Breeding of medicinal and essential oil crops in VILAR: achievements and prospects.

This review discusses the main methods of breeding material development, the current state, problems and prospects for medicinal and essential oil plants breeding. The relevance of this area has especially increased due to the sanctions, the resulting shortage of medicinal plants and their low quality, which does not meet the requirements of the pharmaceutical industry. To produce a stable plant raw material base, it is necessary to actively develop a breeding process to create new highly productive varieties of medicinal plants resistant to biotic and abiotic environments.

[The efficiency of probiotics in the prevention of recurrent lower urinary tract infections and bacterial vaginosis].

Introduction: The literature data indicate that bacterial vaginosis (BV) increases the risk of development of lower urinary tract infections (LUTI). Thus, it is reasonable to assume that the use of probiotics, in particular Lactoginal, can be effective in preventing relapses of LUTI.

Aim: To study the efficiency of probiotics, particularly Lactoginal, for the prevention of recurrent LUTI and BV.

[The effectiveness of breast-conserving surgery in T1-2N0M0 breast cancer].

A retrospective analysis of the end results of surgical treatment of 1.417 patients with T1-2N0-1M0 breast tumors is presented: local recurrence after radical surgery (1.151)-2.