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NEU-P11 anti-obesity: synthetic analog is no worse than natural melatonin

After 8 weeks of using NEU-P11, the obese rats lost almost the weight of the control group animals. The same effect was found for melatonin, however, when using NEU-P11, body weight decreased faster. It was also noted that NEU-P11, like melatonin, does not affect feed intake.

20.03.2009
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Billions for science

The US National Science Foundation has published data on the funds for scientific research that American universities and colleges received in 2007.

19.03.2009
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Scandal in the family of painkillers

Anesthesiologist Scott Reuben is accused of fabricating the results of at least 21 clinical trials of painkillers over the past 12 years.

18.03.2009
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Insert your finger into the USB port

Now, according to the programmer, several programs are stored on his thumb drive, in particular, Billix, CouchDBX and Ajatus. Yavala plans to improve the prosthesis by making the fingertip removable and installing an RFID tag in it.

18.03.2009
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Rich people of St. Petersburg: Andrey Fomenko

Talking about his second brainchild, the Eternal Youth Foundation, Andrei Fomenko complains that his ideas for investing money in biotechnology, which would allow a person to live longer, have not yet found mass support among other oligarchs.

18.03.2009
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Tasks of RUSNANO for the current year

One of the Corporation's priorities for 2009 is the formation of a pool of Russian and foreign investors interested in joining RUSNANO projects, as well as in acquiring a share of the Corporation after its exit from the project.

18.03.2009
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Stem Cell Registry: St. Petersburg, 2012

By 2012, 10,000 stem cell samples should be harvested. Such a bank, according to doctors, will greatly simplify the treatment of hematological diseases – for example, leukemia.

17.03.2009
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Biotechnology-2009

The Jubilee Fifth Moscow International Congress "Biotechnology: state and Prospects of Development" and the Seventh International Specialized Exhibition "World of Biotechnology 2009" began their work on March 16 this year.

17.03.2009
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At what age does senile senility begin?

Respondents over the age of 27 showed a significant decrease in results in tests for logic, quick thinking and spatial imagination. Scientists have recorded memory deterioration in study participants over 37 years old; other intellectual functions begin to decline after 42 years.

17.03.2009
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Do you want to live long? Don't slow down!

To the list of factors most associated with a person's longevity, another one was unexpectedly added, which was not particularly thought about before – the speed of a person's reaction to events happening around him.

16.03.2009
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Google vs. Parkinsonism

Google creator Sergey Brin is personally interested in this: he inherited from his mother the G2019S mutation in the LRRK2 gene, which significantly increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease.

13.03.2009
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Anti-cancer genes in dendrimer packaging

Experiments on mice have shown that when such particles are introduced into the animal's body, they are captured exclusively by cancer cells, without causing any harm to healthy ones. After entering the cell, the genes "force" it to produce proteins that gradually kill tumor cells.

12.03.2009
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How Stress Accelerates Aging

This discovery explains how stress reduces telomerase levels and thereby accelerates cell aging by increasing cortisol production.

11.03.2009
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Bacteriophages will help antibiotics

The combination of antibiotics with therapy with bacteriophage viruses, which do not kill, but only weaken pathogenic bacteria, can significantly alleviate the fate of many patients in the future.

10.03.2009
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The US President has allowed funding for stem cell research

While Barack Obama was signing the bill, representatives of a number of public and religious organizations gathered in front of the fence of the White House, which categorically do not accept experiments with human embryos.

10.03.2009
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Bionic eyes: Second sight for the blind

There have already been 18 surgeries in the world to install the Argus II bionic eye, developed by the American company Second Sight for patients who have become blind as a result of retinal diseases.

05.03.2009