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Prevention of the consequences of smoking

CDDO-imidazole effectively prevented respiratory tract damage in "smoking" mice. The results obtained will allow us to begin studying the effectiveness and safety of its use for the prevention of lung diseases in humans.

24.12.2008
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$25,000,000 for stem cells

The Eli and Edith Broad Foundation has donated $25 million to the University of California, San Francisco to create a new stem cell research center.

19.12.2008
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Goodbye, BCG?

The first Russian TB vaccine may appear in 2019. The second stage of clinical trials is planned this year.

15.02.2018
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Rusnano asks scammers not to worry

The project selection system created in the Rusnano state Corporation will not allow fraudsters to "fall for public funds with their adventurous ideas," Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said at the International Forum on Nanotechnology.

04.12.2008
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Virtual Ambulance

It is planned to create similar virtual simulators for obstetricians, physiotherapists and other medical specialists.

29.10.2008
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Breasts for 800 thousand

15 years after the preventive operation to remove the mammary glands, it turned out that the gene analysis was erroneous. Now the patient is demanding financial compensation

13.12.2016
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The history of one liver

8 months after the transplant, the donor married the recipient. May they live happily ever after with one liver for two :)

28.10.2016
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A biocomputer inside a living cell

Scientists used live yeast cells as the "working body" of the biocomputer. Functional elements were assembled inside them from fragments of various RNA molecules.

17.10.2008
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Piglets are donors of human immune cells

The researchers injected progenitor cells of T-lymphocytes from the bone marrow of donors to pig embryos. The immature immune system of embryos did not perceive human cells as foreign, so they could multiply freely in their body.

17.10.2008
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Another pluripotent stem cells from skin cells

Instead of a viral vector, scientists used plasmids to inject "embryonic" genes into fibroblasts, with the help of which they managed to successfully transform ordinary skin cells into pluripotent stem cells.

13.10.2008
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Molecular Biology in orbit

American researchers are planning to conduct a series of molecular genetic experiments on board the International Space Station.

06.06.2016
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The mice were forced to stutter

A mutation in the Gnptab gene can lead to the appearance of stuttering. However, scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have not yet been able to find out exactly how this gene is associated with speech.

15.04.2016
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The immune system sometimes plays on the side of the tumor

Until now, experts believed that the complement system ensures the elimination of tumor cells. However, in some cases, depending on the type of tumor and the specific environment in which it develops, the complement system, on the contrary, stimulates the growth of tumors.

03.10.2008