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Happy birthday, Grandma Misao!
Misao Okawa, who celebrated her 115th birthday, never imagined that she would live to such an advanced age.
05.03.2013- English version
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Stem cell treatment legalized
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has officially approved the methods of treatment with stem cells of pancreatic necrosis, limb ischemia and injuries and burns.
27.02.2013
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Record increase in life expectancy
The life expectancy of cats and dogs in Israel has increased by an average of 42% over the past decade. At the same time, pets not only began to live longer, but also became healthier.
25.02.2013
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Award for achievements in biomedicine from billionaire IT specialists
Yuri Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin have established a $3 million prize for research in the field of biomedicine.
20.02.2013
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Geography of the brain
The US presidential administration has announced the launch of a ten–year project to create a map of the human brain - a plan no less grandiose than decoding the human genome.
20.02.2013
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Half a billion for the liver
The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced a competition for the implementation of experimental design work on the creation of a bioengineered liver. The maximum contract price is 518.5 million rubles.
15.02.2013
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Science of the XXI century
The 17th International School-conference of young scientists "Biology - Science of the XXI Century" and the Russian–German forum will be held in Pushchinsky Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences from April 22 to 26.
13.02.2013
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General alzheimerization of the population is inevitable
If you believe the notes in the media, in a few years ... no, in the coming decades ... that is, by 2050 – it doesn't matter when, the main thing is to crow more terribly – healthy people will not be enough to care for the feeble–minded elderly.
12.02.2013
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Collective Use Centers of the First MGMU
There are 3 centers for collective use at the university: "Transfusion Medicine", "Pharmaceutical" and "Regenerative Medicine".
12.02.2013
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Academy of Biology and Biotechnology of SFU
The Academy of Biology and Biotechnology has opened at the Research Institute of Biology of the Southern Federal University.
11.02.2013
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A Center for collective use of cellular technologies has opened in Novosibirsk
The new building of the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of the SB RAS will house a Center for collective Use of Cellular Technologies operating under the program "Proteomics. Genomics. Bioinformatics".
07.02.2013
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The future "old age pill" will receive 150 million
The project involves the development of new original drugs that selectively destroy senescent cells, which are the main cause of systemic aging syndrome and age-related pathologies.
01.02.2013
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Biomedical technologies in Nizhny Novgorod
The Institute of Biomedical Technologies, established on the basis of the Laboratory of Fluorescent Bioimaging, will continue previously initiated research on the treatment of oncological diseases using protein photosensitizers, and will also engage in completely new developments.
28.01.2013
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Like a bullet from DNA
Plastic pistols and rifles of the SelectaDNA High Velocity system shoot capsules weighing 1 gram. Each store contains 14 capsules with the same DNA markers, so they can tag up to 14 people.
25.01.2013
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Titanium Silk
Synthetic mesh implants used in the treatment of hernias have a number of disadvantages associated with insufficient biocompatibility. The ultra-thin titanium mesh developed by the Yekaterinburg NPF Temp will reduce the number of complications.
25.01.2013
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How to get to an organ transplant without waiting in line?
Almost 10% of Israelis have signed a consent after death to donate their organs for transplantation. Everyone who signs such a form gets an advantage in the "waiting list" if he himself needs an organ transplant.
23.01.2013
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A surrogate mother for a Neanderthal is a blooper of journalists
According to the scientist, the confusion probably arose due to an incorrect translation of his interview published in the German weekly Spiegel. In fact, he said that cloning a Neanderthal could theoretically be possible someday.
23.01.2013
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FEBS-2013: all flags to visit…
More than two thousand delegates, more than 300 speakers from almost all leading scientific centers of the world, including 11 Nobel laureates, will come to St. Petersburg for the upcoming 38th annual Congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS).
21.01.2013
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Vortex technologies in Skolkovo
The Center of Vortex Technologies from the Koltsovo Science city became a participant of Skolkovo with the project "Creation of software and hardware complexes based on vortex bioreactors for the preparative cultivation of stem and other autologous human cells".
21.01.2013
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More attention to rare diseases
Pharmaceutical and biotech companies have begun to pay more attention to the development of drugs for the treatment of rare and orphan diseases.
18.01.2013