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Proper nutrition will protect against macular degeneration

The authors believe that an antioxidant-rich diet, including artichokes, blueberries, pecans and other plant products, can partially reduce the incidence of macular degeneration and, accordingly, age-related blindness in industrialized countries.

01.10.2008
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Chinese Exclusive

Chinese scientists have developed a new bioengineered liver that will help patients with liver failure to wait for the transplantation of this organ.

27.01.2016
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Kombivichvak remains in the demo version

Vector has been waiting for money for the second phase of clinical trials for the fourth year. The other day, the developers reported on the results at the next forum – maybe Dvorkovich, who was present there, will put in a word at the top?

21.09.2015
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Theranostics: therapy and diagnostics in one nanoparticle

Nanoparticles "trained" to track down cancer cells and destroy them with the help of high temperature are one of the first creations from the field of theranostics, an emerging field of medicine combining therapy and diagnostics.

21.12.2009
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Sputnik-D

This is the name of the auxiliary blood circulation device for children, the serial production of which is scheduled to begin this year.

07.02.2018
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More than two hundred thousand authors

The editorial board hesitated for a long time to publish an article, the authors of which were, in addition to ten professional biologists, also 218,837 participants of the online game. In the end, the article was accepted.

24.02.2016
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Suicide by inheritance?

Carriers of three "dangerous" mutations of the NTRK2 gene attempted suicide 4.5 times more often than individuals with normal variants of this gene. According to the authors, this confirms the role of hereditary factors in the formation of suicidal behavior.

02.02.2010
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Rich people of St. Petersburg: Andrey Fomenko

Talking about his second brainchild, the Eternal Youth Foundation, Andrei Fomenko complains that his ideas for investing money in biotechnology, which would allow a person to live longer, have not yet found mass support among other oligarchs.

18.03.2009
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The most expensive

The FDA has approved a gene therapy drug for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy worth $2.125 million.

27.05.2019
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Unpromising projects

Pfizer has refused to continue a number of projects to create drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

15.01.2018
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Russia without GMOs

The State Duma adopted in the third reading a bill that prohibits the cultivation and breeding of genetically engineered plants and animals in Russia.

24.06.2016
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Criminal Vaccine

In the United States, a court sentenced a scientist who falsified the results of research on the development of an HIV vaccine, for which millions of dollars were spent.

02.07.2015
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A patch instead of a syringe

In an animal experiment, a patch with a vaccine turned out to be even more effective than an injection. This may be due to the fact that the vaccine injected with a patch penetrates directly under the surface of the skin, where there are many immune cells, and causes a stronger immune response.

16.07.2008
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The HIV vaccine turned out to be fake

A professor at the University of Iowa, in order to receive a grant of $ 19 million, falsified the data of a study on the development of an AIDS vaccine.

27.12.2013