Generics: hundreds of billions of savings
The US healthcare system has saved almost three quarters of a trillion dollars on generics over the past ten years.
12.05.2009The US healthcare system has saved almost three quarters of a trillion dollars on generics over the past ten years.
12.05.2009Unlike higher plants, moss easily produces proteins encoded by human and mammalian DNA. Thus, moss, which needs only water, light and mineral salts to produce a given protein, has excellent prospects as a cheap and simple bioreactor.
12.05.2009A good substitute for a low-calorie diet has been found, contributing to an increase in life expectancy in the simplest organisms. Yeast cells grown on a glycerin diet live twice as long as yeast grown in a conventional low-calorie environment. In addition, such yeast is more resistant to damaging environmental factors.
12.05.2009Researchers from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have proposed a method to reduce the risk of developing tumors using embryonic stem cells – suppressing the synthesis of a protein called survivin.
07.05.2009New York researchers have identified three genes that specifically regulate the spread of breast cancer metastases to the brain. The data obtained are important for understanding the mechanisms of metastasis spread and developing possible approaches to cancer treatment, especially gene therapy methods.
07.05.2009The European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to impose restrictions on scientific experiments on animals.
07.05.2009Scientists from the University of Massachusetts have developed a new – oral – method of targeted delivery of small interfering RNAs (miRNAs). The method was tested on mice and showed excellent results in suppressing the inflammatory process, similar to what develops in humans with a number of diseases.
07.05.2009A solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the III All-Russian Internet Olympiad "Nanotechnology – a breakthrough into the future" took place.
07.05.2009By the end of 2008, 162 public biotech companies (44% of the total) had less than a year's worth of cash. A year earlier, this figure was 25%.
06.05.2009An Australian homeopath is accused of the unintentional murder of his daughter.
06.05.2009The fruit of the joint efforts of neurosurgeons and nanotechnology engineers is a new generation catheter that combines familiar functions and a set of microsensors that read physiological indicators. Such a microlaboratory will allow real-time monitoring of changes in the condition of patients who have suffered a concussion or other brain injury.
05.05.2009Vitamin E in combination with anti-inflammatory drugs can slow down the deterioration of mental and physical abilities in people with Alzheimer's disease.
05.05.2009Scientist Yutaka Hanazono shows a journalist a sheep involved in the experiment. There is a small trace of the operation on her belly, and behind it is a "spare" pancreas grown on the basis of chimpanzee stem cells.
05.05.2009The dietary supplement Hydroxycut (Hydroxycate), which is considered a "fat burner", popular among fans of dieting and bodybuilding, is withdrawn from trade by the manufacturer at the request of the US federal authorities due to the threat to consumer health.
04.05.2009Intramuscular injections of the VEGF gene (vascular endothelial growth factor) can relieve patients from polyneuropathy, in which the sensitivity of the legs and feet decreases, weakness appears and problems with maintaining balance arise.
04.05.2009The Bioethics Committee banned the use of human eggs in research in 2006, after it was found that the results of Professor Hwang Woo Suk's experiments with stem cells were rigged.
04.05.2009In patients taking statins, the probability of detecting prostate cancer was 3 times lower compared to those who did not take these drugs.
04.05.2009RUSNANO will present its projects at the International Nanotechnology Forum Nanotech 2009 in Texas.
04.05.2009Smoking and high blood pressure account for 20% of deaths among the adult population of the United States. Overweight and lack of physical activity – 10% each. The most dangerous factors of nutrition are high intake of salt and trans fats.
29.04.2009The next stage of clinical trials of a universal influenza vaccine has been successfully completed. A universal vaccine will be able to protect a person from a variety of flu strains and prevent death and serious complications from the disease.
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