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Girls! Do you want to live to a healthy old age?

Relatively slender women lived to a healthy old age 1.8 times more often than fat women. The unhealthiest were the ladies who were overweight in their youth and continued to gain kilograms over the years.

01.10.2009
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Biobank accepts deposits

The huge amount of information collected by the Biobank will allow us to establish the genetic causes of the most common chronic diseases – cancer, diabetes, coronary heart disease, etc. – as well as risk factors for their development.

24.07.2009
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Neurons commit suicide because of loneliness

If a nerve cell does not receive enough stimuli from the surrounding cells, it starts the process of self-destruction (apoptosis). The mechanism of self-destruction plays an important role in stroke, Alzheimer's disease and motor neuron diseases, leading to the loss of nerve cells necessary for the full functioning of the adult brain.

13.02.2008
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The search for aging factors

A new Canadian study highlights the general health issues of older people and the factors that ensure a healthy old age and active longevity.

29.05.2009
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Fast-acting vaccine

Within 10 days after the first injection of the experimental coronavirus vaccine, the immune system produces a record number of antibodies.

02.12.2020
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Gold nanospheres for cancer treatment and other biomedical purposes

In cancer treatment, hollow gold nanoparticles absorbed infrared radiation 50 times more efficiently than solid ones. And the ability to obtain nanospheres with a given diameter and wall thickness allows you to change their optical properties and makes it possible to use them in various fields of biology and medicine.

26.03.2009
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"Diater" against breast cancer

When treating with this complex, general anesthesia is not required, since the patient does not feel pain. There are no scars left after the procedure.

03.02.2020
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Make a fool pray to God…

The malignant neoplasm was diagnosed two years ago, at an early stage. But the man decided to cure cancer by prayer and went to the taiga.

26.09.2019
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Chubais is ready to share money with the budget

"In a situation when budget expenditures are being cut, I do not consider it possible to protect the interests of the state corporation before the state interests, now the state needs money more," he explained.

20.02.2009
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A new stimulator of hematopoietic function is looking for investors

Currently, there are several similar drugs on the market. In comparison with Leukostim, the specific activity of Neutrostim is higher, and unlike "Neupogen" it does not affect red blood cells. In addition, there is reason to believe that the new drug will be cheaper than analogues. The volume of necessary investments is $5 million.

18.02.2009
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New development of MIPT

A robotic arm with the function of grabbing objects can be attached to both a wheelchair and a human body.

31.01.2019
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Domestic polio vaccine

A polio vaccine developed on Russian strains may be submitted for registration in late 2019 or early 2020.

17.01.2019
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May justice be done

In Taiwan, the police conducted a DNA analysis of six female students to find out who drank yogurt of one of them without asking.

05.12.2018
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Gum with insulin instead of injections?

Rats received a complex of insulin with vitamin B12 in liquid form, but in humans, the best way to administer the drug would be to use chewing gum. During chewing, a large amount of saliva is released, which contains the amount of haptocorrin necessary for binding the drug.

16.01.2009
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"The World of Biotechnology-2009"

The V International Congress "Biotechnology: state and Prospects of Development" and the specialized exhibition "World of Biotechnology-2009" will be held in Moscow on March 16-20.

11.01.2009
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Nanotubes–radioprotectors: 5000 times better

A new radioprotector drug based on carbon nanotubes is designed to prevent the death of people from acute radiation sickness developing with massive radioactive exposure.

31.01.2008
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In the public domain

The Russian Academy of Sciences and the Nauka Publishing House will open free access to the archives of the RAS journals, including issues for 2017.

19.01.2018
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Owls and larks, check the biological clock!

"Owls" and "larks" differ from each other in the speed of the biological clock, localized in the hypothalamus. The speed of this clock, as it turned out, is programmed at the genetic level.

30.01.2008