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The island of centenarians is not Okinawa, but Manhattan

The life expectancy of Manhattan residents is 82 years, New Yorkers – 80.6 years. The average life expectancy in the country is three years less.

Nanoparticles with two-photon fluorophores for imaging and treatment of tumors

The "artificial cell" does not only know how to reproduce

the eyes focus and refract light.

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation is also against the violation of the human dignity of embryos

The Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation approves the decision of the EU Court to ban patents for manipulations with embryonic stem cells.

The Ministry of Health warns in pictures

The FDA has determined the final list of frightening images that will become mandatory elements of the design of cigarette packs.

The third Nobel Prize in Skolkovo

Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Lehn joined the Advisory Scientific Council of the Skolkovo Foundation.

The shape of tomatoes is determined by the SUN gene

Clinical trials of iPS cells – in no more than 10 years?

Professor Shinya Yamanaka, who was the first to create induced pluripotent stem cells, plans to conduct clinical studies in the next 10 years to transplant healthy cells of various organs grown from iPS cells to humans.

Is amyloid oligomers the cause of Alzheimer's disease?

Another confirmation that Alzheimer's disease is caused by beta-amyloid oligomers, and not the infamous amyloid plaques.

Once again to the question of senile dementia and blood pressure

In patients taking angiotensin II receptor blockers that reduce blood pressure, the risk of developing senile dementia is halved.

Berry again? Lean on the chocolate!

A little extra pounds in old age helps to look younger: fat can mask age-related wrinkles. And the antioxidants contained in chocolate protect against wrinkles caused by the action of ultraviolet light.

Robots will replace laboratory animals

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Rusnano-2015: rainbow nanoprospects

Rusnano Group has reached its design capacity and intends to repay debts to the state by 2015. However, according to the expert of IC Finam Alexey Kurasov, by 2015 the Russian nanoindustry will amount to about 1.5% of the world, i.e. there will be no breakthrough.

A dead pit bull is being cloned in Korea

In the USA, 5,000 liver transplants are performed every year, in Russia – only 100.

Immunoglobulin protects against Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease developed in 2.8% of patients who were injected with immunoglobulin, and in 4.8% of those who had never been treated with this drug.

The tolerance of immunosuppressors is determined by genes

A simple genetic test will help determine the degree of tolerability of immunosuppressive therapy in patients with transplanted kidneys. The test allows you to determine the individual dose of drugs for each patient, minimizing side effects.

Diagnosis by photo, treatment by phone... and no quackery!

The quality of medical examinations conducted at a distance with the help of modern means of communication is not much inferior to real visits of doctors.

Statins may reduce the risk of prostate cancer

In patients taking statins, the probability of detecting prostate cancer was 3 times lower compared to those who did not take these drugs.

The world's first transgenic puppies glow red

The first cloned puppy was born in 2005, and dogs have been cloned more than once since then, but now, before the transfer of the nucleus, the fibroblast culture was infected with a modified retrovirus with an embedded gene of the red fluorescent anemone protein. Five glowing dogs feel good and glow like Kremlin stars under an ultraviolet lamp.

Anti-vaccinators will be banned

Any advertising dissuading people from getting vaccinated is now banned on the social network Facebook.