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Am I your father or not?

Anyone over the age of 16 for 160 pounds (approximately $ 250) can independently conduct a paternity test. Just do not forget: "in much wisdom there is much sorrow; and whoever multiplies knowledge multiplies sorrow."

25.08.2009
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Appendicitis will be determined by urine analysis

The most accurate of the biomarkers was leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein (leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein, LRG). According to researchers, the concentration of this protein in the urine increases in proportion to the severity of appendicitis.

24.06.2009
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Treating a heart attack in advance: prenatal cell therapy

The adult body's own stem cells are not enough to restore the myocardium after a heart attack. Cell therapy has been successfully used to prevent and eliminate damage to the heart muscle after a heart attack, but has not yet been used as a preventive measure, and not just before a heart attack, but even before the birth of a potential patient.

18.05.2009
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Oral delivery system of small interfering RNAs

Scientists from the University of Massachusetts have developed a new – oral – method of targeted delivery of small interfering RNAs (miRNAs). The method was tested on mice and showed excellent results in suppressing the inflammatory process, similar to what develops in humans with a number of diseases.

07.05.2009
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Be kind, live longer!

Participants of the project "Study of New England Centenarians" showed that older people whose parents lived to be a hundred years old, certain (and pleasant) character traits are more common.

09.04.2009
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I'll have to stop

Suspending clinical trials is a common action when a case of unexplained illness occurs.

10.09.2020
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J&J's HIV Vaccine

As the official representative of the company noted, we are talking about the third phase of testing of an experimental drug.

16.07.2019
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Monkeys were found to have moral qualities

The researchers were able to establish that the monkeys began to get angry, and sometimes refused to continue the tests if they saw that their "colleagues" received more food or better praise for the same work.

16.02.2009
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Centenarians in the database

Almost 500 people aged 75-90 years and older participated in the study of the phenomenon of longevity.

15.03.2019
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Catch up and overtake

As part of the program for the development of genetics in Russia, three world-class genetic centers will be created.

07.02.2019
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Menopause: hormones or herbal medicine? Both are worse...

Most studies on the efficacy and safety of phytotherapy during menopause do not meet the criteria of evidence-based medicine. The use of herbs can even have adverse health effects. But the popularity of phytotherapy has grown after the publication of works proving the relationship between the use of hormone replacement therapy with breast and ovarian cancer.

16.01.2009
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Personal genome in half an hour

The Californian company BioSciences has developed a prototype of a biochip, with the help of which it plans to reach the milestone of "$1,000 per genome" by 2013.

05.12.2008
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"Green chemistry" in Tver

TSU is going to spend 1 million rubles to grant a non-exclusive license right to use the Lactobacillus delbrueckii strain.

03.02.2017