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Ready to pay dividends

The net profit of Rusnano at the end of 2018 amounted to a record 5.6 billion rubles, the head of the state corporation Anatoly Chubais said

20.03.2019
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Alcohol and nicotine – for cancer treatment

Activists of the "Movement against Cancer" believe that a tax of 1 ruble levied on every pack of cigarettes sold and every bottle of alcohol will double the cost of treating patients with rare and severe diseases.

04.02.2009
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Will dipeptides help with Alzheimer's disease?

Israeli researchers report that the dipeptide they developed increases the cognitive ability of mice with an analog of human Alzheimer's disease, and reduces the number of amyloid plaques in their brains.

19.12.2008
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Bacteriophages "all in one"

One capsule includes a complex of bacteriophages for the prevention and control of a number of common bacteria.

17.04.2018
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General average illiteracy

Residents of Russia were offered to answer 7 questions from the school curriculum. 2.3% of respondents answered simple questions correctly.

06.02.2018
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Stop HIV/AIDS

From November 27 to December 3, the All-Russian campaign "Stop HIV/AIDS", dedicated to the World AIDS Day.

28.11.2017
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GM microbes for strengthening buildings

"Smart soil", which contains genetically modified bacteria that produce "bio-cement", will protect the foundations of buildings from destruction.

31.10.2016
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DNA vaccines against cattle dermatitis

The advantages of such vaccination are obvious: for example, it will take 9 days to treat a cow, not 18, and the cost of a DNA vaccine is 300 rubles instead of 2100.

19.10.2016
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A sad record

Russia took the last place in the rating of the effectiveness of health systems. Brazil, Azerbaijan, Colombia and Jordan were also among the five worst.

29.09.2016
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Donor cells against macular degeneration

Japanese doctors are planning to start tissue transplantation operations from donor stem cells in 2017 for patients with severe retinal disease – macular degeneration

07.06.2016
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BCG vaccine against type 1 diabetes

The population of CD8 T-lymphocytes, responsible for the destruction of insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, in all cases dies under the action of a tumor necrosis factor agonist, while a similar population of cells of healthy people proliferates under these conditions.

01.10.2008
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A new genetically determined deadly disease

Gerontologists decided to equate aging with disease and include it in the new edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which is being released by WHO in 2018.

11.11.2015
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New antibiotics are urgently needed

Professor Laura Piddock expressed the hope that the article in the Lancet will become a "loud alarm bell for pharmaceutical companies" to develop antibiotics to which bacteria do not yet have resistance.

20.10.2015