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Underfunding is not a hindrance to science

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said that "even with less funding, it is necessary to strive to achieve the indicators set out in the presidential decrees on the development of science."

06.04.2015
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Not every beta-amyloid is bad

With the introduction of insoluble, as well as soluble one- and three-molecular forms of beta-amyloid, no recorded effects were observed. However, the introduction of a two-molecular soluble beta-amyloid caused the development of symptoms characteristic of Alzheimer's disease in rats.

24.06.2008
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Take in kind

According to the terms of the settlement agreement, instead of the 44.4 million rubles declared in the lawsuit, the Expert Media Holding will provide the claim as compensation for reputational damage and compensation for losses incurred advertising space in the Expert magazine.

17.03.2015
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It won't be enough!

Thousands of residents of Skolkovo are not enough for the Russian Federation, Vekselberg believes.

27.02.2014
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The most expensive disease

Alzheimer's disease and other types of senile dementia cost American taxpayers more than all cardiovascular diseases and all types of cancer - the main causes of death in the United States.

08.04.2013
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Wealth shortens life

The richest woman in Ukraine died 16 years earlier than the average life expectancy.

10.10.2012
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Nanomedicine of Freedom Island

Industrial production of one of the versions of cyclosporine, the first domestic pharmaceutical product manufactured using nanotechnology, has begun in Cuba.

25.09.2012
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George Washington almost became a zombie

Information about the proposal to resurrect the first president of the United States (if the author did not invent it) is borrowed from the book by Susan Lederer "Flesh and Blood: Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion in twentieth-century America".

30.01.2012
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But I smell and hear well

Australian scientists have found a way to restore hearing with the help of stem cells of the nasal mucosa.

11.02.2011
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Let's teach you how to nano!

Rusnano is going to create a network of schools whose main specialization will be nanotechnology. The state corporation plans to spend almost 28 million rubles for these purposes.

25.08.2010
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Genomes of ten thousand cores

Decoding the genomes of 10,000 patients with cardiovascular diseases is aimed at identifying the hereditary causes of heart muscle pathology and, possibly, genetic risk factors for the development of other diseases.

22.06.2010
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Neovasculgen: gene therapy of lower limb ischemia

Neovasculgen is based on a gene that produces a substance in the patient's cells that stimulates the growth of new blood vessels. For many patients with lower limb ischemia, the drug can become a real alternative to amputation.

02.04.2010
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Another biomechanical arm model is ProDigits

The bionic fingers of the ProDigits prosthesis are capable of performing subtle, precise and diverse movements that maximally reproduce the functions of the fingers of the human hand.

09.12.2009
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Gene therapy against HIV/AIDS success inspires

The technique developed by scientists at the California Institute of Technology was called "opacity suppression by optical reversal of the wavefront" (turbidity suppression by optical phase conjugation, TSOPC).

15.02.2008
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"Leaking" muscle cells are the cause of physical exhaustion

Almost every person at least once in their life had to take any medications three times a day every day for, say, two weeks. And someone has to swallow such funds almost all his life, and at night too. For these people, as well as for those who constantly forget to take a pill on time, scientists have come up with an artificial tooth dispenser.

14.02.2008