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Extreme Biology: Animals Can, Can Humans?

Duration: 0:35:52

Today we will be talking about freshwater hydras that are only one centimeter long, huge sperm whales, small mosquitoes and some amphibians with Oleg Gusev, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Head of the Laboratory "Extreme Biology" of the Scientific and Clinical Center for Precision and Regenerative Medicine of Kazan Federal University, Leading Researcher of the RIKEN Institute of Physical and Chemical Research.


Bones. Can they be restored by learning from nature?

Duration: 0:26:44

Scientists from Riga Technical University and Riga Stradins University have created a joint project called the Baltic Center for Advanced Biomaterials . They study the properties of living bone and the possibility of healing fractures with the help of chemical compounds .