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The Blavatnik Prize

Leonid Blavatnik, an American businessman of Ukrainian origin, has established a scientific award named after himself. The prize will be awarded annually to three young American scientists and will amount to $250,000.

04.06.2013
Other life sciences

Super-antibiotic of the latest generation

Fundamentally new antibiotics developed by American scientists turned out to be a hundred times more effective than existing ones. Bacteria will not develop resistance to them soon.

04.06.2013
Grants and competitions

Candidates of Sciences are invited to Strasbourg

The Human Frontier Science Program (Strasbourg, France) offers scholarship programs for postdocs in the framework of fundamental transnational and interdisciplinary research in the field of life sciences.

04.06.2013
Note to the businessman

R&D activity of the pharmaceutical market in 2012

Achievements of companies engaged in the development and research of new drugs, as well as trends in the development of the global pharmaceutical market of R&D projects and the main successes in this area in 2012.

03.06.2013
Various

Anti-cellulite educational program

Perhaps not everything you know about cellulite is true. The beach season has already begun – read a selection of the ten most common misconceptions about this cosmetic flaw.

03.06.2013
Note to the businessman

Startup Village: results of the Hypercube Conference

Along with information, "clean" and energy-saving technologies, the main topics of the Startup Village conference included biomedical innovations and projects in the field of medical informatics.

03.06.2013
Bioethics

Legalize organ trafficking?

Organ trafficking is the exploitation of the poor. In Pakistan and the Philippines, thousands of people who have sold their kidneys have a health condition close to critical.

03.06.2013
Innovative Russia

Skolkovo stretches its arms wide…

Zhores Alferov: "The Skolkovo ideology of the Technological University should spread to the whole country. The fact that it starts with Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg does not deny the participation of other universities in Russia."

03.06.2013
Genetics

Thousand Dollar Genome: Mission still impossible

According to the researchers, the industry does not yet have a technique capable of winning this competition, and the existing methods will require costs exceeding the promised prize of $ 10 million.

31.05.2013
Various

Active generation

The goal of the Active Generation contest is to support civic initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life of elderly people.

31.05.2013
Biomedicine

Flu vaccine: antiviral virus

To cope with any flu virus and protect humanity from future pandemics, researchers suggest using gene therapy. In this case, the antibody gene in the viral vector can be delivered to the destination by simply dropping it into the nose.

31.05.2013
Other life sciences

Microelectrodes for implantation in the brain: training on rabbits

The unique properties of the new polymer make it possible to produce complex three-dimensional structures with high electrical conductivity, which can make them an important component of electronic devices implanted in the human brain.

31.05.2013
Various

Day without tobacco – 2013

Every year, WHO defines the theme of World No Tobacco Day, in 2013 it is "A ban on advertising, sales promotion and sponsorship of tobacco companies."

31.05.2013
Other life sciences

Corset for bronchi

American doctors have successfully implanted a 6-month-old baby with a flexible tube to support the bronchus, "printed" on a 3D printer.

31.05.2013
New in Gerontology

Andropause in the cores begins earlier

In men with impaired cardiac function, the early onset of andropause syndrome (up to 50-60 years old) is four times more common than in those who do not suffer from heart disease.

30.05.2013
Your health

Cancer winners

The chief oncologist of Moscow believes that a cancer diagnosis should not cause fear, it should be perceived like any other.

30.05.2013
Your health

Misdiagnosis: who is to blame and what to do

An incorrect diagnosis is one of the patient's worst fears. In the United States, accusations of misdiagnosis account for the largest share of lawsuits concerning medical errors.

30.05.2013
Various

Iron Granny

A Sochi pensioner at the age of 81 became a two-time world champion in powerlifting and received an invitation from Arnold Schwarzenegger to the World Championship.

30.05.2013