DNA database and human rights
Human rights activists and scientists are calling on the Government of Kuwait to abandon plans to create a DNA database of all citizens, expatriates and visitors to the country.
15.09.2016Human rights activists and scientists are calling on the Government of Kuwait to abandon plans to create a DNA database of all citizens, expatriates and visitors to the country.
15.09.2016Japanese scientists claim that artificial ears can be grown to order and transplanted to a person in the next five years. They recently grew a human auricle on the back of a rat.
28.01.2016The world's first candidate for a head transplant, Valery Spiridonov, was approached by a large private investor. He intends to invest about $100 million in a unique operation planned for 2017.
21.08.2015During James Watson's visit to the Russian Academy of Sciences, a ceremony will be held to return him the Nobel medal for the discovery of the DNA double helix, which was bought at auction by the famous philanthropist Alisher Usmanov.
16.06.2015After a complaint from Facebook users, the Federal Antimonopoly Service began checking ads for dietary supplements unregistered in Russia. In advertising messages, it is positioned as a cure for cancer.
02.08.2014The main areas of research: impaired tissue regeneration in injuries, cardiovascular diseases, blood diseases, chronic limb ischemia and diabetes mellitus.
04.06.2008Russia rose by eight lines at once compared to last year's ranking of the happiest countries in the world, taking 68th place out of 150.
10.09.2013The MIPT BioBusiness Incubator held an open day of the Faculty of Biological and Medical Physics (FBMF).
08.07.2013The US presidential administration has announced the launch of a ten–year project to create a map of the human brain - a plan no less grandiose than decoding the human genome.
20.02.2013On average, only 20% of participants in the first and second phases of clinical trials of HIV vaccines in Africa are women, although their share among carriers of the virus is much higher. In addition, women with HIV have a higher viral load.
17.09.2012Peptoids are synthetic analogues of fragments of amino acid sequences of natural proteins (peptides).
14.04.2008In the United States, residents of apartment buildings are increasingly taking DNA tests of their pets to identify those who have not removed their kitty or dog. Violators face trouble in a big way.
30.06.2011An express test for AIDS based on a saliva sample has gone on sale in China, with the help of which people can independently check themselves for the presence of an immunodeficiency virus.
11.05.2011The District Court of Appeals in Washington overturned a previous lower court decision prohibiting state funding of stem cell research.
03.05.2011The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation receives appeals from citizens who receive calls on behalf of fictional employees of the department with a proposal to pay compensation for ineffective treatment with medicines and dietary supplements.
19.04.2010Intense physical activity increases the activity of telomerase, which prevents the shortening of telomeres and, accordingly, slows down aging.
01.12.2009Activists of the "Movement against Cancer" believe that a tax of 1 ruble levied on every pack of cigarettes sold and every bottle of alcohol will double the cost of treating patients with rare and severe diseases.
04.02.2009One of the neurohormones of the pituitary gland, orexin, is able to increase the sensitivity of the brain to the "satiety hormone" leptin and thereby help to cope with obesity.
28.01.2009After transplantation of retinal areas grown from embryonic stem cells, vision in elderly patients improved significantly.
02.04.2018Residents of Russia were offered to answer 7 questions from the school curriculum. 2.3% of respondents answered simple questions correctly.
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