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Bioethics

Gene ethics

In modern science, some genetic studies are taboo, because, firstly, society has not yet recovered from recent historical traumas, and secondly, people cannot (or do not want to) distinguish between scientific data and their public interpretation.

04.10.2013
Your health

Cancer protection: prevention and early diagnosis

Cancer can be defeated only under one indispensable condition: identify at the preclinical stage. What prevents this in Russia? What should be done to overcome these obstacles?

04.10.2013
Cellular technologies

Magnetized neural stem cells

Scientists have developed a technique for safely obtaining neural stem cells from the ventricles of the brain using magnetic nanoparticles coated with antibodies that bind to the membrane proteins of such cells.

04.10.2013
Grants and competitions

Winter School at the biostation of the University of Helsinki

The Finnish Center for International Mobility invites young researchers from Russia and Ukraine to participate in the 18th Winter School at the Biological Station of the University of Helsinki (March 3-8, 2014).

03.10.2013
Your health

Those who go to bed…

If you are over 45 and you sleep less than six or more than ten hours a day, then along with a nervous breakdown you can get problems with the heart, blood vessels and metabolism.

03.10.2013
Other life sciences

Mouse tears

The tears of mice contain the peptide ESP22, which plays the role of an anti-pheromone and signals to adult males that the animal is not yet ready for reproductive activity.

03.10.2013
Healthy skepticism

Kazakh lawmakers banned cloning of people

Legislators who have decided to ban human cloning in the Republic of Kazakhstan are also offered to introduce articles in the Criminal Code on the prohibition of communication with aliens, exceeding the speed of light, intimate relations with yetis and growing grain on the Moon.

03.10.2013
Biomedicine

Pharmacological protection against HIV infection

A vaginal ring with an antiretroviral drug has shown 100% effectiveness in protecting macaques from the monkey immunodeficiency virus. The first human trials will begin soon.

03.10.2013
Innovative Russia

Novosibirsk against cancer: two good news

The developer of the breast cancer vaccine "AquasisBio" is preparing to conduct clinical trials, and the "Dendritic Cell Laboratory" is preparing to create a center for cell therapy of oncological diseases.

02.10.2013
Other life sciences

On the way to the chemical computer

Biologists and chemists with the help of a set of special structured instructions will soon be able to program the processes taking place in test tubes or living cells, in which synthetic DNA molecules take part.

02.10.2013
Genetics

Why does a person get sick?

Scientists from Chicago have processed 110 million case histories in search of a link between monogenic diseases caused by known mutations and diseases whose exact causes are unknown.

02.10.2013
Cellular technologies

And maybe your own neurons…

Scientists have come close to the possibility of growing neurons in the laboratory, obtained from small biopsy samples that can be reintegrated into the brains of patients for the treatment of a wide range of neurological diseases.

02.10.2013
Note to the businessman

How Two Doctors earned more than $1 billion on Mutations

The creators of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals use mutations in the genes of the human body to develop pharmaceuticals. As a result, Schleifer is about to become a billionaire, and Yankopoulos' fortune is estimated at $ 400 million.

02.10.2013
Other life sciences

Disarm the tumor

Polish scientists have found out how to "trick" brain tumor cells and turn a malignant glioma into a benign tumor, the growth of which can already be suppressed by the body's immune system.

01.10.2013
Genetics

Cancer genome: from private to general

In addition to individual mutations, certain types of cancer have common mutations found in most tumors, and now scientists know how these common mutations should look.

01.10.2013