Vestnik Rossiĭskoĭ akademii meditsinskikh nauk / Rossiĭskaia akademiia meditsinskikh nauk
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Vestn. Akad. Med. Nauk SSSR · Jan 2009
Biography Historical Article[Iu. M. Lopukhin and the development of bioethics in Russia].
Professor Yu. M. Lopukhin has made the most important contribution to the development of bioethics in this country based on his extensive experience in research, education and organization pertaining to different biomedical disciplines and high-tech medicine. ⋯ M. Lopukhin on major bioethical problems of special importance for present-day Russia are analysed including ethical expertise of biomedical research and their legal aspects including tissue and organ transplantation, the use of embrionic stem cells, etc. The importance of international collaboration in the field of bioethics is emphasized.
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Vestn. Akad. Med. Nauk SSSR · Jan 2009
Historical Article[Brief history of creation and activities of Research Institute of Hygiene and Health Protection of Children and Adolescents State Institution Research Centre of Children's Health Protection, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences].
The Institute was founded to study effects of environmental factors on the health status and day-to-day activities of children and adolescents in organized groups and to use the data obtained for the elaboration of measures for the protection and promotion of their health. The Institute is up to now the sole research institution of this kind in the Russian Federation entitled to coordinate problem-solving efforts on a national scale. Since 2000, it has been functioning as the National Centre for support of the European network of health promoting schools. ⋯ The Institute participated in the development of a new basic curriculum and the state education standard law. The authors present results of multidisciplinary research and developments obtained at the Institute. Specialists of the Institute are involved in the work of international scientific societies.
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Vestn. Akad. Med. Nauk SSSR · Jan 2009
Biography Historical Article[The centenary of the birth of Vladimir Aleksandrovich Negovskiĭ].
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The elevation of body temperature during fever reaction and endogenous antipyretic effect reflects the existing balance between 2 components directed to the maximal positive use of the fever effects and simultaneous prevention of their side effects. The mechanisms involved in the control of balance between factors known as the fever triggers and endogenous antipyretic factors. The possible mechanisms of action of various endogenous antipyretic system components (glucocorticoids, neuropeptides, cytokines etc.) capable to regulate the duration and quantity of fever reaction are discussed in this review.