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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.

British murderers will remain at large

The UK government intends to destroy all samples of biomaterials due to the fact that their expiration date has expired. The police are afraid that after this investigation of crimes can stretch for many years.

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

Probiotics against kidney stones

Excess vitamin E may increase the risk of lung cancer

Matadors are not being cloned yet…

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.

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...

Nanoparticles with nitric oxide: better than Viagra

A drug based on nanoparticles containing nitric oxide, which causes blood vessels to dilate, was tested only on rats, but the results were amazing.

Neurons from embryonic stem cells are ready for transplantation

During transplantation to newborn mice, committed (differentiating in a certain direction) neural progenitor cells created from embryonic stem cells turned into working neurons and successfully integrated into the structures of the cerebral cortex and olfactory bulb. The formation of tumors was not recorded at the same time.

Aubrey de Grey is coming to us

The visit was organized by the national Foundation "Science for Life Extension" together with the Institute of Aging Biology and the Gerontological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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.

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.

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.

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