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Pancreas in a metal tube

The prototype of the "biosynthetic" pancreas is a metal tube filled with insulin-producing cells and coated with a special coating, no larger than a cigarette.

07.05.2008
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Check the tick for viruses

Russian scientists have developed a handheld device that will allow in the field to determine the presence of encephalitis and Lyme disease viruses in a tick. It may enter the market in 2014.

13.05.2013
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The future "old age pill" will receive 150 million

The project involves the development of new original drugs that selectively destroy senescent cells, which are the main cause of systemic aging syndrome and age-related pathologies.

01.02.2013
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A new research center will open in St. Petersburg

AstraZeneca intends to open a center for bioinformatics and prognostic medicine in St. Petersburg in 2011. Talented Russian scientists will be involved in the work of the research center.

17.06.2011
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Two thousand innovative ideas

The Skolkovo Innovation Award competition has gathered more than 10,000 participants and more than 2,000 ideas.

18.02.2011
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Wash your feet with vodka, the Ministry of Health allows!

Three Danish doctors have made a bold experiment on themselves: is it really possible to get drunk by putting your feet in a basin of vodka. Maybe they put the experience mentally, and used 6 liters for their intended purpose? But the article was published in the BMJ...

16.12.2010
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Every joint is a step towards cancer

Activation of cannabinoid receptors suppresses the activity of the immune system, increasing the body's susceptibility to infections and certain types of cancer.

29.11.2010
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Bearded mamo, or 30 years later

A guy from Kansas, who grew up in an orphanage and with foster parents, decided to find his mom. And found it... it is not recommended for the faint of heart to read!

25.11.2010
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Alzheimer's disease: I know I don't know anything

Doctors still don't fully understand how Alzheimer's disease develops. There is no consensus even on whether amyloid plaques are the cause of the disease or its symptom. And none of the methods of preventing Alzheimer's disease could be confirmed experimentally…

05.05.2010
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Artificial skin for gene therapy

A skin flap grown from keratinocytes and fibroblasts with an additional gene can deliver the corresponding protein to the body.

12.01.2010
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Diabetes and Alzheimer's disease: another link

Scientists have long assumed that there is a connection between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. Now, after a new role of humanin in glucose metabolism has been discovered, indirect confirmation of this guess has appeared.

23.07.2009
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Stem cells for "self-treatment" of the heart

The heart tissue sample obtained by biopsy is grown for about a month so that the number of stem cells reaches 10-25 million. After that, the resulting stem cells are again delivered to the heart through a catheter.

03.07.2009
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Tested by electronics

A portable electric detector is capable of detecting COVID-19 RNA and antibodies to the virus in 10 minutes without taking a smear or blood.

26.01.2021