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A protein that stimulates the formation of fat cells has been found

Spray will save from hacking: robbers will be marked with DNA markers

The City Hall of Rotterdam promotes the use of spray and sometimes takes the costs on itself. She also advises using "DNA markers" to mark valuables to make it easier to identify them when stolen.

A well- fed belly is deaf to Alzheimer 's

People with a high concentration of leptin in the blood – the "satiety hormone" – significantly reduced the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease and other types of senile dementia.

Silicon oxide beads will help in the diagnosis of cancer

"Beads" of silicon oxide stick to the surface of normal and cancer cells in different ways. Although it is too early to talk about clinical application, this phenomenon can form the basis of more accurate methods of early diagnosis of cancer.

Robots will replace laboratory animals

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They'll put you in jail – and you don't fake it!

"People are very disappointed – after all, they expected a lot from his research on stem cell cloning," one of the prosecutors said, commenting on his demand for a four–year prison term for the scientist.

Immunoglobulin protects against Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease developed in 2.8% of patients who were injected with immunoglobulin, and in 4.8% of those who had never been treated with this drug.

Cord Blood Gemabank

Gemabank considers Ukraine a promising direction and, in addition to providing cord blood storage services, is going to actively cooperate with leading Ukrainian transplantologists to improve the quality of transplants.

Innovation is a terrible force!

At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the head of RUSNANO Corporation Anatoly Chubais will take part in an interactive session "The Power of Innovation: when will tomorrow come?".

Statins may reduce the risk of prostate cancer

In patients taking statins, the probability of detecting prostate cancer was 3 times lower compared to those who did not take these drugs.

The world's first transgenic puppies glow red

The first cloned puppy was born in 2005, and dogs have been cloned more than once since then, but now, before the transfer of the nucleus, the fibroblast culture was infected with a modified retrovirus with an embedded gene of the red fluorescent anemone protein. Five glowing dogs feel good and glow like Kremlin stars under an ultraviolet lamp.

To the attention of the bald: the hair from the stem cells has already grown. In mice :(

"When combining embryonic and mesenchymal stem cells that are able to differentiate into cells of several types, it is possible to probably get other organs,– says Mariko Yamaki. "But first I want to try to grow hair using human embryonic stem cells."

Probiotics: How useful are "healthy" yogurts?

Probiotics, discovered more than a century ago by Ilya Mechnikov, are the basis of a functional nutrition system: they restore the beneficial intestinal microflora. However, despite all their supposed advantages, probiotics are not a medicine, and their effects have not yet been sufficiently studied.

Billions for science

The US National Science Foundation has published data on the funds for scientific research that American universities and colleges received in 2007.

Do you want to live long? Don't slow down!

To the list of factors most associated with a person's longevity, another one was unexpectedly added, which was not particularly thought about before – the speed of a person's reaction to events happening around him.

Helping hand

MSU students have created a bionic prosthetic arm. And this is not just an educational work, it is a sample ready for industrial production.

Choose the right antiseptic

A new method for determining the effectiveness of antiseptic drugs against biofilm forms of bacteria has already been patented.

A visit of the RUSNANO delegation to Finland will take place from February 11 to 13

The trip will be the first step towards the implementation of the cooperation program for 2009 within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between RUSNANO and the Ministry of Employment and Economy of Finland.

Cow for $ 40,000,000

The "ideal cow" will combine the features of European milk yield and African resistance to heat.

Why do they need our biomaterials?

At a meeting of the Human Rights Council on Monday, Vladimir Putin asked why the United States collects biological data of Russians.