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Graphene-c? In a condom, sir? Original, sir!

Researchers from the University of Manchester received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the amount of 100 thousand dollars for the development of condoms using the "Nobel" material.

22.11.2013
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Infertility and polysaccharides

The complex of polysaccharides modifying luteinizing hormone is a link in the feedback mechanism between the pituitary gland, reproductive organs and liver. This mechanism is regularly activated, triggering regular processes such as the release of an egg by the ovary. Perhaps some infertility problems in humans are caused by defects in this complex regulatory system.

20.05.2008
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Fruit Solar Panels

Rowan University students use berry and fruit pigments to create solar panels.

14.05.2008
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Half a billion for the liver

The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced a competition for the implementation of experimental design work on the creation of a bioengineered liver. The maximum contract price is 518.5 million rubles.

15.02.2013
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Biomedical technologies in Nizhny Novgorod

The Institute of Biomedical Technologies, established on the basis of the Laboratory of Fluorescent Bioimaging, will continue previously initiated research on the treatment of oncological diseases using protein photosensitizers, and will also engage in completely new developments.

28.01.2013
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To the guardians of biomoral , everything is uneasy

Two scientists studying adult stem cells have once again decided to challenge in the US Supreme Court the right of state organizations to finance the research of competitors working with embryonic cells.

12.10.2012
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Rusnano will profitably sell Ruskhimbio

The Board of Directors approved Rusnano's withdrawal from the previously invested infrastructure project to create a Russian warehouse catalog of chemical and biochemical reagents (Ruskhimbio LLC).

03.10.2012
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Stem Cells: China's 101st Latest Warning

The ban on stem cell treatment and clinical research in this direction is due to the intention of the Chinese government to take cell therapy under state control.

10.01.2012
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Innovations for business

The annual investment forum of business leaders "Innovations for Business" has started its work in Moscow today.

20.07.2011
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Old people are beaten, kicked, burned and stabbed...

Every year in the countries of the WHO European Region, four million older people are subjected to physical violence and abuse. At least two and a half thousand elderly people per year die at the hands of their family members.

17.06.2011
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Another "baldness gene"

Despite the fact that hereditary hypotrichosis and ordinary baldness are not the same thing at all, the authors of the study hope that the results obtained will allow the development of non–hormonal drugs that prevent hair loss.

16.04.2010
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The fragrance of a woman

As expected, the highest testosterone levels were observed in men who sniffed the T-shirts of women in the ovulation phase. In addition, these same T-shirts seemed to men especially pleasantly smelling.

20.01.2010
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"Female Viagra" – on sale soon!

The drug Flibanserin (Flibanserin) was developed as an antidepressant, but it turned out to be ineffective in this capacity. But he had an unintended effect: an increase in sexual desire and the brightness of sexual sensations in women.

18.11.2009
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Nanoforum-09 live

Watch the live video broadcast of the Second International Forum on Nanotechnology.

06.10.2009
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Girls! Do you want to live to a healthy old age?

Relatively slender women lived to a healthy old age 1.8 times more often than fat women. The unhealthiest were the ladies who were overweight in their youth and continued to gain kilograms over the years.

01.10.2009
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Psychotropic weed spray: on sale soon!

Australian scientists have created a pharmacologically active flavor containing psychotropic components isolated from herbs that can help in the fight against stress and thinking disorders in old age.

28.08.2009