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Cord Blood Gemabank

Gemabank considers Ukraine a promising direction and, in addition to providing cord blood storage services, is going to actively cooperate with leading Ukrainian transplantologists to improve the quality of transplants.

04.06.2009
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Innovation is a terrible force!

At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the head of RUSNANO Corporation Anatoly Chubais will take part in an interactive session "The Power of Innovation: when will tomorrow come?".

04.06.2009
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Innovative biotechnologies of Asiopa

Scientists from Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will take part in the implementation of the interstate target program of the Eurasian Economic Community "Innovative Biotechnologies".

03.06.2009
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Again induced pluripotent stem cells – this time pork

For the first time, Dr. Lei Xiao and the team of the laboratory of the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, which he directs, managed to obtain "artificial" pig stem cells. As in the case of induced pluripotent human stem cells, pig tissue cells pass into an undifferentiated state under the influence of certain proteins.

03.06.2009
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WHO encourages the treatment of AIDS and tuberculosis with homeopathy

Representatives of the World Health Organization declined to comment on a letter from the international community of young doctors and scientists calling on WHO to publicly condemn the use of homeopathic remedies for the treatment of AIDS, malaria and other serious diseases.

03.06.2009
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Winners of the MS4Doctors competition

The best 10 projects selected by the jury will be sent by Microsoft on a special CD to the chief physicians and IT specialists of six thousand medical institutions of the Russian Federation.

02.06.2009
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Personalized Lymphoma Vaccine

Usually, follicular lymphoma can be suppressed with chemotherapy, but after a year, relapses are characteristic of this type of cancer. Patients who received an immunostimulator and a foreign protein with their own marker lived without relapses for 44 months. This is a very significant achievement, since previously with follicular lymphoma it was not possible to increase either the duration of the relapse-free period or the survival rate.

01.06.2009
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Bacteria were put on the counter

According to the researchers, the counter can be associated with any external events, the influence of which the bacterium is able to feel (for example, it regularly reacts to the presence of certain toxins), as well as with changes in the internal state of the microorganism. The bacterium can be forced to "self-destruct" after the completion of a certain number of cell divisions or after a given time.

01.06.2009
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Contact lenses with stem cells restore the cornea

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (Australia) have learned how to grow stem cells on contact lenses. This method of therapy will improve the vision of people suffering from corneal damage.

01.06.2009
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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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The nanopropeller floats like a sperm

In the future, such corkscrew and sperm hybrids can deliver drugs to various tissues and organs of patients. They will be able to swim through blood vessels, they do not need internal energy sources to move, and there are no moving parts in the design of "nanopropellers", which makes them more reliable.

29.05.2009
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Alfa-Capital will be engaged in venture and direct investments

The priority sectors for investing funds are those that will develop most dynamically after the end of the economic crisis and bring the highest possible return on invested capital. Among such industries, the experts of the Alfa-Capital Management Company identified information technologies, biotechnologies, energy and nanotechnology.

28.05.2009
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Stem cells against heart attack: another success

According to the authors, the positive effect of stem cells in the treatment of the consequences of myocardial infarction can be explained by the fact that they promote the regeneration of heart muscle cells, as well as stimulate the formation of new blood vessels.

27.05.2009