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Chinese Exclusive

Chinese scientists have developed a new bioengineered liver that will help patients with liver failure to wait for the transplantation of this organ.

27.01.2016
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A patch instead of a syringe

In an animal experiment, a patch with a vaccine turned out to be even more effective than an injection. This may be due to the fact that the vaccine injected with a patch penetrates directly under the surface of the skin, where there are many immune cells, and causes a stronger immune response.

16.07.2008
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The HIV vaccine turned out to be fake

A professor at the University of Iowa, in order to receive a grant of $ 19 million, falsified the data of a study on the development of an AIDS vaccine.

27.12.2013
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Suicide by inheritance?

Carriers of three "dangerous" mutations of the NTRK2 gene attempted suicide 4.5 times more often than individuals with normal variants of this gene. According to the authors, this confirms the role of hereditary factors in the formation of suicidal behavior.

02.02.2010
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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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Criminal Vaccine

In the United States, a court sentenced a scientist who falsified the results of research on the development of an HIV vaccine, for which millions of dollars were spent.

02.07.2015
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Charging for the brain is much more useful than it was thought

Scientists at the University of Michigan claim that special exercises to develop the ability to memorize can improve the so–called "flexible intelligence" - the ability to successfully perform new cognitive tasks in new conditions.

08.05.2008
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Unhealthy Russia

Bloomberg has published a rating of countries according to the health status of their residents. In the health rating, Russia ranked 97th out of 145 possible.

16.08.2012
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How to age a tumor

Inactivation of the Id1 gene in tumor cells in 40% of animals, inactivation of the Id1 gene led to complete recovery. It was not the death of cancer cells that led to the disappearance of tumors, but their physiological aging – a complete loss of the ability to divide.

27.03.2008
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Theranostics: therapy and diagnostics in one nanoparticle

Nanoparticles "trained" to track down cancer cells and destroy them with the help of high temperature are one of the first creations from the field of theranostics, an emerging field of medicine combining therapy and diagnostics.

21.12.2009
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Mascara and lipstick save from death

As French scientists have found out, cosmetics not only nourishes, moisturizes, hides or emphasizes, etc., but also literally saves lives!

06.04.2009
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Hybrid embryos were not given grants

According to the assumptions of the researchers involved in the development, the committees refuse to grant applications, guided by the belief that it is unethical to mix human cells with the eggs of cows, pigs or rabbits.

13.01.2009
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Antimalarial tobacco

The harvest from 200 square kilometers of genetically modified tobacco plantations is enough to meet the global demand for artemisinin, the most effective antimalarial drug.

16.06.2016
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More than two hundred thousand authors

The editorial board hesitated for a long time to publish an article, the authors of which were, in addition to ten professional biologists, also 218,837 participants of the online game. In the end, the article was accepted.

24.02.2016
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Proper nutrition will protect against macular degeneration

The authors believe that an antioxidant-rich diet, including artichokes, blueberries, pecans and other plant products, can partially reduce the incidence of macular degeneration and, accordingly, age-related blindness in industrialized countries.

01.10.2008
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The secret of longevity is a telomerase mutation

In centenarians, the telomerase level and telomere length were significantly higher due to a mutation in the gene that provides a certain variant of the structure of the telomerase molecule.

17.11.2009
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Bioinformatics School – 2019

The summer school "Bioinformatics in research of development and aging" was held from July 29 to August 3 in Dolgoprudny

03.09.2019