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And who doubted?

The Arbitration Court rejected the homeopaths' claim against the Russian Academy of Sciences for compensation for "reputational damage".

Mosquito Laboratory Robot

The device will allow researchers to work with ultra-small DNA and RNA samples and save expensive reagents and time.

Biotechnology – medicine of the future

Scientific events of the All–Russian conference with international participation "Biotechnology - medicine of the future" are held on the sites of the Academic Park and NSU for three days.

Russian leukemia drug recognized in the USA

The FDA has assigned orphan status to a drug for the treatment of myeloid leukemia, developed by a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation, Fusion Pharma.

Let's help Africa!

The first thousand doses of the Ebola vaccine developed at the Gamalei Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology were sent to the Republic of Guinea on July 12.

The medicine is more bitter than the disease

Clinical trials of the drug for the treatment of leukemia were discontinued after the death of 5 patients due to brain edema due to severe neurotoxicity of the drug.

Pills for weight loss are twice as effective as existing drugs

Phase III clinical trials will start in the near future. If they are successful, tezofenzin may appear on the market in a few years.

A neural network was trained to detect 10 pathologies on a single CT scan

In addition to heart and lung disease, artificial intelligence now detects adrenal disease

What happens to the body when the blood gets thick: Three main symptoms Oksana Gribanova

Dangerous conditions such as thrombosis, heart attack, or stroke are directly related to thick blood

After a hard workout, be sure to drink a liter of coffee with sugar!

Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Sydney), working under the guidance of Dr. John A. Hawley, have demonstrated for the first time that a combination of caffeine and carbohydrates helps restore the energy reserve of muscles after a heavy load.

Lasker Award – 2015

The winners of the Lasker Prize for 2015 have been named. It was awarded to three scientists for research on DNA self-repair and cancer therapy, as well as a team of Doctors Without Borders for fighting the spread of the Ebola virus in Africa.

Kaminsky continues to be promoted

Dmitry Kaminsky, senior partner of the Hong Kong venture fund Deep Knowledge Ventures, promised to pay $ 1 million to a person who will break the record for life expectancy and live longer than 123 years.

Unique video recording: ovulation close-up

The process of egg release from the mature follicle was recorded by an endoscope camera inserted into the pelvic cavity of the patient. The video shows how a reddish protrusion appears in the hole formed by the action of enzymes in the wall of the follicle, and from it – an egg, which is sent to the fallopian tube.

Three-dimensional printing of the hip joint

Doctors in the UK have given a 71-year-old woman the opportunity to move independently by implanting a hip joint created using a 3D printer.

Underpants-tonometer

The principle of operation of the underpants-tonometer is based on the recently discovered relationship between the pulse wave velocity and blood pressure

Looking at the database…

Malfunctions in the DNA search system in the database of the forensic laboratory led to the fact that several dangerous crimes were solved with great delay.

In the US, the ban on genetic discrimination has received final approval

The House of Representatives of the US Congress on Thursday approved a draft law prohibiting employers and insurance companies from infringing on the rights of people based on their genetic information.

I'm changing my kidney for work

A resident of Madrid said that he decided to go to extreme measures and offered his kidney in exchange for a workplace.

The Forum on Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnologies has started its work

This key event in Russia, dedicated to strategic issues of innovative development of the pharmaceutical, biotechnological and medical industries, is being held in St. Petersburg for the second time.

DNA constructor: assembling a dodecahedron