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Unhealthy Russia

Bloomberg has published a rating of countries according to the health status of their residents. In the health rating, Russia ranked 97th out of 145 possible.

16.08.2012
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Another attack on caries

Keep32 destroys Streptococcus Mutans in just 60 seconds. The developers, however, have yet to finish testing this molecule on humans.

12.07.2012
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I'm changing my kidney for work

A resident of Madrid said that he decided to go to extreme measures and offered his kidney in exchange for a workplace.

10.07.2012
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Island of freedom from hepatitis

At the moment, all residents of Cuba under the age of 31 have been vaccinated, which has reduced the number of cases of hepatitis by 99.09% compared to 1989. For example, last year only 21 cases of infection were recorded (all patients were over 30 years old).

26.06.2012
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Criminal genomics

Mandatory genomic registration of unidentified bodies has been introduced in Russia, the corresponding document was published on the Kremlin's website on Tuesday.

26.06.2012
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Russia ordered to develop biotechnology

The approval of the BIO2020 Program marks a new stage in the country's economic development and will contribute to the expansion of EU-Russia cooperation in the field of biotechnology.

08.06.2012
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The doctors' strike is scheduled for June 21

Doctors are on strike against the reform of the pension system, which involves raising the retirement age to 68 years and increasing contributions to the pension fund.

01.06.2012
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Grandmothers, don't jump with a parachute!

Laverna Everett from California, succumbing to the provocations of her friends, decided to celebrate her 80th birthday in an original way and jump with a parachute. Both the birthday girl and the instructor remained alive, but they did not recover quickly :)

29.05.2012
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A billion from angels

K.Fokin, President of the National Association of Business Angels of Russia: "Our common task is to make sure that the volume of investments in Russian companies from Russian angel investors in 3-5 years will amount to $ 1 billion."

21.05.2012
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Genome sequencing: parkinsonics – 16 times cheaper

Google founder Sergey Brin, who inherited a mutation from his mother that significantly increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease, decided to stimulate the search for new drugs for the treatment of Parkinsonism.

16.05.2012
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Doctors' strike against pension reform?

If doctors vote for a strike, they will not provide services that can be postponed without harm to health. The result of the vote will be known by the end of May.

15.05.2012
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Eternal student

Australian Alan Stewart received his first diploma of higher education in 1936, and the fourth – yesterday, at the age of 97.

05.05.2012
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Biotechnology-2020

The government has approved a program for the development of biotechnologies of the Russian Federation until 2020.

27.04.2012