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"Organaut" handed over the work

Russian scientists have managed to print 12 organs in space, cuvettes with samples have already been delivered to a laboratory on Earth.

24.12.2018
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$30M from Gates

Bill Gates will invest up to $30 million in the Alzheimer's Diagnostics Accelerator fund over three years.

18.07.2018
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$25,000,000 for stem cells

The Eli and Edith Broad Foundation has donated $25 million to the University of California, San Francisco to create a new stem cell research center.

19.12.2008
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Rusnano asks scammers not to worry

The project selection system created in the Rusnano state Corporation will not allow fraudsters to "fall for public funds with their adventurous ideas," Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said at the International Forum on Nanotechnology.

04.12.2008
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Chelate complexes for cancer diagnosis

Russian scientists have created a radiopharmaceutical for the accurate diagnosis of oncological diseases, labeled with the technetium-99 isotope.

25.05.2017
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Breasts for 800 thousand

15 years after the preventive operation to remove the mammary glands, it turned out that the gene analysis was erroneous. Now the patient is demanding financial compensation

13.12.2016
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The history of one liver

8 months after the transplant, the donor married the recipient. May they live happily ever after with one liver for two :)

28.10.2016
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Another gene for baldness

Carriers of unfavorable gene variants located on chromosome 20, as well as on the X chromosome, have a seven-fold risk of developing baldness before the age of 50.

13.10.2008
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Another pluripotent stem cells from skin cells

Instead of a viral vector, scientists used plasmids to inject "embryonic" genes into fibroblasts, with the help of which they managed to successfully transform ordinary skin cells into pluripotent stem cells.

13.10.2008
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The mice were forced to stutter

A mutation in the Gnptab gene can lead to the appearance of stuttering. However, scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have not yet been able to find out exactly how this gene is associated with speech.

15.04.2016
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The immune system sometimes plays on the side of the tumor

Until now, experts believed that the complement system ensures the elimination of tumor cells. However, in some cases, depending on the type of tumor and the specific environment in which it develops, the complement system, on the contrary, stimulates the growth of tumors.

03.10.2008
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Recycling of cellular waste will help to defeat cancer

It is known that waste recycling has a positive effect on the state of the entire planet. A cellular version of this process may be useful in the fight against cancer. Stanford University scientists have identified a molecule that uses one of the methods of self–purification of the body – autophagy - to selectively destroy tumor cells.

16.07.2008
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Computed tomography: it is better to think well!

Computed tomography helps doctors detect almost everything, from tumors to kidney stones. However, some experts have expressed concern about the safety of this procedure, especially the increased risk of cancer. The fact is that the radiation dose received by the patient during scanning on a CT scanner is 500 times higher than the dose received with conventional radiography.

02.07.2008
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Counterfeiters

In Europe, expensive medicines are most often forged. In Russia, medicines are forged according to the principle of popularity – those that are in great demand are chosen.

27.06.2008