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Found a way to predict asthma attacks

Specialists at the Far Eastern Research Center for Respiratory Physiology and Pathology have learned to diagnose so-called cold hyperreactivity syndrome - an excessive reaction of asthmatics to cold

25.05.2023
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Welfare concerns

The non-state pension Fund "WELFARE" and the Government of the Moscow region will create a network of rehabilitation centers for the elderly in the Moscow region.

17.06.2016
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Genetically hornless cows

After the introduction of a gene that suppresses the growth of horns in the DNA of embryos and implanting them into the uterus of cows, five healthy calves were born, whose offspring will not grow horns either.

16.05.2016
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Gloves for the mute

Two resourceful guys from the USA have invented gloves that can help mute people communicate with those who do not know sign language. However, the guys from Donetsk were ahead of them by five years, and it is still unknown who will be the first to receive a patent.

28.04.2016
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Life expectancy in the European Union

The shortest life expectancy of men was recorded in Lithuania – 68.5 years, the longest – in Italy (80.3 years). Women live the least in Bulgaria (78.6 years), the longest in Spain (86.1 years).

22.07.2015
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The oldest newlyweds

A pair of British centenarians – 91-year-old Doreen Lucky and 103-year-old George Kirby – tied the knot after 27 years of relationship, becoming the oldest newlyweds in the world.

17.06.2015
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At your age, Grandfather, it is harmful to lack of sleep!

In elderly people, lack of sleep can aggravate already, as a rule, impaired protective reactions to abnormal folding of protein molecules, the frequency of which increases as the cell ages. The accumulation and aggregation of abnormal proteins in the cell is associated with many diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

30.06.2008
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Quantum dots increase the efficiency of RNA interference

Existing miRNA tracking tags glow for no more than a minute, while quantum dots emit light for many hours. Moreover, the new approach is 5-10 times less toxic to living cells than the chemical compounds currently used to monitor the course of RNA interference.

26.06.2008
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DNA analysis accurate to the area

Scientists of the Tomsk Research Institute of Medical Genetics have developed a technology that allows you to calculate a person's place of birth from a sample of his DNA.

16.02.2015
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Nanomagnetic genes

Using the gene of a magnetic field-sensitive bacterium, Emory University scientists have created genetically modified mammalian cells capable of synthesizing magnetic nanoparticles.

19.06.2008
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Rusnano will save Americans from alcohol poisoning

The financing attracted by the American company Aldea Pharmaceuticals will go to the organization of clinical trials of the drug AD-6626, designed to help patients with acute alcohol intoxication.

04.09.2014
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Cytomegalovirus vaccine helps in the treatment of glioblastoma

cytomegalovirus is registered in the blood and in the tumor tissue in more than 80% of patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Duke University scientists have suggested that vaccinating patients against cytomegalovirus may help in the fight against the tumor.

30.05.2008
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Quitting smoking improves Relationships

Comparing the data from 1971 and 2003, scientists built computer models of social networks and marked smoking and non-smoking people with different icons on them, and found that people quit smoking in groups.

28.05.2008