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Stroke treatment: stem cells are at least safe

The first phase of clinical trials proved the safety of injecting stem cells into the brain. But even if everything continues to go as well, cell therapy for stroke will enter clinical practice in at least five years.

20.09.2011
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Immunity against flu instead of stomach ulcers

Nobel Prize winner in Medicine Barry Marshall has developed a vaccine against influenza, for the delivery of which the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is used in the human body – the cause of stomach and duodenal ulcers.

29.06.2011
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The longevity gene also protects against senile dementia

In carriers of two copies of the "longevity gene", memory deteriorated less quickly, and the risk of developing senile dementia was reduced. The risk of Alzheimer's disease, for example, was as much as 70% lower.

14.01.2010
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Cornea from stem cells

Surgeons removed a corneal area of one square millimeter containing stem cells from the patient's healthy left eye. Then a piece of tissue was grown in the laboratory, increasing its size by 400 times.

23.12.2009
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Theranos is closing

The medical company Theranos announced the completion of the work. At the same time, large investors will not be able to return the invested money.

11.09.2018
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Bionic prostheses work almost like living hands

The world's first commercially available bionic prosthetic hands with control of all fingers of the hand have already been received by more than 70 owners in different countries. In a month, manufacturers hope to celebrate the production of the hundredth biomechanical arm.

31.01.2008
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Monoclonal antibodies against AIDS

The experimental method of AIDS treatment was successfully tested on macaques. The developers hope to start testing the new method on humans next year.

12.12.2008
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Skin stem cells will help cure baldness

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute have found a way to obtain stem cells that can be used to combat baldness and to reduce the number of experiments on animals.

21.12.2016
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Alzheimer's Vaccine

The dementia vaccine has already been tested on cell cultures and mice. Human testing of the vaccine is expected to begin in the next two to three years.

14.07.2016
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A cure for eye cancer has been found

Researchers from the University of Utah have developed a new method of treating types of malignant tumors that are difficult to treat, such as retinoblastoma, or eye cancer.

03.06.2016
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Wikipedia creates an Internet genoteca

According to the plans of the creators, the main task of the Gene Wiki is to unify information for each gene, as well as the ability of specialists to add the latest information as it becomes available.

11.07.2008
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Getting fat by leaps and bounds

The prevalence of obesity in the Krasnoyarsk Territory has been growing for 5 years and now averages 10 cases per 1000 people.

21.07.2015
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Liquid crystals for DNA analysis

Liquid crystals can undergo changes in their organization in response to a slight change in the primary structure of DNA, including mutations at the level of one nitrogenous base.

01.07.2008
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Melanopsin will help to adjust the biological clock

The researchers created genetically modified mice with melanopsin-expressing cells sensitive to diphtheria toxin. Treatment of the retina of 8-week-old mice with this toxin did not affect their visual abilities at all, but completely deprived the biological clock of the animals of sensitivity to light.

17.06.2008
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The Mammoth Revival project is ready to start work

The International Center of Molecular Paleontology will open in September this year in Yakutsk. The center will conduct genetic studies of the found paleontological material, mainly mammoth cells.

20.08.2014
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RUSNANOPRIZE-2013: 5 finalists of the competition

The list of finalists of the RUSNANOPRIZE 2013 award in the direction of "Nanomaterials and surface modification" has been announced in Moscow. One of the five is Prof. Langer, developer of technologies for the use of nanoparticles in medicine.

03.10.2013
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Polymerase chain reaction in almost unreal time

The laboratory-on-a-chip, developed at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore, can perform PCR in raw DNA samples in real (and record-breaking) time.

13.05.2008