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The first seed samples were laid in the "Doomsday Vault"

Recently, the first 330 kilograms (7 thousand samples) of seeds from 36 African countries from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), based in Nigeria, were shipped to Norway. At the same time, national seed banks, including Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines and Syria, began sending their collections.

04.02.2008
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Stem cells against stroke

The main objective of the study was to evaluate the safety of administration of various doses of ReN001 neuronal stem cells differentiated by ReNeuron specialists from embryonic cell culture, and possibly to confirm the effectiveness of treatment using generally accepted methods of assessing the condition of patients after stroke.

20.01.2009
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Grant for the creation of a prosthesis

The project of a modular bionic prosthetic arm will receive grant support from the Skolkovo Foundation in the amount of 300 thousand rubles.

19.04.2018
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Paper biochips

A prototype of a laboratory microchip for biological and medical research, in the manufacture of which pressed paper is used instead of complex and expensive microswitches and pumps, costs only three cents.

17.12.2008
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The "supermuscles" gene

The FHL1 gene is an excellent tool for gene therapy of acquired myodystrophy, but with congenital ones, when defects of other genes, such as dystrophin, are at the heart of muscle failure, the suitability of FHL1 remains to be determined.

16.12.2008
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Nanotubes–radioprotectors: 5000 times better

A new radioprotector drug based on carbon nanotubes is designed to prevent the death of people from acute radiation sickness developing with massive radioactive exposure.

31.01.2008
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Smart Shirts

From cotton fabric with electrically conductive nanotubes, it will be possible not only to sew shirts of exotic models with small lights or gloves for controlling touch screens, but also to use "nano-clothing" to detect allergens in the air or blood on the material itself.

11.12.2008
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The oldest inhabitant of the Earth has died

Now, according to the American Center for Gerontology, Maria de Jesus from Portugal has become the oldest person. She was born in 1893, and is only a few months younger than Edna Parker.

28.11.2008
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Banana-lemon beta cells

A group of Singaporean scientists managed to grow full-fledged beta cells from embryonic stem cells of mice and successfully transplant them into the pancreas of diabetic mice.

25.11.2008
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Biotechnology – medicine of the future

Scientific events of the All–Russian conference with international participation "Biotechnology - medicine of the future" are held on the sites of the Academic Park and NSU for three days.

24.07.2017
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HIV vaccine v2.0

American and South African doctors have begun conducting clinical trials of an improved HIV vaccine in South Africa.

28.11.2016
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Vyatka Biotech

A Council on biotechnology has been established under the Government of the Kirov Region.

15.10.2008
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Insurance and genetics

A round table meeting "Insurance and medical Genetics" was held in Moscow yesterday, during which experts tried to find common ground between these two areas.

08.07.2016
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Synthetic Biology in Siberia

Novosibirsk scientists will develop cell lines on which they will be able to test new drugs. In the future, artificial cells will be used to treat diseases.

28.06.2016
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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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Nobel Prize for the GPS system in the brain

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for the discovery of cells that make up the positioning system in the brain to researchers John O'Keefe, as well as spouses Mae Britt and Edward Moser.

06.10.2014