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Caution: Silicone!

Any introduction of liquid silicone is life-threatening. When silicone enters a vein, it enters the bloodstream, which inevitably leads to death. In addition, subcutaneous injection of silicone can cause an allergic reaction, disorders of the immune system and disfigure the patient's body and face.

20.04.2009
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Rusnano will save, but invest

After the reduction of funding, the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation (Rusnano) should spend 45 billion rubles on activities and implementation of projects in 2009 instead of the 130 billion previously planned.

20.04.2009
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Don't get old, don't get sick, don't breathe...

Scientists significantly reduced the level of the VHL-1 signaling protein and found that this not only increased the resistance of worms to hypoxia (which they tried to achieve), but also significantly slowed the aging of nematodes.

20.04.2009
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"The formula of diseases"

In the future, the authors believe, the schemes they have created will be used in everyday medical practice: for example, during an examination, a doctor will be able to obtain information about all the patient's diseases, related diseases and – in the future – a set of genes responsible for their development.

20.04.2009
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Direct reprogramming of cells

The method of cell reprogramming, which the authors called "transcriptome induced phenotype remodeling" (transcriptome induced phenotype remodeling) is that the original cell is not turned into a pluripotent one, capable of developing in several directions. Instead of "embryonic genes", a large amount of matrix RNA is injected into the cell, on which proteins characteristic of the desired type of cells are synthesized.

20.04.2009
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DNA sequencing: slower, but more accurate

Physicists from Brown University took as a basis the well-known DNA sequencing technique, which involves reading information when passing DNA molecules through miniature holes in the material, and eliminated its main drawback, which was that the rate of passage of base pairs through the hole was too high (as a result, the decoding accuracy decreased).

17.04.2009
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Did you hurt your Achilles tendon? Contact the horsemen!

Recently, stem cell treatment of Achilles tendon rupture in racehorses has spread everywhere, since these animals, sometimes costing millions of dollars, such injuries occur very often. Biotech firm MedCell Bioscience has announced its intention to start testing its method on humans.

16.04.2009
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Sperm is a record holder

According to the doctors of the American clinic who performed the IVF procedure, 22 years between the time of delivery of a sperm sample in 1986 and fertilization in 2008 is a world record.

15.04.2009
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Neurons from embryonic stem cells are ready for transplantation

During transplantation to newborn mice, committed (differentiating in a certain direction) neural progenitor cells created from embryonic stem cells turned into working neurons and successfully integrated into the structures of the cerebral cortex and olfactory bulb. The formation of tumors was not recorded at the same time.

15.04.2009
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Achievement – the first cloned camel

The world's first female camel clone, named Injez ("Achievement"), was born at the Camel Reproduction Center in Dubai (UAE) last Wednesday.

14.04.2009
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Long-acting analgesic: the same as usual, but in liposomes

Researchers from Harvard Medical School proposed to inject the drug for local anesthesia saxitoxin in combination with the steroid hormone dexamethasone into liposomes. In this form, one injection for a week blocked the conduction of impulses along the sciatic nerve.

14.04.2009
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How to accelerate the regeneration of the heart muscle?

New cells are formed in the heart muscle throughout life. The study of the mechanism of formation of new cardiomyocytes can lead to the creation of tools that accelerate this process and can help restore the myocardium after a heart attack.

14.04.2009
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Vitamins are different

In every third package of multivitamins, the content of ingredients does not correspond to the information on the package. And part of it was also contaminated with lead.

14.04.2009
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Safe needle for injection

The new needle is given an S-shape; inside it is a thread used as a conductor (similar to the conductor in a catheter). During the injection, the force is applied not to the needle, but to the conductor, thanks to a special cannula device.

13.04.2009
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Nanobiotechnology in Dubna

The BioGenius PLUS company plans to conduct research in the field of biotechnology in the Dubna SEZ, develop original biotechnological solutions and technologies.

13.04.2009
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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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The risk of Alzheimer's disease can be predicted at a young age

These findings are of great interest. However, this does not mean that Alzheimer's disease necessarily begins to develop in a group of young and healthy volunteers who took part in the experiment. To understand whether differences in brain activity in people with a type of ApoE4 gene can really serve as an indicator of the development of Alzheimer's disease over time, only new research will help.

08.04.2009