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A small pharmaceutical factory

The refrigerator-sized device is capable of producing medicines from prepared solutions or suspensions.

05.04.2016
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Nanowire sensors for continuous monitoring of protein markers

Even if only one protein molecule binds to one of the antibodies attached to the nanowire, the electrical conductivity of the nanowire changes. Hundreds of nanowires designed to detect different molecules in a single sample can be placed on small inexpensive chips.

15.07.2008
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Serial killer found by DNA

Under the weight of the presented evidence and competently conducted investigative actions and operational measures, the suspect confessed, including to committing two more murders of women.

30.09.2015
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Biopharmaceutics at Vyatka State University

The university has created an appropriate infrastructure, which includes educational laboratories of two departments, two scientific and educational centers: "Nanotechnology" and "Bioengineering" – and several specialized laboratories.

17.09.2015
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For counterfeiting medicines – from three to twelve

The State Duma has passed a law according to which up to 12 years in prison are threatened for the sale of counterfeit medicines. If the bill is approved by the Federation Council and signed by the President, it will enter into force on January 23, 2015.

23.12.2014
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Monkeys were taught to mentally control a prosthetic arm

In another experiment to create prosthetics controlled by the "power of thought", monkeys with electrodes implanted in the brain learned to eat with the help of a mechanical hand. In the future, such devices will be able to make life easier for people – paralyzed or amputated.

03.06.2008
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Biotechnologies are sitting

Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation A.Dvorkovich held a visiting meeting of the working group on the development of biotechnologies at the HimRar High Technology Center in Khimki near Moscow.

20.03.2013
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FEBS-2013: all flags to visit…

More than two thousand delegates, more than 300 speakers from almost all leading scientific centers of the world, including 11 Nobel laureates, will come to St. Petersburg for the upcoming 38th annual Congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS).

21.01.2013
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Lasker Prize Winners announced

Seven scientists and doctors will receive Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation prizes ($250,000) for achievements in the field of biomedicine.

11.09.2012
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Alligator blood is better than any antibiotics

The gene, called tobi, encodes the enzyme alpha-glucosidase, which converts stored glycogen into glucose. The consumption of a large amount of proteins increases, and carbohydrates – suppresses the activity of this gene.

10.04.2008
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Russians over 50 are promised a lot of advantages

Yesterday, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Moscow hosted a presentation of the social project "50 plus", which in the future should bring the living conditions of Russians over 50 closer to Western standards.

29.09.2011
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Happy birthday, fr. Gregor!

Google has posted a festive logo on the main page of its search service in honor of the 189th anniversary of the birth of the famous biologist Gregor Mendel.

20.07.2011
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Vaccines “cool before drinking”

By changing the genome of bacteria, the authors of the study increased their thermal sensitivity. The presence of microbes in the skin of rodents provided a protective response of the immune system. However, penetrating into the internal organs, the bacteria died.

14.07.2010
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Longer telomeres – less chance of cancer

Compared with the study participants with the maximum telomere length, those with the shortest telomeres had a 3–fold higher risk of getting cancer, and an 11-fold chance of dying from it within 10 years.

08.07.2010
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65 million for genomics of cancer, diabetes and kidney diseases

Scientists from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) and the National Institute of Genomic Medicine (Mexico) will master these funds for three years as part of the Slim Genomic Medicine Initiative project.

21.01.2010
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Gene from Mom, gene from Dad…

Researchers at Decode Genetics have found mutations in five genes that exhibit opposite properties, depending on whether an active copy of this gene was obtained from the mother or father.

17.12.2009
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Hemp extract is an effective and safe analgesic

The extract is made so that in therapeutic doses it does not have a psychotropic effect. At the same time, stimulation of cannabinoid receptors reduces the flow of pain impulses to the corresponding centers of the brain.

16.12.2009