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Sovintern (Совинтерн)

Sovintern (Совинтерн), the International Socialist Network "For Socialism in the 21st Century," is a political international founded in Moscow in April 2026 by Russia's A Just Russia party with eight foreign co-founders, a planned socialist social network, and pro-Kremlin positions including support for the invasion of Ukraine.

Sovleplenib

Sovleplenib (HMPL-523), HUTCHMED's oral Syk inhibitor for immune thrombocytopenia, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and B-cell lymphoma; phase 3 durable response 48% vs 0% placebo in ITP; NDAs under priority review in China.

Sovremennik

Sovremennik (Современник, "The Contemporary") was a Russian literary and political journal founded by Alexander Pushkin in Saint Petersburg in 1836 and later led by Nikolai Nekrasov until its closure in 1866.

Sovremenny-class destroyer

The Sovremenny-class destroyer, Project 956 or Sarych, is a Soviet guided-missile destroyer for anti-surface warfare and air defense, its main weapon the SS-N-22 Sunburn missile.

Sovremennye Zapiski

Sovremennye Zapiski (Современные записки, "Contemporary Annals") was a Russian émigré literary and political journal published in Paris from 1920 to 1940, running to 70 issues.

Sovremenost

Sovremenost (Современост, "modernity" or "contemporaneity") is a Macedonian-language magazine for literature, culture, and art, published in Skopje since 1951 as the oldest Macedonian magazine in that field.

SOVS-CTG study

SOVS-CTG: self-obtained vaginal swabs for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing. Pooled sensitivity 92%, specificity 98% versus clinician-collected cervical swabs; WHO-preferred specimen for asymptomatic women.

Sowcar Janaki (సంకరమంచి జానకి)

Sowcar Janaki, also known as Sankaramanchi Janaki, was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema for over seven decades. She appeared in about 400 films.

Sowei

The Sowei, also called bundu or ndoli jowei, is a carved wooden helmet mask worn by senior women of the Sande Society in Sierra Leone.

Sowei mask

The sowei mask is a carved wooden helmet mask worn by women of the Sande society during initiation ceremonies, chiefly among the Mende people of Sierra Leone.

Soweto

Soweto, from "South-Western Townships", is a township complex south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa, formed under apartheid and the largest black urban area in the country.

Soweto Poetry

Soweto poetry, also called township poetry or the New Black Poetry, is protest poetry written mostly in English by Black South Africans in the 1970s.

Soweto uprising

Soweto uprising, 16 June 1976 Soweto student revolt, also called the June 16 uprising: black secondary students marched against compulsory Afrikaans-medium schooling under Bantu Education; police opened fire, over 200 died that day, and the countrywide unrest became a turning point, commemorated as South Africa's Youth Day.

Sowing

Sowing: placing seed in soil to establish crops. Methods include broadcasting, seed drilling (Jethro Tull, 1731), precision planting, and no-till direct seeding; establishment, seed rate, and depth determine yield.

Sowmiya Anbumani

Sowmiya Anbumani (சௌமியா அன்புமணி), PMK politician, wife of Anbumani Ramadoss; runner-up in Dharmapuri Lok Sabha 2024 with 411,367 votes, later Dharmapuri MLA.

Sowol Poetry Prize

The Sowol Poetry Prize (소월시문학상) is a South Korean poetry award established in 1986 by the publisher Munhak Sasangsa to honor the poet Kim Sowol.

SOX gene family

SOX gene family (SRY-related HMG box): about 20 human genes encoding HMG-box transcription factors discovered in 1990 via Sry; they bind the DNA minor groove, act with partner factors, and drive development, stem cell identity, and disease.

SOX10

SOX10 (SRY-box transcription factor 10), gene at 22q13.1 encoding an HMG-box transcription factor for neural crest, glia, and melanocytes; mutations cause Waardenburg-Shah/PCWH, and its stain marks melanoma and nerve sheath tumors.

SOX11

SOX11 (SRY-box transcription factor 11) is a SOXC-group transcription factor on chromosome 2p25.2, essential for neural development, mutated in Coffin-Siris syndrome and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and a diagnostic marker and driver of mantle cell lymphoma.

SOX17

SOX17 (SRY-box transcription factor 17, PPH7, VUR3) is a human chromosome 8 gene encoding an HMG-box transcription factor required for definitive endoderm, heart, vessels, and hematopoiesis, and linked to pulmonary arterial hypertension.

SOX4

SOX4 (SRY-box transcription factor 4, aliases EVI16, CSS10) is an intronless human gene at 6p22.3 encoding a 474-amino-acid SOX-group-C transcription factor with an HMG DNA-binding domain, essential for embryonic heart and B-cell development and amplified in over 20 cancers.

SOX6

SOX6 (SRY-box transcription factor 6, SOXD) is a chromosome 11p15.2 transcription factor gene with an HMG box and coiled-coil domains, part of the SOX5/6/9 cartilage trio, and causative for a haploinsufficiency neurodevelopmental syndrome.

SOX9

SOX9 (SRY-box transcription factor 9) is a chromosome 17 transcription factor essential for cartilage development and testis determination; mutations cause campomelic dysplasia with XY sex reversal.

Soxhlet extraction

Soxhlet extraction is a laboratory technique that extracts organic compounds from solid samples by repeatedly washing them with fresh condensed solvent; devised by Franz von Soxhlet in 1879, it remains the benchmark extraction method.

Soxhlet extractor

The Soxhlet extractor, also called the Soxhlet apparatus, is laboratory glassware for continuous solid–liquid extraction, invented by Franz von Soxhlet in 1879 to measure fat in milk.

Soy boy

Soy boy (soyboy, soy-boy) is an alt-right internet insult for men seen as effeminate or liberal, based on the disproven claim that soy's phytoestrogens lower male testosterone; it emerged on 4chan in 2017 alongside milk-chugging imagery.

Soy Foods

Soy foods, made from Glycine max (soybean), include tofu, miso, tempeh, edamame, natto, and soy milk; high in protein and isoflavone phytoestrogens, studied for cholesterol, hot flashes, bone, and breast cancer effects.

Soy leghemoglobin

Soy leghemoglobin (LegH, LegH Prep) is a soybean root-nodule heme protein made by fermenting Komagataella phaffii yeast and used in plant-based meats like the Impossible Burger for meat-like flavor, color, and iron.

Soy Luna

Soy Luna is an Argentine Disney Channel teen telenovela (2016–2018, 232 episodes) starring Karol Sevilla as Luna Valente, a Mexican skater who moves to Buenos Aires; revived in 2026 with Soy Luna: Volver a Rodar, 12 episodes on Disney+.

Soy milk

Soy milk (doujiang, tonyu) is a water extract of soybeans, a plant-based beverage from China, now a fortified dairy alternative with protein comparable to cow's milk.