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Inoperable melanoma was cured by the patient's own immune cells

American scientists have managed to completely cure a patient with inoperable metastasized melanoma with the help of his own immune cells. During two years of follow-up after therapy, the 55-year-old man did not show any signs of a tumor.

20.06.2008
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How to monitor the immune system

Scientists at the University of California have developed a contrast agent for positron emission tomography, which allows in vivo monitoring of the immune response during the development of many diseases.

11.06.2008
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All newborns – to the DNA database

According to the prosecutor, the DNA database of all newborns and children brought to the country would greatly facilitate the work of the police.

18.11.2013
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"Death Watch" – a fake sensation?

Director of the Institute of Gerontology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Vladimir Shabalin: "Such sensations appear almost every month. But then it turns out that the sensation quickly "deflated". I am sure that the same thing will happen with the "death indicator"."

13.08.2013
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A billion dollars for innovation

The budget proposed by the President provides for the allocation of a billion dollars for the creation of a network of national institutes for innovation in industry.

11.03.2012
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Tea without cholesterol

The generally accepted opinion about the ability of green tea to remove excess cholesterol from the body, to put it mildly, is greatly exaggerated.

11.07.2011
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Buy our new, useless and even harmful medicines!

Pharmaceutical corporations advertise new drugs, which often have not passed a sufficient number of clinical trials. 85% of new drugs are ineffective, but they can cause serious harm to health.

23.08.2010
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Cancel gene patents!

Many interested organizations can follow the example of the American Civil Liberties Union and challenge patents for other genes related to hereditary diseases in court.

30.03.2010
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Hello, master! It's time to take a pill!

The mobile phone will make sure that the patient takes the pill on time, measure the pressure and pulse and diagnose the patient. Medical firms together with mobile operators are developing new services.

15.02.2010
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Genetically modified T-lymphocytes for arthritis therapy

After the introduction of genetically modified lymphocytes to mice with arthritis in the foci of rheumatoid inflammation, a decrease in the number of T-helpers and destructive processes of bone tissue, i.e., a decrease in the autoimmune reaction, was observed.

03.12.2009
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Another target of antitumor therapy: the AEG-1 gene

A detailed study of the AEG-1-triggered mechanisms of cell malignancy and the growth of blood vessels necessary for tumor growth and metastasis may allow the development of new methods for the treatment of oncological diseases.

24.11.2009
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Gene therapy saves from blindness

In patients with Leber's amaurosis, complete blindness develops by the age of forty. Gene therapy has proved particularly effective in the treatment of children who still have enough intact retinal tissue.

26.10.2009
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Genes that prevent aging are being sought

Genes common to humans and rodents have been identified, the activity of which changes during aging. With age, 56 of them increase protein expression, and 17 others decrease activity. The results of the study suggest that genes are able to adapt to aging, participate in the protection of the body during this process and even slow it down.

22.04.2009
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$250 million to fight the pandemic

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation intends to allocate another quarter of a billion dollars to combat the spread of COVID-19.

11.12.2020