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Another step towards a universal vaccine against all flu strains

The next stage of clinical trials of a universal influenza vaccine has been successfully completed. A universal vaccine will be able to protect a person from a variety of flu strains and prevent death and serious complications from the disease.

29.04.2009
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Grant for Anti-Corcoran-M

During the project, it is planned to develop and market the world's first non-viral gene therapy drug for the treatment of cancer.

26.12.2019
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Motor neurons from stem cells

Motor neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells demonstrate normal electrical activity and possess all the other properties of ordinary nerve cells of this type.

25.02.2009
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Vitamin vapes

Doctors are not ready to confirm that the new format of taking vitamins is really better than the traditional ones.

10.10.2018
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Genome editing was helped financially

The implementation of the project will make it possible to bring to clinical practice the technology of treatment of patients with lymphomas and HIV who are shown bone marrow transplantation.

11.07.2017
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Give me a bonus!

Applications for the Moscow Government Awards for Young scientists for 2016 have been accepted in the capital. The number of participants in the selection was one and a half times higher than last year.

10.11.2016
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From them, the rich…

The head of the Internet company InterActiveCorp media mogul Barry Diller cloned his Jack Russell terrier named Shannon. Just for $100,000.

16.03.2016
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GM mosquitoes against Zika virus

WHO will support the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to fight Zika disease. Previously, such methods were considered too new and potentially dangerous for mass use.

19.02.2016
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Another mechanism of alcoholic brain damage

In chronic alcoholism, regions of the brain that are sensitive to the toxic effects of alcohol are characterized by pronounced resistance to insulin and insulin-like growth factor. The resistance of the frontal lobe and cerebellum regions to these hormones was accompanied by the destruction of cells and intercellular contacts, as well as a decrease in the levels of neurotransmitters necessary for learning, memorization and motor function.

18.06.2008
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Choose: stress and depression or gluttony and obesity?

Researchers have shown in experiments on mice that chronic stress leads to an increase in the concentration of ghrelin in the body. At the same time, the manifestations of depression and anxiety decrease, but a side effect of this beneficial property is increased food intake in experimental animals and, as a result, inevitable obesity.

18.06.2008
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Russia on the sidelines

Over 25 years of reforms, Russia has slipped to the sidelines of technological development in the world. This was stated by Academician Zhores Alferov during a public speech at the Academic University.

20.02.2014
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Biochip for early diagnosis of cancer and not only

For example, in the diagnosis of upper respiratory tract diseases, antibodies or DNA contained in a smear from the patient's oral cavity bind to the molecules deposited on the biochip. After processing, the holes of the biochip, in which such binding occurred, begin to glow.

16.05.2008
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Award for Bill and Melinda

Bill and Melinda Gates were awarded the Lasker Prize for "a historically significant change in views on the world's most serious health problems and improving the quality of life of millions of the most disadvantaged people on the planet."

11.09.2013