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Long-lived nematodes: another record

Nanotechnology – a breakthrough into the future: the results of the Olympiad

A solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the III All-Russian Internet Olympiad "Nanotechnology – a breakthrough into the future" took place.

"Krasfarma" funeral service

The largest medicinal plant beyond the Urals, Kraspharma, one of the largest producers of domestic antibiotics, the only producer of gramicidin C and polyamine, will completely stop on March 31. 1070 employees have already received notification of the reduction.

Hematopoietic stem cells from umbilical cord blood: now twice as many

Gemabank has received a patent "Method for obtaining nucleated cells from umbilical cord blood".

The elixir didn't help

A jug with a liquid that was considered the "elixir of immortality" during the Western Han dynasty, archaeologists found in the tomb.

Health workers turn a blind eye to the mistakes of colleagues

80% of American doctors and half of nurses see the mistakes of their colleagues, but are silent.

The golden cover of the magazine "In the World of Science"

The magazine "In the World of Science" was awarded the "Cover of the Year" award in the category "Entertainment and educational publication".

Financial hardship has hit health harder than the grief of loss

A new study shows that stress over money affects more than just a person's psyche

Doctors have traced the mechanism of brain hijacking by the mutated measles virus

A postmortem study of tissue from an American man who died from PSPE, a rare but dangerous complication of measles, has reconstructed a picture of how the virus spreads in the human brain

"Electronic language" has been taught to recognize the taste of foods

Researchers are developing emotional intelligence for AI - the ability to feel and perceive information like humans

The Ministry of Defense has developed a list of diseases - contraindications to military service

These diseases include HIV, hepatitis, and advanced blood cancers

Kidney transplanted into a rat after being cryopreserved for 100 days

Researchers performed the first successful organ transplant in animals after prolonged storage at ultra-low temperatures

WHO launches online platform to track progress in tuberculosis research

The World Health Organization's Global Tuberculosis Control Program has launched an online platform to track progress in the development of new tuberculosis treatment regimens

Erythropoietin against infarction

A single intravenous injection of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) immediately after inarct can minimize the process of apoptosis and thereby limit damage to cardiac tissues.

The oldest woman in the world is a 120-year-old resident of Guatemala

Perhaps the place of the oldest woman in the world in the Guinness Book of Records will soon be occupied by a resident of Guatemala, who will turn 121 in November.

Military Council on Biomedicine

Veronika Skvortsova will head the Council on Military Biomedical Issues.

Based on "The Martian"

Chinese space explorers plan to achieve in real life what the main character of Andy Weir's book "The Martian" managed to do: grow potatoes on another planet.

The younger brother will be smarter than the older one

Japan plans to create a medical supercomputer with an artificial intelligence system, the capabilities of which will exceed the capabilities of IBM Watson.

Medics have found a new way to cure allergic asthma

Allergic asthma can be controlled by the Piezo1 protein, which prevents allergens from affecting immune cells in the lungs

Bifidobacteria and prebiotics helped with symptoms of long term covidae

A clinical study showed that daily intake of a synbiotic of three species of bifidobacteria and several oligosaccharides reduced fatigue, alleviated symptoms of memory and concentration disorders, as well as gastrointestinal disorders and general malaise