Sputnik V has passed the main stage for recognition in the European Union

«​​This is one of the main stages, after which only formalities will remain. Now there are no serious obstacles to the recognition of our vaccine,” Zverev said. According to Denis Logunov, deputy head of the Gamalei Center, the EMA also had no critical comments on the issue of conducting clinical trials. The scientist clarified that work is currently underway to harmonize production standards in Europe, Russia and China. Logunov stressed that he hopes that this work will be completed in the coming months. At the end of December 2021, WHO representative Margaret Harris explained that the procedure for including the drug in a special registry takes place in three stages. As a rule, work is slowed down at the last stage – the verification of technological processes. The head of the regional office of the organization, Hans Kluge, in turn, said that WHO could approve Sputnik V in the first

Scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole in a dwarf galaxy

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory have discovered a supermassive black hole in the constellation of Hounds inside the dwarf galaxy Mrk 462, which is located about 110 million light-years from Earth. The found black hole has a mass of about 200 thousand solar masses, which makes it one of the smallest supermassive black holes. Scientists note that the new discovery is one of the first cases of the discovery of a deep-lying supermassive black hole in a dwarf galaxy. Usually such finds are impossible due to the insufficient capabilities of modern telescopes. To find signs of black hole growth, the researchers used the Chandra Observatory to observe eight dwarf galaxies that had previously shown hints of black hole activity. Of these eight, only MRK 462 showed the X-ray signature of a growing black hole. Moreover, the ratio of high-energy and low-energy X-rays from MRK 462, as well as comparison

The Gamalei Center expects a rise in the incidence of covid in Russia at the end of January

“I am absolutely sure that by the end of January or early February we will also have a significant increase in the incidence of the omicron strain,” he said on the Solovyov Live YouTube channel. He added that this strain is spreading faster, but the number of hospitalizations and deaths has been reduced. According to him, it is not worth talking about the “lightness” of the omicron coronavirus strain at the moment, since the reduced mortality and lighter course of the disease do not detract from the unprecedented high incidence of this variant of the virus. “Since the incidence rate will be very high, even this reduced mortality and reduced “weighting” during hospitalization may overlap with the number of cases, that is, the level and slope of morbidity on the scale of omicron is absolutely unprecedented, so at the moment there is no need to talk about the “lightness” of

The Kremlin commented on Shenderovich’s plans * to leave Russia

Earlier it was reported that Shenderovich* announced the decision to leave Russia after at the end of December 2021, the lawyers of businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin filed a statement with the metropolitan police about the initiation of a case under the article “slander” against him. “This cannot be the outcome of an announcement by a foreign agent, because the actual name of a foreign agent does not restrict either the rights, does not restrict the ability to carry out activities, or anything, so it cannot be related to this. If I correctly understood the media reports on this topic, then there we are talking about the fact that at one time he made some statements or publications with certain statements that are now being challenged in court. Apparently, it’s just an attempt to hide from the claims of his opponents in court in this case. This has nothing to do with any

In Russia, 10.7% more people infected with COVID-19 were detected per day than yesterday

Regions are leaders in the number of new cases: Moscow — 4635 (for all time – 2,060,459), Saint Petersburg – 1512 (867 028), Moscow region — 855 (653 071), Sverdlovsk region — 368 (203 126), Rostov region — 358 (197,474). Per day in 783 cases died in Russia, which is 5.67% more than yesterday (741). The total number of deaths reached 317,687. During the day, 25,216 people recovered, a total of 9,732,018. Regions-leaders in the number of deaths: Moscow – 68 (since the beginning of the pandemic — 37,533); Saint Petersburg – 66 (28,698); Moscow region — 38 (12,558); Chelyabinsk region — 26 (6,329); Altai Krai and Nizhny Novgorod Region — 25 each (6,852 and 10,078). Rospotrebnadzor is waiting for a rise in the incidence of COVID-19 after the New Year holidays. By January, the level of collective immunity in Russia has reached 62.6%. This year, the vaccination campaign against coronavirus among

Three cats occupied a box with a blender for an unknown reason

Additional @Vitamix boxes arrived. One is out. The decoy initially attracted attention, but only temporarily…we’ll see what they make of the other two. pic.twitter.com/6MANVykKXJ — Jessica Gerson-Neeves (@JessStarlite) January 9, 2022 The sentient soccer ball is very cute and charming. An intellectual giant, however, he is not. Here, have 29 seconds of him trying to kill his own tail on Decoy Box 1. His brother Lando was manning the One True Box at the time. pic.twitter.com/stV5t7PgAz — Jessica Gerson-Neeves (@JessStarlite) January 10, 2022 “We are used to our cats constantly playing with boxes, but it hasn’t come to this yet. We tried a lot, even moving the box to another part of the kitchen, hoping that changing the location would somehow help. One day I got up in the middle of the night and once again saw one of the cats on it,” says Gerson-Nivez. The owner of the cats

A man with the heart of a pig. An animal heart was transplanted to a patient in the USA for the first time in the world

According to surgeons, the operation, which lasted seven hours, was performed on Bennett three days ago, and now his condition remains good. “For me, the choice was between death and this transplant,” Bennett, 57, said on the eve of the operation. — I understand that my future fate is completely unknown, but for me this is the last chance.” Specialists from the University of Maryland Medical Center received special permission from the authorities for the operation, explaining that without it the patient would die. Whether the transplant will be crowned with success is still completely unclear. For surgeons, the operation was the result of many years of research. They hope that their success will help save the lives of many people around the world. In its statement, the University of Maryland quotes surgeon Bartley Griffith, according to whom the operation is designed to “bring the resolution of the crisis with

A potentially dangerous coronavirus was found in the blood of cats

“To our surprise, 70% of blood serum samples taken from cats in Before the outbreak of the pandemic, the University of Tennessee tested positive for antibodies against the receptor-binding domain SARS-CoV-2 and related SARS-CoV (the causative agent of SARS – Ed.),” the scientists said. The article clarifies that blood samples were taken long before the start of the coronavirus pandemic from various regions of the United States. According to the researchers, this is due to the fact that cats came into contact with a virus whose spike protein is similar to a similar protein of the causative agent of coronavirus infection, which caused the release of cross-reactive antibodies against it in the animals’ body. According to preliminary data, cross-reactive antibodies to the coronavirus could appear after the collision of the cats’ immune system with the SARS-CoV virus, which caused an outbreak of SARS in Asia in the early 2000s. Scientists believe

“Dear Mother! I hope to see you soon.” A letter from the front was delivered to the family of an American soldier 76 years later

“Dear mother,” John wrote, “I received another letter from you today, I am very glad that everything is fine with you. I’m fine too, I’m coping with everything. But the food is pretty lousy for the most part.” “I love you and kiss you, your son Johnny. I hope that I will see you soon,” the soldier concluded his letter. ​In the USA, the second time capsule found under the statue of General Lee was opened John Gonsalves died in 2015, his mother much earlier. But the US Post found the widow of Sergeant Angelina, whom John met five years after returning from the war and who still lives in Woburn is her husband’s hometown in Massachusetts. Angelina will turn 90 in January. The letter was delivered to her shortly before Christmas. According to her, these were the best holidays since John died, because it was as if he had come back