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Be kind, live longer!

Participants of the project "Study of New England Centenarians" showed that older people whose parents lived to be a hundred years old, certain (and pleasant) character traits are more common.

09.04.2009
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The risk of Alzheimer's disease can be predicted at a young age

These findings are of great interest. However, this does not mean that Alzheimer's disease necessarily begins to develop in a group of young and healthy volunteers who took part in the experiment. To understand whether differences in brain activity in people with a type of ApoE4 gene can really serve as an indicator of the development of Alzheimer's disease over time, only new research will help.

08.04.2009
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Visit of the RUSNANO delegation to Germany

The program of the visit includes participation in the conference "Nanotechnological innovations at the point of contact between the state and business". It is planned to sign an agreement on the establishment of Nanobrachitek CJSC, which will become the parent company of a joint venture for the production of micro sources, microspheres and components for brachytherapy.

08.04.2009
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Bio-investments

In 2008, pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the United States spent a record amount on scientific research.

07.04.2009
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Mascara and lipstick save from death

As French scientists have found out, cosmetics not only nourishes, moisturizes, hides or emphasizes, etc., but also literally saves lives!

06.04.2009
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Will stem cells restore hearing?

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have managed to transform embryonic stem cells into hair sensory cells of the inner ear. If we can find a way to deliver new cells to the inner ear and implant them correctly, then the possibility of complete restoration of hearing will become a reality.

03.04.2009
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A stem cell bank has opened in Orenburg

The cryobank at the Orenburg Regional Blood Transfusion Station will isolate and store umbilical cord blood stem cells and adult peripheral blood stem cells at an ultra-low temperature for many years.

03.04.2009
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Google has created a venture fund

The fund was named Google Ventures and will search for startups working in the field of software, e-commerce, clean technologies, biotechnology and healthcare.

02.04.2009
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Dreams of Russian insulin

"In particular, we are negotiating with a French company about the construction of an insulin production plant, but I cannot say now that this investment project is already in operation," Lyudmila Kostkina, the vice–governor of St. Petersburg, said at a press conference.

02.04.2009
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The Government has decided to develop the concept of a law on the use of stem cells

The Government Commission on High Technologies and Innovations made decisions: on the development of the concept of the law on the use of biomedical technologies in medical practice; on the creation of a research center in the structure of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation; on the creation of an Interdepartmental Council for the Development of the industry of High Biomedical Technologies.

01.04.2009
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Reading is the best treatment. In any case, from stress

Neurophysiologists from the University of Sussex compared which activity is most effective in relieving stress. It turned out that neither music, nor walking, nor video games relaxed the subjects participating in the study as much as ordinary book reading. People who experienced severe stress relaxed and got out of stress the fastest by immersing themselves in reading.

01.04.2009
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Another case of fake pills

The second criminal case has already been initiated against the St. Petersburg firm "G-Pharma" for carrying out unlicensed activities, production and sale of counterfeit medicines.

01.04.2009
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"Krasfarma" funeral service

The largest medicinal plant beyond the Urals, Kraspharma, one of the largest producers of domestic antibiotics, the only producer of gramicidin C and polyamine, will completely stop on March 31. 1070 employees have already received notification of the reduction.

31.03.2009
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Protein kinase will stop metastases

While the enzyme protein kinase D1 (PKD1) inside cancer cells is active, these cells are not able to move through the tissues of the body. For the first time, the described fundamentals of the mechanism of development of the metastatic form of cancer tumors open up the possibility for the creation of drugs that prevent the development of metastases.

31.03.2009
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Rapid test will reveal melanoma

A developing melanoma and a benign mole can now be distinguished using an express test for five tumor marker proteins. The developers have brought the specificity of their method to 95%, and the sensitivity to 91%, which is very impressive results for oncology.

31.03.2009
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"Designer" protein for oxygen transfer

The oxygen binding characteristics of artificial protein are similar to those of natural globins with distal histidines, except that molecular oxygen (O2) binds more strongly than carbon monoxide (CO). This property of the new protein can be very useful when creating artificial blood.

30.03.2009
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Is your eyesight deteriorating? Play "shooting games"!

The experienced group played Unreal Tournament and Call of Duty 2 for 9 weeks, and the control group raised law-abiding citizens in Sims 2. In the second case, after 50 hours of games, no change in visual function was noted, but the masters of the rifle, laser and other flamethrowers had contrast vision improved by 0.16–0.20 logarithmic units, that is, by 43-58%.

30.03.2009