Health
Harvard answers: How can you boost your immune system?
What can you do to boost your immune system? The idea of boosting your immunity is enticing, but the ability to do so has proved elusive for several reasons. The immune system…
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Europe
Two years on, a new phase in the pandemic with hope for stabilization
As we mark 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and central Asia, we are entering a new phase, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant sweeping the Region,…
Food
First genetically engineered calf has already been born
As part of a project launched by the Ural Federal Agrarian Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a team of geneticists, embryologists, biologists and…
Health
How social networks affect health
Experts from the United States have identified how the use of social networks affects physical health. Doctors conducted a study with the help of volunteers who were students. They were…
Health
Why do men’s brains age faster?
After it was proved in the 19th century that the volume of the male brain is slightly larger than that of the female, this immediately gave rise to the version…
Europe
Health Union: a stronger role for the European Medicines Agency
The EU will be better prepared to manage future health crises by tackling shortages of medicines and medical devices more effectively. Parliament endorsed the provisional agreement reached with the Council last year…
Health
Why do babies spit and drool?
The shedding of a small baby is a fact in the life of new parents: it happens quite often and there are even special wipes dedicated to its cleaning. But…
Health
Nuclear fusion, a map of the brain and the “dragon man”: the main discoveries of 2021
In 2021, the fight against COVID-19 has been an important part of scientific discovery, but it's not the only thing worth paying attention to. There are other achievements as well.…
Health
Infections are becoming more aggressive
Infections are becoming more aggressive or vice versa: what should we prepare for? Viruses mutate and become more contagious and can pass through more barriers in the human body. But…
Health
DNA mutations are not as random as biologists thought
The authors of the new work said that the DNA mutations that drive evolution are not completely random and are more common in certain parts of the genome. The DNA…