A surgeon from the Guinness Book of Records
On June 22, 2008, surgeon Fyodor Uglov died in St. Petersburg at the 104th year of his life. He got into the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest practicing surgeon.
24.06.2008On June 22, 2008, surgeon Fyodor Uglov died in St. Petersburg at the 104th year of his life. He got into the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest practicing surgeon.
24.06.2008Researchers have shown in experiments on mice that chronic stress leads to an increase in the concentration of ghrelin in the body. At the same time, the manifestations of depression and anxiety decrease, but a side effect of this beneficial property is increased food intake in experimental animals and, as a result, inevitable obesity.
18.06.2008The researchers created genetically modified mice with melanopsin-expressing cells sensitive to diphtheria toxin. Treatment of the retina of 8-week-old mice with this toxin did not affect their visual abilities at all, but completely deprived the biological clock of the animals of sensitivity to light.
17.06.2008The authors suggest that human analogues of the genes they identified that control fat metabolism, regardless of the diet, have similar functions in the human body.
06.06.2008The "Western" type of diet contributes to the fact that as the body ages, a small but slowly increasing metabolic acidosis develops – acidification of the internal environment.
28.05.2008A few weeks after infection with "monkey AIDS", viral DNA or RNA could not be detected in most vaccinated monkeys, and after about six months, no traces of the virus remained in any of them.
12.09.2013Russia rose by eight lines at once compared to last year's ranking of the happiest countries in the world, taking 68th place out of 150.
10.09.2013The Council for Scientific and Technical Policy under the Government of Japan will make recommendations to the Cabinet of Ministers to allow research on the cultivation of human organs in animal organisms for transplantation to patients.
18.06.2013A scandal broke out around a sensational statement about a successful operation to transplant a patient with heart muscle tissue grown from his own stem cells.
12.10.2012The planned amount of funding for the creation of the Skolkovo center remains unchanged – 85 billion rubles from 2010 to 2015.
27.08.2012Peptoids are synthetic analogues of fragments of amino acid sequences of natural proteins (peptides).
14.04.2008The parents gave their little son's organs to people in need of transplantation when they found out that there was no hope for his salvation.
02.12.2011Without regular training, both physical activity and sex can cause a heart attack.
24.03.2011Amendments to the Tax Code allow all innovative small enterprises to use a simplified taxation system, stimulating the creation of such enterprises by budgetary scientific and educational institutions.
25.11.2010One of the initiators of the bill pointed out that a significant amount of advertising of magicians, psychics and other persons who cause moral and physical harm to citizens is presented in the media. Due to the imperfection of legislation, fraudsters and charlatans act openly and with impunity.
06.07.2010The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation receives appeals from citizens who receive calls on behalf of fictional employees of the department with a proposal to pay compensation for ineffective treatment with medicines and dietary supplements.
19.04.2010In all six patients, the virus caused the death of cancer cells, and there were no signs of its reproduction in healthy tissues.
12.03.2010It is possible that a high level of omega-3 fatty acids slows down the shortening of telomeres not only in cores, but also in healthy people. Whether it is possible to rejuvenate with the help of fish oil is still unknown, but there will definitely be no harm from it.
22.01.2010A computer "shooting game" under this name will teach teenagers the basics of immunology.
11.12.2009The Act prohibiting discrimination based on genetic data closes a black page in the history of the development of genetics and insurance medicine in the United States.
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