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Kazakh anti-folk healer got under the article

A criminal case has been initiated in accordance with Article 266 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan – "Illegal private medical activity". A number of examinations have been appointed, and a forensic psychiatric examination has been appointed in relation to the suspect.

09.10.2009
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Diabetes and Alzheimer's disease: another link

Scientists have long assumed that there is a connection between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. Now, after a new role of humanin in glucose metabolism has been discovered, indirect confirmation of this guess has appeared.

23.07.2009
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In vivo visualization: blinking nanostars

The new system can be used to obtain images in medicine and biology. This is due to the fact that "blinking" nanostars provide a very good ratio between the received periodic signal and external noise.

23.07.2009
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Breakthrough in Sequencing: DNA Sudoku

Modern DNA sequencing technologies allow you to work with dozens of samples simultaneously. The DNA Sudoku method will allow sequencing hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences simultaneously.

06.07.2009
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Human genome put up for auction

In 2003, geneticists completed many years of work on compiling a kind of human DNA map. Then the program cost research organizations $3 billion. Now the genome will go under the hammer on eBay; the initial price of the lot is $68,000.

27.04.2009
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Tested by electronics

A portable electric detector is capable of detecting COVID-19 RNA and antibodies to the virus in 10 minutes without taking a smear or blood.

26.01.2021
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An embryo from a suitcase

In the Indian city of Mumbai, a Malaysian citizen was detained who tried to smuggle a frozen human embryo in a suitcase.

21.03.2019
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We will defeat the virus

Next year, a trial of a vaccine for HIV-infected people begins in Moscow – this is the most promising therapeutic vaccine in the world.

21.11.2018
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The cure for unemployment

More than 750 thousand Russians can find a job with the help of the new website of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia.

19.01.2009
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The ultimate failure

Merck has announced the termination of clinical trials of verubecestat at an early stage of Alzheimer's disease.

19.02.2018
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A new generation of flu vaccines

NPO Petrovax Pharm presented the results of clinical trials of the first Russian tetravalent vaccine for the prevention of influenza.

14.09.2017
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A unique urological operation will take place in Russia

Scientists of the First Moscow State Medical University in September will perform the first operation in our country on a patient with urethral stricture (narrowing of the urethra) using a cell matrix.

31.08.2017
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A DNA database is being created in Russia

Last year, more than 21,600 DNA studies were conducted in the laboratories of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After the entry into force of the law, the number of examinations will increase by 18 times. It is expected that the development of the DNA examination method will significantly increase the detection of crimes.

19.11.2008
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For freedom of information

Unpaywall is an extension for the Google Chrome browser that allows you to legally and for free read scientific articles hidden behind a paywall – a "payment wall".

05.04.2017
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It's time to prepare together for a pandemic

According to Bill Gates, whether it's a whim of nature or the actions of terrorists, a rapidly spreading, airborne pathogen can kill more than 30 million people in less than a year.

20.02.2017
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Is the wrong pill better than nothing?

Half of American doctors prescribe drugs to patients that do not affect their diseases, guided by the principle: it is better to do something than to do nothing at all.

24.10.2008