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Probiotics: How useful are "healthy" yogurts?

Probiotics, discovered more than a century ago by Ilya Mechnikov, are the basis of a functional nutrition system: they restore the beneficial intestinal microflora. However, despite all their supposed advantages, probiotics are not a medicine, and their effects have not yet been sufficiently studied.

26.03.2009
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Gold nanospheres for cancer treatment and other biomedical purposes

In cancer treatment, hollow gold nanoparticles absorbed infrared radiation 50 times more efficiently than solid ones. And the ability to obtain nanospheres with a given diameter and wall thickness allows you to change their optical properties and makes it possible to use them in various fields of biology and medicine.

26.03.2009
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Cell therapy for the Deputy Prime Minister

During his visit to the Russian Scientific Center of Surgery of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Sergey Ivanov got acquainted with the results of the work of Russian scientists in the field of myocardial cell therapy and treatment with the help of genetically engineered structures of chronic lower limb ischemia.

25.03.2009
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Doctor's Heart

The 59-year-old doctor felt a sharp pain in his chest half an hour after the start of the operation, but decided to bring the surgical intervention to an end despite the persuasions of colleagues.

24.03.2009
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Quantum Tunneling DNA Sequencer

Sequencing one human genome with this technique using a single tunneling microscope will take several months, and the tunneling microscope itself is not a cheap thing; there are many other technical difficulties. However, the problems facing the first chemical sequencers were even more complicated.

23.03.2009
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"Universal donor" from stem cells

British scientists are launching a project to create universal donor blood from embryonic stem cells – it can be produced in unlimited quantities. As experts hope, the first transfusion can be carried out in three years.

23.03.2009
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Nanodrugs from the crisis

The Finnish Agency for Technology and Innovation Financing Tekes has simplified the procedure for issuing grants to developers. Russian companies can claim the money.

23.03.2009
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Russian-Israeli nanotechnology

Russia is ready to issue loans on very favorable terms and invest in Israeli companies. At the same time, Mr. Chubais made it clear that this proposal includes certain requirements from the Russian side. In particular, Russia will insist that the entire production part be carried out at Russian enterprises.

20.03.2009
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NEU-P11 anti-obesity: synthetic analog is no worse than natural melatonin

After 8 weeks of using NEU-P11, the obese rats lost almost the weight of the control group animals. The same effect was found for melatonin, however, when using NEU-P11, body weight decreased faster. It was also noted that NEU-P11, like melatonin, does not affect feed intake.

20.03.2009
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Billions for science

The US National Science Foundation has published data on the funds for scientific research that American universities and colleges received in 2007.

19.03.2009
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Scandal in the family of painkillers

Anesthesiologist Scott Reuben is accused of fabricating the results of at least 21 clinical trials of painkillers over the past 12 years.

18.03.2009
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Insert your finger into the USB port

Now, according to the programmer, several programs are stored on his thumb drive, in particular, Billix, CouchDBX and Ajatus. Yavala plans to improve the prosthesis by making the fingertip removable and installing an RFID tag in it.

18.03.2009
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Rich people of St. Petersburg: Andrey Fomenko

Talking about his second brainchild, the Eternal Youth Foundation, Andrei Fomenko complains that his ideas for investing money in biotechnology, which would allow a person to live longer, have not yet found mass support among other oligarchs.

18.03.2009
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Tasks of RUSNANO for the current year

One of the Corporation's priorities for 2009 is the formation of a pool of Russian and foreign investors interested in joining RUSNANO projects, as well as in acquiring a share of the Corporation after its exit from the project.

18.03.2009
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Stem Cell Registry: St. Petersburg, 2012

By 2012, 10,000 stem cell samples should be harvested. Such a bank, according to doctors, will greatly simplify the treatment of hematological diseases – for example, leukemia.

17.03.2009