Dismissal by reduction
23andMe has laid off 14% of its staff. The reason is the decline in sales of DNA tests due to customer concerns about data privacy.
24.01.202023andMe has laid off 14% of its staff. The reason is the decline in sales of DNA tests due to customer concerns about data privacy.
24.01.2020The infamous He Jiankui was sentenced to three years in prison and 3 million yuan fine.
30.12.2019The medical company Theranos announced the completion of the work. At the same time, large investors will not be able to return the invested money.
11.09.2018One of the variants of the gene, which is responsible for the synthesis of a protein involved in regulating the interaction of nerve cells, significantly increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Since this gene is located on the X chromosome, women are at increased risk.
13.01.2009The experimental method of AIDS treatment was successfully tested on macaques. The developers hope to start testing the new method on humans next year.
12.12.2008Bone marrow transplantation of a donor with natural resistance to HIV infection cured the patient of both blood cancer and AIDS.
14.11.2008About 6% of the modern inhabitants of the Mediterranean, obviously, are descendants of the disappeared people - the Phoenicians.
01.11.2008According to the National Sleep Foundation, lack of sleep costs the US economy about $ 100 billion a year - such are the losses from low labor productivity, medical expenses and other factors.
23.10.2008Norilsk engineer Maxim Lyashko received a federal grant of two million rubles for the completion and launch of production of budget bionic prostheses.
28.09.2016The presence of only one variant of the gene that determines red hair color in brunettes and brown-haired men, which does not manifest itself in the phenotype, significantly increases the chances of developing skin cancer.
13.07.2016Korean scientists have stated that the mechanism of reaction to the taste and smell of food can reduce life expectancy. Overweight people are most sensitive to the smell of food.
31.05.2016The use of editing the genome of human embryos in clinical settings is still prohibited, because it can have unpredictable consequences for the child and his future offspring.
16.05.2016Champignons that do not darken in the air may become the first food product obtained using CRISPR/Cas9 technology.
18.04.2016V.Skvortsova: "The vaccine is at the stage of clinical trials, all without much change. This is not such a simple matter, I am not ready to tell you any nuances right now. We have four institutes making alternative vaccines."
05.10.2015When norepinephrine is exposed to ventromedial hypothalamic neurons, the general arousal of the animal contributes to the emergence of sexual arousal, which in turn forms a special behavior, without which reproduction is impossible.
17.06.2008RUSNANO's Board of Directors approved a project to create a diversified production of innovative medicines in Russia with the participation of the American venture fund Domain Associates LLC.
15.07.2011Cukierman Investment Company & Co Investment house is creating a fund for Israeli companies entering the Russian market in the field of high technologies and biotechnologies.
12.07.2011A vaccine to prevent the development of a viral infection that causes cervical cancer in women also reduces the incidence and incidence of genital warts in young men.
10.02.2011A month after the stroke (this period corresponds to one year of human life), TGF-α was injected into the brain of a group of rats. A month later, the researchers noted an almost complete recovery of motor functions.
13.01.2010As it turned out, the "hunger hormone" ghrelin protects the neurons that produce dopamine, and can become the basis for the development of a new method of treating Parkinson's disease.
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