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Pork for transplantologists

A major supplier of packaged meat products and pork producer in the United States plans to decellularize pork organs and sell them to medical institutions.

18.04.2017
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Test for the indigenous population

The biochip developed at NEFU allows you to get results in four hours for five hereditary diseases, the most common among the Yakut ethnic group.

12.04.2017
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Solid five

The authors of the report "Medicine of the Future: Russian pharmaceuticals in the context of global trends" on average rated mass Russian medicine by five points.

10.04.2017
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Prevention of hereditary diseases

If hereditary pathology is detected at an early stage, chances are high to significantly reduce the cost of therapy compared to the treatment of those who already have complications.

07.04.2017
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"Scientists have found a gene that..."

Tomsk State and British Goldsmith Universities have launched the TAGS website, which tells in an accessible form about the latest achievements in the field of genetics.

06.04.2017
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For freedom of information

Unpaywall is an extension for the Google Chrome browser that allows you to legally and for free read scientific articles hidden behind a paywall – a "payment wall".

05.04.2017
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Patent for CRISPR in Europe

The European Patent Office intends to grant a patent with a wide scope of protection for the use of the popular genome editor – the CRISPR system – to the University of California.

05.04.2017
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Zika virus vaccine: volunteers required

The vaccine has passed initial safety tests, and the second phase of trials has now begun, during which the effectiveness of the drug will be revealed.

04.04.2017
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Neutron accelerator for oncologists

The accelerator will be used to treat cancerous tumors that cannot be surgically removed. We are talking, first of all, about glioblastomas of the brain and melanoma metastases.

31.03.2017
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Made in Russia: Meningococcal vaccine

NPO Microgen has started phase I clinical trials of the first domestic polyvalent vaccine containing two serotypes of the meningococcal virus.

29.03.2017
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Brain + Computer

In the long term, Elon Musk expects to create a high-speed neural interface that will allow people to connect directly to a computer.

28.03.2017
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LifeCode-2017

The hackathon on bioinformatics LifeCode-2017 will be held at NSU from April 29 to May 1. Programmers, biologists and anyone interested in biology and bioinformatics can take part in it.

28.03.2017
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Zika virus: another vaccine

After the development of vaccines in the USA and France, the seventh Chinese-French vaccine against Zika virus in the world and the first in Asia has entered the phase of preclinical research.

27.03.2017
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Half a million genomes

The project is designed for 3-5 years. Based on its results, GlaxoSmithKline and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals hope to reveal new data for the treatment of hereditary diseases.

23.03.2017
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The President is calling for a breakthrough

It is necessary to achieve breakthrough results in the field of biomedicine and healthcare, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and priority projects.

21.03.2017
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World Day of People with Down Syndrome

It was first held in 2006. The day and month for this event were not chosen by chance. Down syndrome is a trisomy on chromosome 21 (therefore 21.03).

21.03.2017