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The last feat of the scout

The corneas of the former Mossad director were transplanted to two patients after his death. Both recipients reported that they can now see and even read.

07.04.2016
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A small pharmaceutical factory

The refrigerator-sized device is capable of producing medicines from prepared solutions or suspensions.

05.04.2016
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Innovations in military medicine

A symposium was held at the Russian Academy of Sciences within the framework of the V International Congress of Cardiologists and Therapists, where innovations in internal medicine of a multidisciplinary military hospital were discussed.

04.04.2016
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HIV carriers will be able to become donors

The ban will be lifted not only from posthumous donation, but also from those HIV-infected people who are willing to donate their organs to save someone's life.

01.04.2016
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Russian program for DNA analysis

The NSimScan program works at the speed of the fastest analogs, significantly exceeding them in sensitivity and with a significantly reduced error rate.

31.03.2016
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Tablets from a 3D printer

In the USA, the world's first drug created with the help of 3D printing has gone on sale - the drug for the treatment of epilepsy Spritam.

25.03.2016
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GM maggots against wound infections

New Zealand scientists have proposed genetically modifying carrion green flies and using their larvae to accelerate wound healing.

24.03.2016
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Optogenetics against retinitis pigmentosa

The company RetroSense Therapeutics has started clinical studies of a method of gene therapy based on optogenetics for partial restoration of vision in patients suffering from retinitis pigmentosa.

24.03.2016
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When can we become cyborgs?

The authors of this short video talk about bionics, prosthetics and human genetic engineering, albeit with humor, but quite intelligently. And they show – well, very beautiful!

22.03.2016
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Up to the virus

The technology developed at the IFP SB RAS is based on a quartz resonator, which is used as a sensor. Its sensitivity allows you to register the smallest particles and even single viruses.

17.03.2016
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From them, the rich…

The head of the Internet company InterActiveCorp media mogul Barry Diller cloned his Jack Russell terrier named Shannon. Just for $100,000.

16.03.2016
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Live drawings

At the World Science Festival in Brisbane (Australia), artists showed paintings painted by marine bacteria that live in the bioluminescence organ of Hawaiian squid.

15.03.2016
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The transplanted uterus was removed

Representatives of the Cleveland Clinic reported that the transplanted organ had to be removed due to complications. What kind of complications led to this outcome has not yet been reported.

11.03.2016
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Don't wait for a compatible donor

The results of a study conducted by scientists from Johns Hopkins University indicate that it is not necessary to look for an ideal donor for a kidney transplant.

11.03.2016
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Presumption of consent

The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation found no violations in the law on transplantation, according to which there is a presumption of consent to the removal of organs.

10.03.2016
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The old beta cell of the furrow will not spoil

Scientists from the Hebrew University have made an unexpected discovery: the processes of cellular aging in pancreatic tissues not only do not worsen, but, on the contrary, improve the quality of their work.

09.03.2016
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Uterus transplantation – now in America

For the first time such transplants were carried out in Sweden in 2014, which led to the birth of four healthy children. American specialists were trained by their Swedish colleagues.

09.03.2016
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Prostate Cancer Vaccine

Clinical trials of a prostate cancer vaccine have begun in Oxford. The vaccine has already been administered to four volunteers, and the organizers continue to recruit participants.

03.03.2016