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The strike that doctors have been talking about for so long has happened

Because of the strike, therapists canceled about 1.25 million appointments, surgeons — thousands of standard operations. Doctors accepted only those patients who needed emergency care. Ambulance and obstetric services were operating as usual.

Congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies – 2013

The largest forum of European scientists in the field of life sciences, the annual congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), will be held next July in St. Petersburg.

Support science and and save on taxes

Amendments to the Tax Code provide that funds received from funds to support scientific, scientific, technical and innovative activities, and received for their formation, are not taken into account when determining income tax.

Insulin, aging and life expectancy: the controller of supervisors for regulators

Prosecutor's supervision of venture funds: no higher than a boot!

The prosecutors were reminded that they have no right to assess the effectiveness of spending budget funds on venture projects.

Disenfranchised embryos await retrial

The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia suspended the ban on state funding of embryonic stem cell research.

Alzheimer's Aria

The premiere of the opera about Alzheimer's disease, written by the composer of Russian origin Elena Langer, took place in London.

Biotechnology is a profitable business

In 2009, the global biotechnology industry turned a profit for the first time in the history of its development.

The first "aging gene"?

For the first time, a new study has identified specific variants of the TERC gene responsible for premature aging and telomere shortening.

The secret of Don Juan: females like the smell of success in love

Protiivny pheromone

Flies deprived of the 7-T pheromone were more attractive to potential sexual partners. Moreover, representatives of both sexes tried to mate with them. In addition, such fruit flies became attractive to flies of other species.

Nanoparticles for cancer treatment: the more, the better

Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with polysaccharides proved to be more effective in the treatment of cancerous tumors than similar, but smaller ones.

Dannon was punished for exaggerating the benefits of yogurt

As compensation for damages for non-compliance of the quality of Dannon yoghurts with the information distributed in advertising, you can get up to $ 100.

Put potential suicides on a needle?

Researchers from Mount Sinai Medical School in New York assigned a small group of patients with depression, prone to suicide, experimental treatment with intravenous injections of ketamine.

New HIV target identified

Oncohist: hope for patients with myeloid leukemia

Oncohist has already passed the first stage of clinical trials in Europe, which proved its safety, as well as indirectly confirming the effectiveness of this drug in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.

Increased life expectancy: poorly digested food is better than a low-calorie diet

A good substitute for a low-calorie diet has been found, contributing to an increase in life expectancy in the simplest organisms. Yeast cells grown on a glycerin diet live twice as long as yeast grown in a conventional low-calorie environment. In addition, such yeast is more resistant to damaging environmental factors.

Small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian nanoindustry

Until April 27, you can ask a question at the online conference "Small and medium-sized businesses in the nanoindustry of Russia", organized by RUSNANO and the All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium-sized Businesses "Support of Russia".

Long-acting analgesic: the same as usual, but in liposomes

Researchers from Harvard Medical School proposed to inject the drug for local anesthesia saxitoxin in combination with the steroid hormone dexamethasone into liposomes. In this form, one injection for a week blocked the conduction of impulses along the sciatic nerve.

The main breakthrough

In the annual top 10 discoveries that influenced the development of science, Science magazine called the creation of coronavirus vaccines a major breakthrough.