

Need a new antibiotic? Set the bacteria against each other!

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Florida have proposed a new method for creating antibiotics, which consists in "inciting" one type of bacteria against another.

Cell therapy of chronic heart failure

For cell therapy, scientists used cardiomyocyte progenitor cells obtained as a result of differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells from the bone marrow of 46 patients.

"Interferon" mice are not afraid of viruses

Nanodiagnostics of blood clotting

Rusnano invests in the medical project "Development of a new method for diagnosing blood clotting disorders".

Biobank accepts deposits

The huge amount of information collected by the Biobank will allow us to establish the genetic causes of the most common chronic diseases – cancer, diabetes, coronary heart disease, etc. – as well as risk factors for their development.

Neurons commit suicide because of loneliness

If a nerve cell does not receive enough stimuli from the surrounding cells, it starts the process of self-destruction (apoptosis). The mechanism of self-destruction plays an important role in stroke, Alzheimer's disease and motor neuron diseases, leading to the loss of nerve cells necessary for the full functioning of the adult brain.

Green and fluffy Bioreactor: Moss produces human proteins

Unlike higher plants, moss easily produces proteins encoded by human and mammalian DNA. Thus, moss, which needs only water, light and mineral salts to produce a given protein, has excellent prospects as a cheap and simple bioreactor.

Gold nanospheres for cancer treatment and other biomedical purposes

In cancer treatment, hollow gold nanoparticles absorbed infrared radiation 50 times more efficiently than solid ones. And the ability to obtain nanospheres with a given diameter and wall thickness allows you to change their optical properties and makes it possible to use them in various fields of biology and medicine.

"Diater" against breast cancer

When treating with this complex, general anesthesia is not required, since the patient does not feel pain. There are no scars left after the procedure.

The most unsuccessful bribe taker

The 78-year-old doctor was sent to prison for a 51 cent bribe.

New development of MIPT

A robotic arm with the function of grabbing objects can be attached to both a wheelchair and a human body.

Domestic polio vaccine

A polio vaccine developed on Russian strains may be submitted for registration in late 2019 or early 2020.