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Russia ordered to develop biotechnology

The approval of the BIO2020 Program marks a new stage in the country's economic development and will contribute to the expansion of EU-Russia cooperation in the field of biotechnology.

08.06.2012
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The doctors' strike is scheduled for June 21

Doctors are on strike against the reform of the pension system, which involves raising the retirement age to 68 years and increasing contributions to the pension fund.

01.06.2012
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Grandmothers, don't jump with a parachute!

Laverna Everett from California, succumbing to the provocations of her friends, decided to celebrate her 80th birthday in an original way and jump with a parachute. Both the birthday girl and the instructor remained alive, but they did not recover quickly :)

29.05.2012
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A billion from angels

K.Fokin, President of the National Association of Business Angels of Russia: "Our common task is to make sure that the volume of investments in Russian companies from Russian angel investors in 3-5 years will amount to $ 1 billion."

21.05.2012
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Genome sequencing: parkinsonics – 16 times cheaper

Google founder Sergey Brin, who inherited a mutation from his mother that significantly increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease, decided to stimulate the search for new drugs for the treatment of Parkinsonism.

16.05.2012
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Doctors' strike against pension reform?

If doctors vote for a strike, they will not provide services that can be postponed without harm to health. The result of the vote will be known by the end of May.

15.05.2012
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Eternal student

Australian Alan Stewart received his first diploma of higher education in 1936, and the fourth – yesterday, at the age of 97.

05.05.2012
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Biotechnology-2020

The government has approved a program for the development of biotechnologies of the Russian Federation until 2020.

27.04.2012
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Biopharmaceutical cluster in Koltsovo

The government of the Novosibirsk Region intends to send to the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia an application for about 780 million rubles for the creation of an innovative biopharmaceutical cluster in the Koltsovo science city near Novosibirsk.

17.04.2012
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IMF warns: prolonging life is a risky business

Currently, it makes sense to pay more attention to the risk of longevity due to the scale of its financial consequences and the fact that effective measures to minimize them will give results only in a few years.

16.04.2012
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Pension gender equality?

Experts working out the strategy of socio-economic development of Russia until 2020 ("Strategy 2020") propose a gradual increase in the retirement age in Russia for both sexes to 63 years by 2030.

14.03.2012