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There is a loophole in the ban on patenting genes

Genetically modified organisms and gene therapy methods remain under patent protection. And the ban on patenting natural genes can be circumvented by adding any additional information to them.

02.11.2010
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Clinical trials of iPS cells – in no more than 10 years?

Professor Shinya Yamanaka, who was the first to create induced pluripotent stem cells, plans to conduct clinical studies in the next 10 years to transplant healthy cells of various organs grown from iPS cells to humans.

05.10.2010
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Berlusconi's good intentions

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi intends to fund research to increase life expectancy to 120 years.

13.09.2010
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Another national genome

Since scientists have learned to quickly and relatively inexpensively determine genome-wide sequences, several "national genomes" have been deciphered.

09.09.2010
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How can a pensioner save on rent?

The pensioner plans to build himself a residence with three bedrooms and a living room. To date, the area of its additional apartments is 50 sq.m.

06.09.2010
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The state saves on the elderly

According to the official wording, the abolition of the 75% discount on the purchase of tobacco for the elderly is "part of the steps aimed at the complete elimination of subsidies." The president did not report anything about the health benefits.

27.08.2010
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Check the prostate, brother!

Doctors, exaggerating the role of heredity in the development of prostate cancer, recommend that the brothers of sick men check the condition of the prostate gland and more often detect the disease in the early stages.

25.08.2010
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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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Almost immortal clones

The aspen-shaped poplar lives for about two hundred years, but the clones growing from its roots (in fact, the same tree) are almost immortal. One such "tree" has been living for either 80 or 800 thousand years.

23.08.2010
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Buy our new, useless and even harmful medicines!

Pharmaceutical corporations advertise new drugs, which often have not passed a sufficient number of clinical trials. 85% of new drugs are ineffective, but they can cause serious harm to health.

23.08.2010
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Alzheimer's Aria

The premiere of the opera about Alzheimer's disease, written by the composer of Russian origin Elena Langer, took place in London.

23.07.2010
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And they caught cancer…

Experts will assign several roles to cleverly designed nanoparticles at once – a tool for diagnosing cancer at an early stage, a means of spot drug delivery or traps for cancer cells.

22.07.2010