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Keep going, or you'll lose it!

Men who had less than one sexual contact per week were 2 times more likely to develop erectile dysfunction over the next five years than men who had sexual contact at least once a week.

Grandma, you're pregnant!

A hundred-year-old British woman Doris Ayling from the city of Fareham received a letter from the city hospital informing the woman about the pregnancy.

A modern industry for the production of goods for the disabled will appear in Russia

This provides for the renewal of the state program "Accessible Environment", which in 2016 will differ in many ways from the one that is in effect now.

Uterus transplantation: the third baby has gone!

Successful childbirth has confirmed the medical benefits of uterine transplantation – such operations will help to defeat the last incurable form of female infertility, uterine.

Diabetics, take care of your heart – drink cocoa!

The results obtained prove that the use of natural flavonoids is an important factor in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Thirty-one years with someone else's heart

When McCafferty was supposed to have surgery, doctors warned that they would be able to prolong his life for no more than five years. However, the patient, who is now 71 years old, managed to beat the previous record, having lived after surgery for more than 30 years.

Another cloned dog, now a cancer sniffer

If cloning is successful, it is planned to create more clones of Marin to be sent to organizations in different countries that study cancer diagnosis with the help of dogs.

Rosfinnadzor checked Rusnano

The facts revealed during the audit cannot be regarded as misuse of funds of loans and bond loans secured by state guarantee support.

Science of the XXI century

The 17th International School-conference of young scientists "Biology - Science of the XXI Century" and the Russian–German forum will be held in Pushchinsky Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences from April 22 to 26.

Cells instead of a pacemaker: difficult, dangerous, but possible

Stem "super cells" are isolated in the blood

Herceptin (trastuzumab) in combination with standard chemotherapy before surgery for breast cancer leads to complete eradication of the tumor in 45.5% of women, whereas in those who received only chemotherapy – in 30%.

Difficult choice: Parkinson's disease or gout and urolithiasis?

they are protected from damage by the human immune system.

In memory of Lev Kiselyov

Russian geneticists have learned how to grow human vascular tissue from stem cells. And they do it better than anyone else on the planet so far.

New hydrogel for joint prostheses and contact lenses

JSC is much better than a state corporation

Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Management Board of RUSNANO, assures that the reorganization of the state corporation into a joint–stock company is not just a change of signage.

Anxiety is the source of female longevity

The problem was to obtain phosphors of a very small size, comparable to the thickness of the cell membrane of a living organism. And Kharkiv residents succeeded – they managed to obtain single crystals with a size of only two nanometers, each of which contains only 100 molecules.

Roll, cage, big and small

Two types of microRNAs, miR-1 and miR-133, associated with the development of muscle tissue, not only stimulate the formation of heart muscle tissue, but also actively suppress genes whose functioning leads to the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cells of other types, for example, neurons or osteocytes.

Less growth means longer life?

The PPARa receptor is found in many tissues, including the liver, heart and intestines. In response to the effects of a number of drugs, it activates certain genes. A similar reaction of the receptor is also observed when exposed to fatty acids and compounds with a similar structure.

Modified herpes virus against neuroblastoma

American oldies are not cheerful at all

To varying degrees, 40 to 70% of 60-69-year-old US citizens are unable to exist without assistance. For ten years, Americans of the "younger older" age were much more cheerful. It looks like it's going to get even worse...