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Ban on state financing of work with ESCs: is the investigation over?

The US Supreme Court has refused to consider a long-running case banning state funding for the study of embryonic stem cells for several years.

Online training for doctors: demand exceeds supply

In Europe, there is an increasing demand for online services that provide the opportunity for postgraduate training for doctors. At the same time, the growth of supply in this market segment does not keep pace with the increase in demand.

There will be no new levies on innovation

The Government of the Russian Federation will not oblige state-owned companies to allocate part of their funds to any state projects in the field of innovation, as was the case with decisions to fill the Skoltech endowment fund.

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.

Smoke and don't be scared!

A federal court in Washington has blocked an FDA ruling ordering tobacco companies to place intimidating images on cigarette packs.

George Washington almost became a zombie

Information about the proposal to resurrect the first president of the United States (if the author did not invent it) is borrowed from the book by Susan Lederer "Flesh and Blood: Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion in twentieth-century America".

Biotechnology of Russia, on the rise!

The volume of production of biotechnological products in Russia from the current 24 billion rubles in 2015 will grow to 200, and by 2020 – to 800 billion rubles.

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

There are no and will not be any personnel for Pharma 2020

96% of graduates of the Nizhny Novgorod Medical Academy are not ready to work as process engineers, biotechnologists and quality control specialists at biopharmaceutical enterprises.

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.

Reconstruction of a bicentennial beer

In Finland, they decided to restore a beer recipe found among the remains of a ship that sank 200 years ago.

Disenfranchised embryos await retrial

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

Let's teach you how to nano!

Rusnano is going to create a network of schools whose main specialization will be nanotechnology. The state corporation plans to spend almost 28 million rubles for these purposes.

Genomes of ten thousand cores

Decoding the genomes of 10,000 patients with cardiovascular diseases is aimed at identifying the hereditary causes of heart muscle pathology and, possibly, genetic risk factors for the development of other diseases.

Neovasculgen: gene therapy of lower limb ischemia

Neovasculgen is based on a gene that produces a substance in the patient's cells that stimulates the growth of new blood vessels. For many patients with lower limb ischemia, the drug can become a real alternative to amputation.

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

Another biomechanical arm model is ProDigits

The bionic fingers of the ProDigits prosthesis are capable of performing subtle, precise and diverse movements that maximally reproduce the functions of the fingers of the human hand.

Gene therapy against HIV/AIDS success inspires

The technique developed by scientists at the California Institute of Technology was called "opacity suppression by optical reversal of the wavefront" (turbidity suppression by optical phase conjugation, TSOPC).

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.